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Sophia Mather

Sophia was born in January 1846 in Entwistle.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 15 in 1861, born Entwistle
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1846
  MATHER Sophia MARSDEN Edgworth EDG/2/336
  
  MATHER, SOPHIA MARSDEN
  GRO Reference: 1846 M Quarter in BOLTON UNION
  Volume 21 Page 169

Sophia's father was Isaac Mather and her mother was Elizabeth (Betty) Marsden. Her paternal grandparents were James Mather and Rachel Hamer. She had five brothers and four sisters, named James, Simon, Luke, Joseph, John, Betty, Ruth, Sarah and Esther. She was the third oldest of the ten children. She had a half-brother named Isaac.

General Notes
- Missing on 1871 census for family with Isaac and Betty, so assumed married (age 25) and left home by then.
  
  In 1871, (another) Sophia Mather from Matlock, Derbyshire married John Orchard at Manchester Cathederal. Between 1871 and 1886 Sophia and John had 9 children (including two pairs of twins) at Newton, Manchester.
  
  In 1899, Sophia married John Moran (civil marriage), and then probably imigrated to Dakota, USA - tbc.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1713 in Warrington d.Apr 1768 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  Ellen Blinstone ^*
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Isaac Mather
  - b.Jan 1760 in Turton d.19 Feb 1842 in Edgworth
  
  Edmund Howarth ^*
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  James Mather
  - b.Aug 1787 in Entwistle d.03 Sep 1841 in Entwistle
  
  Alice Fielding
  - b.1764 in Rochdale
  
  Isaac Mather
  - b.Sep 1814 in Edgworth d.Mar 1893 in Edgworth
  
  John Hamer
  - b.1758 in Turton d.Aug 1851 in Turton
  
  Rachel Hamer
  - b.06 Mar 1788 in Entwistle d.> 1865 in Edgworth
  
  Mary (Mally) Bury
  - b.1755 in Turton d.Feb 1835 in Turton
  
  Sophia Mather
  - b.Jan 1846 in Entwistle
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Marsden
  - b.1819 in Darwen d.1861 in Edgworth
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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¹ 1861 UK Census