Rev. Roland George Matthew

Male 1851 - 1925  (73 years)


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  • Name Roland George Matthew 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 25 Dec 1851  Parish of St. Mary Le Bone Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 16 Feb 1852  St. Clement, Eastcheap Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1881  9, New Market St, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    curate of All Saints 
    Died 28 Aug 1925 
    Age 73 years 
    Person ID I75  The Matthew Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2015 

    Father David Matthew,   b. 1809, Southwark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1880  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cranwell Rowton,   b. Abt 1814, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893, Hampstead Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Mar 1836  St. Mary the Great, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1851  59, Finchley Rd, Marylebone, London. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1861  3, Loundoun Rd, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1871  58, Belsize Park, St. John's, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1881  52, Belsize Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with Edward and Alice 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel Francis Emily Kingsbury,   b. 1860, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1941  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 1896 
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2010 
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 16 Feb 1852 - St. Clement, Eastcheap Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - curate of All Saints - 1881 - 9, New Market St, Wigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rector of Wigan
    • Canon of Liverpool
    • Memorial in All Saints, Wigan reads...


      A.M.D.G.
      IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
      ROLAND GEORGE MATTHEW
      PRIEST
      RECTOR OF WIGAN 1896-1921
      CANON EMERITUS
      OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL
      BORN 25TH DECEMBER 1851
      DIED 28TH AUGUST 1925
      "The Priest's lips should keep knowledge."
      RIP
    • At the time of his death he was living at 45, Surrey Rd., Bournemouth
    • From the records of Wadham College, Oxford

      "Son of David Matthew, Brush Manufacturer. Born in St Marylebone, London. JE. (St John's) 15 Oct. 1870. Admitted 5% 20 Jan. 1871. Second Class, Classics, Mods. Trinity Term 1872. Second Class, Litt. Hum. Michaelmas Term 1874. B.A. 1875. M.A. 1877. Compounded 4 April, 1877.

      Born 25 Dec. 1851. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School. Vicar of St Michael's, Wigan, 1881."
    • Matthew, Rowland George, 6s. David, of London, gent St. John's Coll., matric. 25 Oct, 1870, aged 28 ; scholar Wadham Coll. 1870-5, B.A. 1875, M.A. 1877, vicar of St. Michael and All Angels, Wigan, 1881. See Robinson, 348.


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