Born: Great Bolton, Lancashire (1851 census)

Born 1791 (age 50) according to 1841 census.
Born 1791 according to 1851 census and parish index
Born 1791 according to Age 63 in May 1854 Death Cert.
Born 1794 according to Age 60 at burial

Recorded as John Mather's father on both of John's wedding certificates of 1837 and 1843.

Living at Waterloo, Little Bolton in 1841.

Baptism: 24 Apr 1791 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire
Samuel Mather - Son of James Mather & Happy
    Abode: Grt. Bolton
    Register: Baptisms 1791 - 1794
    Source: LDS Family Search
    Probably Baptised By: Chrisr. Hopper (as the other children)

Samuel s of Janes & Happy Mather of Great Bolton 24 (Apr 1791).
John and Samuel's parents were both using Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Samuel (baptised 24 April 1791) was the first and only child of James and Happy NOT to be baptised here.

Still alive in 1851, so died 1851 - 1861

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1854
MATHER    Samuel    63    Little Bolton    LB/18/28

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1857
MATHER Samuel 64 Little Bolton, Bolton LB/22/134
Free BMD Ref:  8c 187 (Dec)
(2 years out on age ... so this is another Samuel Mather)

The Death certificate of 1-May-1854 confirms this is the correct date.  Samuel died at 4 Simpson St. of Apoplexy Certified.  The Death was registered by Harry (i.e Happy, his daughter) Shuttleworth in Attendance, Rose Hill, Great Bolton.

Note: Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, which can be used to mean a neurological impairment, haemorrhage or stroke.

Samuel died before the two Bolton cemeteries (Tonge and Heaton).opened so he must be buried in a churchyard, possibly the Parish church of St Peter’s.  However, it seems odd that a space was not left for Alice, who was buried with her son George.

Name: Samuel Mather 
Burial Date: 02 May 1854 
Burial Place: Wesleyan Methodist, Bolton, Lancaster, England 
Age: 60 
Birth Date: 1794 
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01617-4 
System Origin: England-EASy 
GS Film number: 1538360 
Reference ID:

Lanc OPC Project: (Only Mather burial record for  Ridgway Gates)
Burial: 2 May 1854 Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Samuel Mather -
    Age: 60 y
    Abode: Little Bolton
    Grave: B.H.
    Notes: Price of Grave 6s0d. Expenses of Interment 3s0d. Net Receipts 3s0d.
    Source: LDS Film 1538360

The Marriage Banns confirm that Alice is from the Parish of St Peter, Bolton and already a Mather before she married Samuel. 

Born 26 Mar 1792 according to christening records
Born about 1791 (age 50) according to 1841 census.
Born about 1791 (age 60), Turton, according to 1851 census.
Born about 1789 (age 72), Turton, according to 1861 census.
Born about 1789 (age 82), Turton, according to 1871 census.
Born about 1788 (age 91) in 1879, headstone and Death Cert.

It's therefore reasonable to assume Alice was born between 1787 and 1792.  One record from Bolton or Turton is at Walmsley.  See image for further details.

Baptisms: 14 Jul 1792 Walmsley Meeting House, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
Alice Mather - Child of Willm. Mather & Betty (formerly Holt)
    Born: 26 Mar 1792
    Abode: Goose Cote Hill, Turton, Bolton, Lancaster
    Notes: [Congregation: Walmsley Meeting]
    Baptised by: Tho Davies
    Register: Baptisms 1783-1793, Page 19, Entry 127
    Source: LDS Film 560904
Note: Goose Colt Hill was the location of the Turton workhouse.

Another possibility is Alice, D of John and Nancy of G.B., bap 1786 or Alice from Westhaughton born 1785

By 1861 and 1871, Alice was a widow and living with her daughter, Happy and family.  She died after 1871 census and before 1881, probably while she was living with her daughter, Happy Shuttleworth.

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1879
MATHER Alice 91 Sharples Bolton SH/9/213

For the last 20+ years of her life she recorded her birth as about 3 years older (i.e. 1789, not 26-Mar-1792), so its not surprising that this age is also 3 or 4 years out.

Alice Mather died in Bolton on 16th November 1879 at 5 Nell Street, Bolton (she was living here with Phineas, Happy and Jesse Collins) and her certified cause of death was Natural Decay.  Her death was registered by her son Samuel Mather who was in attendance at the death and who also lived in Nell Street (probably No. 9)

She is buried with her son George and his family. The headstone records her death as Nov 16th 1879.

