William Mather Senior
c. 1811 Born Salford; his father, Colin Mather (b.1788 in Montrose[1]), had come to Manchester from Montrose.
1824 Established a small machine works and iron foundry in Salford with his father
1835 Married Amelia Tidswell (born c.1811, possibly died in Bolton in 1849) in Liverpool[2]
1836 Birth of daughter Alice
1837 William Mather, Colin Mather and John Tenney Newstead, ironfounders, engineers and machine makers, of Manchester and Salford, were bankrupt[3]
1837 Birth of son Colin Mather
1838 Birth of son William Mather
1840 Birth of son John
1841 Machinist.
1843 William and Colin Mather, of Brown St, Salford, signed a petition against suppression of meetings in Ireland[4]
1850 William Mather, engineer, widower, married Amelia Hardman (nee Tidswell), widow, daughter of John, a shopkeeper; solemnized in Liverpool; William was a widower, son of Colin, a machinist[5]
1851 The partnership between William Mather and Colin Mather was dissolved - W. and C. Mather; Colin Mather would settle all debts[6]
1851 Living in Broughton, William Mather 40, Amelia Mather 39, a son aged 14, William Mather 12, John Mather 10, with visitor Betsy Tidswell 26[7]
1858 Died
See Also
Sources of Information
- Biography of Sir William Mather, ODNB
- 1841 Census