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Name: RAFTER, Mathew

Birth Date: 19 Oct 1979 West Hartlepool, Durham

Death Date: 9 Mar 1943 Shipley, Yorks.

First Date: 1906

Profession: Engineer, Lake steamers

Married: 1. Mary Elizabeth Roddy b. 1884, d. 29 Apr 1965 Oundle 2. Maud Clegg b. 24 Aug 1889 Bradford, d. 1984 Bradford

Children: Basil Bernard (8 Nov 1913 Leeds-1982); another

Book Reference: Drumkey, Gazette

War Service: Merchant Navy

General Information:

Gazette 15/1/1907 - Arrived on new appointment from England - 2nd Engineer U R Lake Steamers - 29/12/1906

Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamers - Engineer, 2nd, 1906

1939 England and Wales Register living in Shipley as 'Fitter (Mechanical Engineering)' with wife Maud