Family of William Mather & Sarah Horrocks

William and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony on August 26th, 1844 at St. Peter's (Bolton) by Curate P A Galindo and witnessed by Robert Ridyard, (X) & James Liptrot.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1844
  MATHER    William    HORROCKS    Sarah    Bolton, St Peter    18/6/452
  
  Marriage: 26 Aug 1844 St Peter, Bolton, Lancs.
  William Mather - full, Moulder, Bachelor, Great Bolton
  Sarah Horrocks - (X), minor, Spinster, Great Bolton
      Groom's Father: Samuel Mather, Moulder
      Bride's Father: Haman Horrocks, Weaver
      Witness: Robert Ridyard, (X); James Liptrot
      Married by Banns by: P A Galindo Curate
      Register: Marriages 1843 - 1844, Page 226, Entry 452
      Source: Film of the register at Manchester Library

They had a son and a daughter, named George and Alice. There are no more children.

Personal Details
- William Mather
  William was born in 1822 in Bolton and his baptism took place on February 10th, 1822 at St. Peter's (Bolton).²
  - Birth Notes
    - Name:    William Mather
      Baptism Date:    10 Feb 1822
      Parish:    Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
      Father:    Samuel Mather
      Mother:    Ellen Mather
      Register Type:    Bishop's Transcripts
      Reference Number:    Drm/2/22
      
      Abode: Great Bolton
      Father's Occupation: Moulder
  He died at the age of 25 in 1847 in Bolton.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1847
      MATHER William 25 Western Bolton WB/11/201
      or
      Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1877
      MATHER William 56 Western Bolton WB/47/26
  Sarah Horrocks
  Sarah was born in 1824 in Bury.³
  - Birth Notes
    - Aged 27 in 1851, born Bury
      
      Sarah was a minor when she married William
  She died by commiting suicide, Drowned, at the age of 32 in 1856 in Tonge-with-Haulgh.⁴
  - Death Notes
    - Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1856
      MATHER Sarah 32 Tonge with Haulgh TWH/6/42
      
      Bolton Evening News, Saturday, 16 Aug 1856.
      
      SUICIDE OF A WOMAN BY DROWNING.- An inquest was held on Thursday evening, before the borough coroner, on the body of Sarah Mather, of Spaw-lane, widow, aged 32 years, who committed suicide by drowning herself in the canal near the Haulgh bridge on Wednesday morning, where she was found standing upright, the hair of her head being just visible above the water, by a young man named James Riley, a blacksmith, who was passing the bridge about seven o`clock the same morning. He immediately procured assistance and the deceased was got out, but life was extinct. It appeared that her husband died about ten years ago, since which time she had had two illegitimate children by one man and had latterly commenced keeping company with another. She resided with her parents in Spaw-lane, who quarrelled with her respecting her conduct, and on Monday she struck her mother. On Tuesday, she left home, taking her two children with her, and she went with them to the house of a person named Taylor, near the Britannia, and slept there that night. She left about six o`clock on Wednesday morning, apparently to go to her work in the mill, and was seen in White lion-brow, in the vicinity of her work, soon after six, but at seven she was found drowned under the circumstances detailed above, The jury returned a verdict of "Self drowning".

Children
- Alice Mather
  Alice was born in March 1845 in Bolton.⁵
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1845
    MATHER Alice HORROCKS Western Bolton WB/11/362
    
    MATHER, ALICE HORROCKS
    GRO Reference: 1845 M Quarter in BOLTON UNION
    Volume 21 Page 137
  She died at the age of 1 in September 1846 in Bolton. Her burial was on October 1st, 1846 in Bolton.⁶⁷
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1846
    MATHER Alice 1 Western Bolton WB/10/398
  George Mather
  George was born in December 1846 in Bolton.¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1846
    MATHER George HORROCKS Western Bolton WB/14/440
    
    MATHER, GEORGE HORROCKS
    GRO Reference: 1846 D Quarter in BOLTON UNION
    Volume 21 Page 130
  He died in 1846 in Bolton.⁸
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1846
    MATHER George 0 Western Bolton WB/10/469

William Mather & Sarah Horrocks

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