William Crompton
William was born in 1838 in
Bolton.
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Birth Notes
Aged 13 in 1851
Aged 23 in 1861
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838
CROMPTON William MATHER Western Bolton WB/2/268
CROMPTON, WILLIAM MATHER
GRO Reference: 1838 S Quarter in BOLTON UNION
Volume 21 Page 98
William's father was
James Crompton and his mother was
Elizabeth (Betty) Mather. His maternal grandparents were
John Mather and
Ann Coup. He had two brothers and five sisters, named
James,
Richard,
Alice,
Ellen,
Jane,
Elizabeth and
Mary. He was the second oldest of the eight children.