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Robert Varley

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Varley was born on 21 May 1884 in Lathom (son of Thomas Varley and Elizabeth Abram).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman, licensee of the Canal Tavern, Ellesmere Port
    • Baptism: 22 May 1884, St John the Baptist, Burscough

    Robert married Ellen Rothwell on 11 Feb 1911 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. Ellen (daughter of James Rothwell and Ellen Hilton) was born on 2 Jun 1891 in Lathom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Thomas Varley was born on 7 Jun 1911 in Wheat Lane, Lathom.
    2. Ellen Varley was born on 9 Oct 1912 in Wheat Lane, Lathom.
    3. Sarah Varley was born on 4 Apr 1915 in Wheat Lane, Lathom.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Varley was born in 1862 in Burscough (son of Robert Varley and Elizabeth Hesketh); died in 1893 in Lathom; was buried on 21 Jan 1893 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 'Hostler', boatman
    • Baptism: 16 Nov 1862, St John the Baptist, Burscough

    Thomas married Elizabeth Abram on 24 Sep 1883 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Abram and Sarah Much) was born in 1863 in Lathom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Abram was born in 1863 in Lathom (daughter of Robert Abram and Sarah Much).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 20 Dec 1863, All Souls, Liverpool

    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Varley was born on 21 May 1884 in Lathom.
    2. John William Varley was born in 1885 in Lathom.
    3. Sarah Varley was born in 1887 in Lathom.
    4. Elizabeth Varley was born on 18 Nov 1889 in Lathom.
    5. Thomas Varley was born in 1892 in Lathom; died in 1892 in Lathom.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Varley was born on 19 Jun 1829 in Skipton (son of Thomas Varley and Ellen Slater); died about May 1907 in Skipton.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Canal horseman, boatman, canal superintendent, lock-keeper at Scarland Lock, Gargrave
    • Baptism: 25 Jun 1829, Skipton

    Notes:

    Absent in 1861 census. Marriage record is for Robert Barlow, for whom no birth or census record found so assumed to be a mishearing for Varley, as in daughter Elizabeth's baptism record.

    Robert married Elizabeth Hesketh on 10 Nov 1855 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk. Elizabeth (daughter of James Hesketh) was born in 1826 in Rufford; died in 1889 in Scarisbrick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Hesketh was born in 1826 in Rufford (daughter of James Hesketh); died in 1889 in Scarisbrick.

    Notes:

    Marries as Elizabeth Gibbons, widow, and maiden name taken from this record. All children's births apart from first confusingly duplicated in Lancs BMD register, once with mother's maiden name Ashcroft, and again with mother's maiden name Gobin or Gibbons.

    Children:
    1. Ellen Varley was born in 1856 in Burscough; died in 1857 in Skipton.
    2. Elizabeth Varley was born in 1858 in Burscough.
    3. Mary Varley was born in 1860 in Burscough; died in 1919 in Orrell Lane, Burscough; was buried on 6 Oct 1919 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    4. 2. Thomas Varley was born in 1862 in Burscough; died in 1893 in Lathom; was buried on 21 Jan 1893 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    5. Robert Varley was born in 1864 in Burscough; died before 1869.
    6. John William Varley was born in 1866 in Burscough.
    7. Robert Varley was born in 1869 in Burscough.

  3. 6.  Robert Abram was born in 1834 in Lathom (son of Margery Abram); died in 1896 in Wheat Lane, Lathom; was buried on 29 Apr 1896 in St JOhn the Baptist, Burscough.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 13 Jun 1834, Lathom Park Chapel

    Notes:

    Birthplace given as Halsall in censuses. Robert Abram in baptism and marriage records, but born before his mother married Ralph Melling. In 1841 census as Melling, also in 1851 'in a flat on the canal' in Litherland with his stepfather's brother Richard Melling.

    Robert married Sarah Much on 4 Mar 1861 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk. Sarah (daughter of John Much) was born in 1831 in Liverpool. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Much was born in 1831 in Liverpool (daughter of John Much).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 13 Jun 1831, St Peter, Liverpool

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Abram was born in 1863 in Lathom.
    2. William Abram was born on 17 Jun 1865 in Lathom; died on 5 Aug 1950 in Halsall; was buried in 1950 in St Cuthbert, Halsall.
    3. Ellen Abram was born in 1866 in Parbold.
    4. Richard Abram was born in 1868 in Lathom; died in 1871 in Lathom; was buried on 26 Mar 1871 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Varley was born on 7 Jun 1805 in Skipton (son of William Varley and Elizabeth Thompson); died on 22 Nov 1860 in Leeds.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 10 Jan 1808, Skipton

    Thomas married Ellen Slater on 24 Jan 1825 in Skipton. Ellen was born in 1805 in Yorkshire; died on 6 Sep 1849 in Leeds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ellen Slater was born in 1805 in Yorkshire; died on 6 Sep 1849 in Leeds.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Varley was born on 28 Apr 1827 in Skipton.
    2. 4. Robert Varley was born on 19 Jun 1829 in Skipton; died about May 1907 in Skipton.
    3. William Varley was born on 16 May 1831 in Skipton.
    4. Jane Varley was born on 12 Jun 1833 in Skipton.
    5. Abraham Varley was born on 18 Nov 1835 in Skipton.
    6. Thomas Varley was born on 3 Oct 1837 in Holbeck, Leeds; died on 22 May 1903 in Leeds Infirmary.
    7. Mary Varley was born on 28 Dec 1840 in Holbeck, Leeds; died in 1901.

  3. 10.  James Hesketh

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Labourer

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Hesketh was born in 1826 in Rufford; died in 1889 in Scarisbrick.

  4. 13.  Margery Abram was born on 5 Nov 1814 in Halsall (daughter of Robert Abram and Margery Rimmer); died on 11 Nov 1893 in Lathom; was buried in Christ Church, Newburgh.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 4 Dec 1814, St Cuthbert, Halsall

    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Abram was born in 1834 in Lathom; died in 1896 in Wheat Lane, Lathom; was buried on 29 Apr 1896 in St JOhn the Baptist, Burscough.

  5. 14.  John Much

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Bricklayer

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Much was born in 1831 in Liverpool.



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