Lomas Mather

1876 Lomas Mather

Lomas was born in 1818 in Bolton.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 20 in 1841, living at Atherton
  Aged 50 in 1871 (a lodger)
  Aged 58 in 1876 when died (so Lomas was born 1818)
  
  There is only one Lomas Mather !
  
  Born 1816-21 according to 1841 census (aged 20, rounded up).
  
  There is another Joseph Loomis Mather (1818-1899) married to Sarah Kendall Mather buried at Boonville, Oneida County, New York, USA

Lomas' father was Samuel Mather and his mother was Alice Mather.  His paternal grandparents were James Mather and Happy Lomax; his maternal grandparents were William Mather and Betty Holt. He had seven brothers and five sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Isaac, William, James, John, Samuel, George, James, Mary, Alice, Happy, Ellen, Maria and <child>.  He was the sixth oldest of the fourteen children.  He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, Accute Bronchitis, at the age of 58 on August 1st, 1876 in Haslingden.² 

• Death Notes

  1 Aug 1876, Lomas Mather died of Accute Bronchitis at Haslingden Union Workhouse, aged 58 years.  He was an outdoor labourer.  George Tattersall was present at the death.
  
  Death: 1 Aug 1876  
  Mather  Lomas  58  Haslingden  8e 88
  
  Name:    Lomas Mather
  Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1818
  Registration Year:    1876
  Registration Quarter:    Jul-Aug-Sep
  Age at Death:    58
  Registration District:    Haslingden, Lancashire
  Volume:    8e
  Page:    88
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1876
  MATHER    Lomas    58    Rossendale    ROSS/20/70

• General Notes

  Oct 1837, Lomas Mather was a witness at John and Ellen's wedding.  He is the only Lomas Mather living in Lancashire in 1841.  He is possibly John's brother for several reasons:
  
  1) He was witness to John's marriage
  2) Named Lomax after their grandmother, Happy Lomax
  3) All except Isaac have no baptism record
  4) Had left home before 1841, so not with family
  5) Father was Samuel, a weaver when he married in 1845
  
  In 1841, James and Lomas Mather (25 & 20), cotton carders, were living at Marsh Lane, Atherton. Also Thomas Thompson (20) and Joseph and Mary Hayes (both 45).
  
  5 Oct 1845, Lomas married Sarah Wood nee Henshall, both from New Islington (Ancoats, Manchester) at Manchester Cathederal.  This is NOT the Sarah Henshall who was married to David Wood (as she was still married to him in 1841 and 1851).
  
  In 1846 Lomas and Sarah had a daughter Rebecca at  Manchester. 
  
  In 1871 Lomas Mather (50, Unmarried) born Bolton was a lodger (and a Hatter) at a lodging house with 12 lodgers at 20+22 Queens Street, St Pauls, Bolton.
  
  In 1858, Lomas Mather died aged 58.  The death was registered at Haslingden.  George Tattersall was present at the death.

Details of Lomas' family with Sarah Henshall