Name: Alice Mather
Estimated birth year: abt 1788
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 91
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 252

Aged 30 in 1841
Aged 41 in 1851
Aged 51 in 1861
Missing  in 1871
Aged 71 in Apr 1881, workhouse
Aged 72 in Sep 1881 when died


Name:    Isaac Mather
Birth Date:    13 Oct 1810
Gender:    Male
Event Type:    Baptism
Father:    Saml Mather
Mother:    Alce Mather
Baptism Date:    11 Jan 1811
Baptism Place:    Bolton, Lancashire, England
Denomination:    Wesleyan
Piece Title:    Piece 1202: Bolton, Great, Ridgway Gates (Wesleyan), 1789-1814

Baptism: 11 Jan 1811 Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Isaac Mather - Son of Saml. Mather & Alce
    Born: 13 Oct 1810
    Abode: L. Bolton
    Baptised by: J. Baxendale
    Register: Baptisms 1789 - 1814, Page 62
    Source: LDS Film 560877

Ridgway Gates Wesleyan (Methodist) records show:
Isaac Son of Samuel and Alice ("Sam'[l & Alec") Mather of L. Bolton
born 13 Oct 1810 and baptised 11 Jan 1811

MATHER, ISAAC        72 
GRO Reference: 1881  S Quarter in BOLTON 
Volume 08C  Page 137

Isaac and his wife Mary, both died in 1881/2 while living at the Bolton Workhouse.

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1881
MATHER Isaac 72 Farnworth Bolton FTH/39/435

No burial record found on Deceased Online.

William was of this parish (Bolton) when he married Sarah Bayley.

William was alive in April 1833 to record the death of his son James, but it was Sarah (widow) to report Alice died 5-Sep-1838, aged 16 months, so died 1833-1838.

James and Alice both Buried at St. Peters, with abode Sharples, so the following is a perfect match:

Burial: 8 Dec 1833 St Peter, Bolton, Lancs.
William Mather -
    Age: 22 yrs.
    Abode: Sharples
    Buried by: Chas. Agar Hunt Curate
    Register: Burials 1831 - 1834, Page 250, Entry 1998
    Source: LDS Film 1966471

There is another James Mather (1814-1826) of Little Bolton, died aged 12.

Aged 25 in 1841, living at Atherton

Aged 2 years when buried so born on or before Aug 1814

Probably born late 2013 to Aug 1814, midway between Isaac and John, while 2y old when buried.

Burial: 26 Aug 1816 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Mary Mather - Daughter of Samuel Mather
    Age: 2 yrs
    Abode: Great Bolton
    Buried by: Thos. Brocklebank, Curate
    Register: Burials 1813 - 1816, Page 300, Entry 2394
    Source: LDS Film 1966408

Mary daughter of Samuel Mather of Great Bolton, 26th August, 2 years

Aged >21 in 1837 when married
Aged 25 in 1841 (rounded)
Aged 35 in 1851, Born Little Bolton, Lancashire.
Aged 45 in 1861, Born Bolton (and Elizabeth 43, Halliwell)
Aged 49 in Mar 1865 when died

Born before March 1816 as aged 49 at time of death.
Born after Sep 1817 as minor when marrying Ellen Buckley

Older brother Isaac was baptised at Ridgway Gates in 1810.  The Bolton Library baptism records for Ridgway Gates finish at 1814, and the only other records for there which have been deposited are burials records.  The only John Mather I can find a baptism for is 21 Jun 1816 at Walmsley (St. Mary, Turton) a son of Samuel Mather and Alice Greenhough Mather, which is another John Mather.

For John to be a minor (under 21) when he married Ellen, he was born after 9 Oct 1816

John Mather born 21 Jun 1816, Baptism 21 Jul 1816, son of Samuel Mather and Alice Greenhamgh is another.

Elizabeth was a widow by 1871 census

John Mather died 21st March 1865, while living at 114 Chroley Street, of Chronic Hepatic disease (liver disease), and Icterus (now called jaundice) - 3 weeks.  He was only aged 49 at time of death.
Joseph Mather (his son), was present at the death, who was also living at 114 Chorley Street, Little Bolton.

See death certificate for further details (added Aug-2007).

The grave records dated 1873 are in the Inman/Foot family.  The grave was bought originally for £2 by Elizabeth in 1865 and is in Tonge and Haulgh cemetery (at the back of where Fred Dibnah used to live)  Ref - 2:F:29NC  There are 3 inmates buried as follows:
Burial     Internment            Name                           Age
12657     25/3/1865            John Mather                 49 years
73225     15/11/1902          Ruth Inman                   48 years
77741     9/1/1908              Hannah Richardson     65 years
There is no tombstone but we think it is next to the grave bought by John's brother George also in 1865 when his first wife died.

The epitaph from the tombstone is matriarch Alice Mather, Samuel’s widow, is buried here as well as George and family.

The funeral service was conducted by T.W. Handford, who was daughter Sarah Alice's brother-in-law.  Grave 2.F.29

Another John Mather, aged 66, of Kay Street died 27 Feb 1849

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1865
MATHER    John    49    Little Bolton    LB/32/112

Aged 20 in 1841, living at Atherton
Aged 50 in 1871 (a lodger)
Aged 58 in 1876 when died (so Lomas was born 1818)

There is only one Lomas Mather !

Born 1816-21 according to 1841 census (aged 20, rounded up).

There is another Joseph Loomis Mather (1818-1899) married to Sarah Kendall Mather buried at Boonville, Oneida County, New York, USA

1 Aug 1876, Lomas Mather died of Accute Bronchitis at Haslingden Union Workhouse, aged 58 years.  He was an outdoor labourer.  George Tattersall was present at the death.

