John Mather

1822 - 1858  (35 years)

• Name	John Mather
  Birth	2 Dec 1822	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Christening	23 Feb 1823
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  		1851 Census Lanark Lanark John Mather
  FamilySearch ID	278N-6YG
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/278N-6YG
  Land & Property	1852	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	of the same quality as the last but rather superior - 70 lbs
  	- A Muddling soil in limestone. Some parts good.
  Occupation	1852	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carriage Maker
  Religion	1852	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Congregationalist
  _UID	643FA8FE9D6C4B408A5F159D20152F2E0AF8
  Death	24 Oct 1858	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Typhus Fever
  Burial	Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	John was a wagon maker by trade and was postmaster in Middleville in the 1850's. He purchased 100 acres, Lot 16 E, Con 5, Lanark Twp in 1852 for 80 pounds.  It is the first farm west of Middleville on road to Hopetown.  He purchased 50 more acres of adjacent land west of the farm in 1856.
  Person ID	I4903	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My 2 Great Grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	John Mather,   b. 18 Feb 1795, Lauderdale, Scottish Borders (Berwick), Scotland d. 11 May 1883, Middleville, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Robena Lunam,   b. 1795, Scottish Borders (Berwick), Scotland d. 11 Jan 1873, Middleville, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1816	Oldhamstocks Parish, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland
  Family ID	F1504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Cumming,   b. 29 Apr 1835, Middleville, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1907, Chesley, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1850-1853
  Children	+ 1. John Mather,   b. 24 Oct 1854, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Nov 1921, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)   2. Henry Mather,   b. 2 Dec 1856, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Mar 1858, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 year) + 3. Henry "Harry" Mather,   b. 2 Dec 1858, Middleville, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Mar 1932, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Dec 1822 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1851 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Land & Property - of the same quality as the last but rather superior - 70 lbs - 1852 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carriage Maker - 1852 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Religion - Congregationalist - 1852 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Typhus Fever - 24 Oct 1858 - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  1851 Census Lanark Lanark John Mather

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), John Mather; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 61; Line: 29., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3).