Robert Midgley

1827 - 1881  (54 years)

• Name	Robert Midgley
  Born	1827	Selby
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Sep 1827	Selby   [1]
  Occupation	Ship's engineer
  Buried	1881	Goole Cemetery   [2]
  Died	29 Nov 1881	Goole
  Person ID	I70919	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Midgley,   b. 1791, Goole ,   d. 22 Sep 1838, Goole  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Dockray,   b. Abt 1793, Goole
  Married	20 Nov 1813	Selby Abbey
  Family ID	F22767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Wright,   b. 1828, Temple Hirst, nr Snaith
  Married	20 May 1850	St Lawrence, Snaith Priory   [3]
  Children	1. Frederick William Midgley,   b. Abt May 1851, Goole ,   d. 17 Feb 1917, Cottingham  (Age 65 years)   2. Francis Thomas Midgley,   b. Abt Nov 1852, Stanley, nr Wakefield   3. Robert Edward Midgley,   b. Abt Feb 1856, Hunslet   4. Walter John Midgley,   b. Abt Feb 1858, Hunslet ,   d. 24 Oct 1881, Goole  (Age 23 years)   5. Emma Caroline Midgley,   b. Abt Feb 1867, Ipswich   6. Arthur James Henry Midgley,   b. Abt Feb 1870, Grimsby
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2026
  Family ID	F22768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S373592] West Yorkshire CofE Births and Baptisms (Ancestry). [S242739] Find a Grave Index (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.