George Mahon (7 July 18539 December 1908) was a founding father and former chairman of Everton Football Club.
Biography
George Mahon was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 7 July 1853. He was baptised at St. Anne Richmond Church of England Liverpool on 14 August 1853. His parents, Robert Mahon and Harriet Bates, were Irish. The Mahons came to Liverpool from Dublin, Ireland, where Robert and his father were shoemakers.
The family moved back to Dublin when George was about three years old and they lived in Ireland for nearly a decade. They lived in Wicklow Street then later in Pitt Street (now called Balfe Street). In 1858 Robert was elected to the Office of Beadle of St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street. His election was supported by his brother-in-law, Edward Bates, who was sexton of the church at the time. Robert's duties were to attend to the churchwardens, look after deserted children, provide coffins for the poor and other parochial business.
