“I know that Alice Mather was living with her daughter and son-in-law in 1861 at 167 Lever Street, Bolton.  Also living with them were Maria Barrow (Happy’s daughter from her first marriage to John Barrow) and Samuel Shuttleworth (Phineas & Happy’s son and my great grandfather).  Happy & Phineas also had another son, Thomas, born in 1858 but he died in 1859.

Maria Barrow went on to marry William Collins and had a son in 1864 called Jesse.  Maria died on 21st October 1866 from Phthisis (tuberculosis) aged 22 years.  This is the same Jesse Collins who is living with Phineas, Happy, Samuel and Alice Mather at 67 Blackbank Street, Bolton, on the 1871 Census.

Samuel Mather died in Bolton on 1st May 1854 at 4 Simpson Street, Bolton and his certified cause of death was apoplexy which I believe to be a stroke.  His death was registered by his daughter Happy Shuttleworth who was in attendance at the death.

Alice Mather died in Bolton on 17th 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 (old age I presume!).  Her death was registered by her son Samuel Mather who was in attendance at the death and who also lived in Nell Street but I’m not sure what number.”