Isaac was born 13 Oct 1810 and baptised 11 Jan 1811 at the Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Chapel, just a month after his parents married. Isaac, the oldest of the Mather sons of Samuel and Alice, was living in Little Bolton in 1841, 1851, 1861. His infant children were buried at St. Peter (CoE).
In 1841, Isaac and Mary (30 & 25) were at Kay Street, Little Bolton with their daughter Eliza (4). They were Weaver Journeyman.
In 1851, Isaac, a Hand Loom Weaver, and Mary (41 & 39) were at 1 Simpson Street, Little Bolton (with parents at No. 4). Eliza was 13, Samuel 7 and Jane 3.
In 1861, Isaac, cotton weaver, and Mary (51 & 49) are at 2 Nuttall Square "off Blackburn Road West Side", St George's, Little Bolton. They have Samuel (17), Jane (15) and William (9) with them.
In 1871, Isaac and Mary are missing in the census. Dont confuse with another Isaac (b.1814) and Mary family from Warrington.
In 1881, Isaac is an inmate at Bolton Union Workhouse, Fishpool, Farnworth, the year of his death.
There is another Issac Mather from England recorded in 1880 US census, living at Warick, Kent, Rhode Island, Working at Print Works, Aged 69 (b.1811).
Isaac's daughter Eliza, lived in the same house as Samuel and Alice Mather, but 40 years after.