Family of Thomas Mather & Martha Challinor

Thomas and Martha were married in a religious ceremony on June 15th, 1834 in Croston by Curate S. Mossop and witnessed by Margaret & Edward Challinor.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Married by License

They had two sons and two daughters, named Matthias, Thomas, Helen and Mary. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Married Martha Chelinor as Croston, Lancashire, England. Thomas was from Bolton, Widower and Warehouseman, so it matches well.
  
  The Thomas Mather who married Martha Birch at Warrington 22 July 1838 was 28, so born 1810. Martha was 22, so this is also quite a close match, but Thomas 6 years too old.

Personal Details
- Thomas Mather
  Thomas was born in 1803 in Yorkshire.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Not from Lancashire (1841 census)
      
      Aged 35 in 1841, Bookkeeper
      
      Aged 48 in 1851, Clerk at Iron foundry (Headingley)
      Born: Low Moor, Yorkshire (with wife Martha from Bolton)
      
      Thomas was of full age and a manufacturer when he maried Mary Ann Sansom, who must have been a minor as she required her father's permission to marry.
  He died before 1861.
  Martha Challinor
  Martha was born in 1813 in Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    - From as married at Croston, Lancashire in 1834, but later records show Bolton as place of birth..
      
      Aged 25 in 1841, living in Little Bolton, married to Thomas (35)
      
      Aged 48 in 1861, born Bolton, widow, living at Hulme with daughters Helen (25) and Mary A (19)
  Martha is no longer alive.

Children
- Helen Mather
  Helen was born in 1836 in Little Bolton.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 25 in 1861, born Bolton, living in Hulme.
  Matthias Mather
  Matthias was born in June 1838 in Bolton.⁵
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838
    MATHER    Matthias    CHALLINOR
    Western Bolton    WB/2/61
    
    MATHER, MATTHIAS        CHALLINOR
    GRO Reference: 1838 J Quarter in BOLTON UNION
    Volume 21 Page 102
  He died in 1838 in Bolton. His burial was in 1838 at Fletcher St Wesleyan Mathodist Chapel.⁶⁵
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1838
    MATHER    Matthias    0    Western Bolton    WB/1/410
    
    Probably buried at Fletcher Stret in 1838 (i.e. not 1835 as indexed, as there is no death record for 1835):
    
    Matthias Mather
    BIRTH    unknown, England
    DEATH    1835
    Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
    BURIAL    Fletcher Street Methodist Church
    Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
    MEMORIAL ID    195847452
  Mary Ann Mather
  Mary was born in March 1842 in Little Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 19 in 1861
    
    Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas and Martha Mather of Little Bolton, Book Keeper
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1842
    MATHER Mary A CHALLINER Little Bolton LB/7/23
    
    MATHER, MARY ANN CHALLINER
    GRO Reference: 1842 M Quarter in BOLTON UNION
    Volume 21 Page 115
  Thomas Mather
  Thomas was born in June 1848 in Kirkstall.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    MATHER, THOMAS CHALLINOR
    GRO Reference: 1848 J Quarter in HUNSLET
    Volume 23 Page 348

Thomas Mather & Martha Challinor

Personal Details

Children

Family Timeline

Family Additional Information