BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Robert Varley

Male 1829 - Abt 1907  (77 years)


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  • Name Robert Varley 
    Born 19 Jun 1829  Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Jun 1829  Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Canal horseman, boatman, canal superintendent, lock-keeper at Scarland Lock, Gargrave Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt May 1907  Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I09962  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Thomas Varley,   b. 7 Jun 1805, Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1860, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Ellen Slater,   b. 1805, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1849, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1825  Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F01669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Hesketh,   b. 1826, Rufford Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Scarisbrick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1855  St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Ellen Varley,   b. 1856, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1857, Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Elizabeth Varley,   b. 1858, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary Varley,   b. 1860, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919, Orrell Lane, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     4. Thomas Varley,   b. 1862, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     5. Robert Varley,   b. 1864, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1869  (Age < 4 years)
     6. John William Varley,   b. 1866, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Robert Varley,   b. 1869, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F01666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza Flynn,   b. 1845, Bristol or Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1889  St Mary, Kirkdale Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F01674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010056] Parish record.

    2. [S010066] England and Wales Free BMD Death Index.

    3. [S010067] IGI.

    4. [S010069] MC.

    5. [S010071] Lancashire BMDs.




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