John Robert Mather

John was born in December 1879 in Bolton.¹

John's father was Sgt John Mather and his mother was Martha Alice Brierly. His paternal grandparents were John Mather and Jane Welsby. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Peter, William, James, Rosetta, Ellen, Elizabeth and Eliza. He had an adopted sister named Mary. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Edward and Margaret.

General Notes
- WARNING: There is another John Robert Mather, son of John a Coal Moner of Little Hulton b.1876 (MMN=EAVE or EVE)
  
  In 1881, J R Mather was aged 1 with his parents.