Death: 1 Aug 1876  
Mather  Lomas  58  Haslingden  8e 88

Name:    Lomas Mather
Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1818
Registration Year:    1876
Registration Quarter:    Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death:    58
Registration District:    Haslingden, Lancashire
Volume:    8e
Page:    88

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1876
MATHER    Lomas    58    Rossendale    ROSS/20/70

Aged 20 on 1841 census (rounded)
Aged 31 on 1851 census when married to much older James Brooks
Aged 41 on 1861 census
Aged 51 on 1871 census

Don't confuse with Alice, daughter of Samuel and Ellen, Christened 3-Oct-1819 in Bolton, or Alice daughter of William and Elizabeth baptised Cathedral, Manchester 29-Sep-1822 (but also indexed with Samuel and Alice as parents)

Older brother Isaac was baptised at Ridgway Gates in 1810.  The Bolton Library baptism records for Ridgway Gates finish at 1814, and the only other records for there which have been deposited are burials records.

Christening 21 Feb 1819, Manchester Cathederal.  This is another person, same parents names, but this Samuel's from Manchester, the parish glazier and birth 1y too early to match census?

Name: Alice Brooks
Estimated birth year: abt 1821
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 53
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 261

Alice Brooks is buried with 6 other at Tonge Cemetery

Must be a young child as not named (and baptised).  However, not so close to Happy's birth

Child of Samuel, no mother shown, so may be another family, but Samuel did frequent Non-Conformist chapels.

Name:    Child Mather
Event Type:    Burial
Father:    Samuel Mather
Death Date:    abt 1822
Burial Date:    25 Dec 1822
Burial Place:    Bolton, Lancaster, England
Denomination:    Wesleyan
Piece Title:    Piece 1024: Bolton, Little, Bridge Street Chapel, Bolton-le-Moors (Wesleyan), 1810-1837

25 Dec 1822
7 - - 3 (Depth or position in grave I think)
Samuel Mather's Child
Price £4 0s

Born about 1823, so before Samuel.

Aged 15 on 1841 census (rounded down)
Aged 28 on 1851 census
Aged 37 on 1861 census
Aged 47 on 1871 census
Aged 58 on 1881 census
Aged 65 on 13 May 1889, when she died,

Therefore born mid 1823 (i.e. after 13-May).
1881 census has Happy born in 1823 at Little Bolton, Higher End.

Name: Happy Shuttleworth
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Year of Registration: 1889
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 65
District: Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 224

In 1891 Phineas was recorded as a border and widowed.

Cause of death was "Epithelioma of Tongue", a tumor, certified by J Robinson MD.  Age 65.  Wife of Phineas Shuttleworth a labourer at the Iron Foundry. 

Death reported by "Phineas Shuttleworth, widower of the deceased, present at the death.  9 Nell Street, Sharples".

Death registered on 14 May 1889 by Robert Lever, Registrar.

Happy and Phineas are buried in a grave with 4 other Shuttleworts at Astley Bridge: Albert (1); John G (0); Samuel (62) and Lois (68).

Aged 15 in 1841

Born after Aug 1826 (if death age is correct) and before April 1827 (for census)

Samuel was 15 at the time of the 1841 census (rounded up)
Samuel was 34 at the time of the 1861 census
Samuel was 43 at the time of the 1871 census
Samuel was 53 at the time of the 1881 census (born LB)
Samuel was 71 when died inj Sep 1898

According to census, Samuel must have died between 1891 and 1901 (as theres no 1901 record of him)

Name: Samuel Mather
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Year of Registration: 1898
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 71
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 230 

No Probate

Samuel is buried at Astley bridge with wife Ann three others.

Aged 13 in 1841 with parents
Aged 21 in 1851 with parents
Aged 32 in 1861 with wife Mary
Aged 76 in June 1906 (when died)

George was the last of his family to be buried.  In the same grave was his mother Alice, both wives and two of the children.

Celia, who kindly provided this information: Grave 2.F.17

Name: George Mather
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 76
District: Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 234 


Probate:
George of 78 Grassmere-street Bolton Lancashire died 2 January 1906 at the Eagley-bowling-green Eagly Bolton Lancashire Administration (The Will) Manchester 6 July to George Alfred Mather core-maker Effects £628 3s

There may be an error with the daye of death, as it is clearly 2 June on the headstone, and probate 6 July may still be correct.

7 mo when died

Burial: 16 May 1833 St Peter, Bolton, Lancs.
James Mather - Son of Samuel Mather
    Age: 7 mon.
    Abode: Great Bolton
    Buried by: Chas. Agar Hunt Curate
    Register: Burials 1831 - 1834, Page 193, Entry 1542
    Source: LDS Film 1966471
Text:  James son of Samuel Mather, Great Bolton, 7 months

Died aged 1

Burial: 4 Oct 1835 St Peter, Bolton, Lancs.
Maria Mather - Daughter of Samuel Mather
    Age: 1 year
    Abode: Great Bolton
    Buried by: C. A. Hunt Curate
    Register: 1834 - 1836, Page 200, Entry 1597
    Source: LDS Film 1966471

Text: Maria, daughter of Samuel Mather, Great Bolton, 1 Year