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Solomon Mather

b. 1790, d. May 1854

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Birth

Solomon Mather was born in 1790.1

Family life

Solomon Mather and Mally Grime were married on 9 August 1809 in Bolton.2

Children with Mally Grime (b. 18 April 1790, d. 9 April 1863)

DaughterBetty Mather (b. 11 November 1810)
SonIsaac Mather (b. 1 September 1812)
DaughterAlice Mather+ (b. 1 January 1815)
SonSolomon Mather (b. 16 May 1819)
SonJames Mather (b. 1822)
SonAmos Mather (b. 30 May 1829)
DaughterFanny Mather (b. 11 September 1831)

Residence information

Solomon Mather lived at Crownpoint in Edgworth, Lancashire, on 6 June 1841, agricultural labourer.3 He lived at 18 Brown Street in Bolton, Lancashire, on 30 March 1851, publican.4,5

Involvement in crime

On 23 March 1819 in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, Solomon Mather was pleaded guilty to having uttered a forged one pound note to W Wolfenden at Bolton.6,7,7 He was sentenced to 14 years transportation on 2 April 1819 in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom.8,9,10,1 He was was received into the Retribution Hulk from Lancaster Gaol on 5 May 1819 in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom.1 He was pardoned on 12 April 1825 in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom.1

Working life

  • On 9 August 1809 Solomon Mather was a weaver in Bolton.2
  • On 18 October 1840 Solomon Mather was a joiner.11

Death

Solomon Mather died in May 1854 at age ~64 in Bolton.12

Citations

  1. [S1274] James Grime Junior, Convict Hulk Register: James Grime on Retribution 1819, (96 Euston Road, London: British Library), 5 May 1819, Retribution
  2. [S1318] Marriage Certificate, Solomon Mather and Mally Grime, 9 Aug 1809, General Register Office, England, London. St Peter's Church, Bolton Parish.
  3. [S1323] Solomon Mather, 6 Jun 1841 Census UK, London, Edgeworth, Public Record Office, p 17.
  4. [S1324] Solomon Mather, 30 Mar 1851 Census UK, London, Bolton, Public Record Office, p 34.
  5. [S1327] Marriage Certificate, James Mather and Mary Murgatroyd, 14 Feb 1873, General Register Office, England, London. St James' Church, Accrington Parish.
  6. [S1273] Lancaster Calendar, Manchester Mercury, column 3, 23 Mar 1819, p12.
  7. [S1529] various articles, Lancaster Gazette, Manchester Mercury, Leeds Mercury, Westmoreland Gazette and others, 1818 and 1819.
  8. [S1277] Lancaster Assizes, Liverpool Mercury, column 8, 2 Apr 1819, p24.
  9. [S1278] Lancaster Assizes, The Star London, column 4, 13 Apr 1819, p18.
  10. [S1279] James Grime Junior, Criminal Court Register: Lancaster James Grime Junior 2 Apr 1819, 2 Apr 1819, page 628
  11. [S1328] Marriage Certificate, James Mather and Maria Carruthers, 18 Oct 1840, General Register Office, England, London. Prestwich Parish.
  12. [S1238] General Register Office, Index to English Burials (GRO), (HM Passport Office.)
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