Ralph Mather & Ann Cheveley

Ralph Mather
Ralph was born on April 12th, 1840 in Blackrod and his baptism took place on June 7th, 1840 at St. Katherine (B'rod).² 

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 1 in 1841
    
    Name:    Ralph Base Mather
    Birth Date:    12 Apr 1840
    Baptism Date:    7 Jun 1840
    Parish:    Blackrod, Lancashire, England
    Father:    Mather
    Mother:    Ellen Mather
    Register Type:    Parish Registers
    Reference Number:    Pr 2967/1/7
    
    Ralph was born 12 Apr 1840, the bastard son of Ellen Mather of Blackrod, widow.  The record had spinster and then corrected to widow

He died at the age of 49 in 1889 in Bolton.³ 

• Death Notes
  • Ralph died after son Ralph was born in 1885 and before the 1901 census.  There is only one Lancashire death and the age is a good match.
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1889
    MATHER    Ralph    48    Great Bolton    GB/8/26

Ann Cheveley
Ann was born in 1847 in Haigh.  She died at the age of 23 in January 1870 in Wigan.  Her burial was on January 22nd, 1870 in Haigh.⁴ 

• Death Notes
  • Name:    Ann Mather
    Age:    22
    Birth Year:    abt 1848
    Burial Date:    22 Jan 1870
    Burial Place:    Haigh, Lancashire, England
    Parish as it Appears:    Haigh