Wright Mather

HEADSTONE - Wright Mather

This picture was taken in 1868 at Tonge-with-Haulgh Cemetery and sourced from Headstone - Wright Mather.

• Individual Picture Notes
  • WRIGHT:
    The only son of JAMES and ALICE
    MATHER, who died April 12th 1863 (or 1868),
    Only 21 years.
    Also the above ALICE MATHER,
    who died August 30th 1868, aged 66 years.
    “Thy will be done”
    Also the above JAMES MATHER
    who died April 9th 1871,
    In the 70th Year of his age.
    Also MARY, daughter of the above
    Who died 30th Aug 1896, aged 57 years
    Also ELIZABETH, daughter of the above
    Who died 21st Dec 1896 aged 63 years.
    

• Birth Notes
  • 
    MATHER, WRIGHT        HARTLEY 
    GRO Reference: 1846  D Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
    Volume 21  Page 136
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1846
    MATHER    Wright    HARTLEY    Western Bolton    WB/15/2

• Death Notes
  • Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1868
    MATHER    Wright    21    Western Bolton    WB/37/178
    
    IGI Family Group Record
    Husband :  James Mathers
    Wife :  Alice Mathers
    Children:
    1.   Elizabeth Mathers
    Birth:  1833  Of, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
    Death:  21 DEC 1896  
    2.   Mary Mathers
    Birth:  1839  Of, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
    Death:  30 AUG 1896  
    3.   James Mathers
    Birth:  1847  Of, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
    Death:  12 APR 1868
    
    No.3 Appears to be an error, as it was Wright Mather who was living with the family on the census records, and died in 1868, aged only 21:
    
    Deaths Jun 1868   (>99%)
    MATHER  Wright  21  Bolton  8c 217 
    
    See Headstone
    
    

• General Notes
  • The headstone shows Wright was the only son of James and Alice.  Wright possibly had a brother Wright Mather born 1842 that died an infant in 1842, aged less than 1 year.