Martha Mather
Martha was born in 1804 in
Westhoughton.
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Birth Notes
Ruth, Martha, John and Ellen were not baptised but died and are buried at Westhoughton. After them, Alice and Ellen were baptised at Blackrod, with abode shown as Westhoughton. Edward and Ruth were married at Deane and the years born (calculated from death ages), form a sequence approx 2 years apart. It is therefore likely all four all children of Edward and Ruth from Deane.
35 in 1841
Martha's father was
Edward Mather and her mother was
Ruth Gregory. Her paternal grandparents were
William Mather and
Alice Aldcroft. She had three brothers and five sisters, named
John,
Richard,
Edward,
Ruth,
Ellen,
Alice,
Betty and
Ruth. She was the second oldest of the nine children. She died at the age of 74 in May 1878 in
Westhoughton. She was buried on May 11th, 1878 in
Westhoughton.
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Death Notes
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1878
TURNER Martha 74 Westhoughton Bolton WH/10/325
Name: Martha Turner
Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1804
Burial Date: 11 May 1878
Burial Place: Westhoughton, St James, Lancashire, England
Reference Number: L122
Archive Roll: 849