Midgley of New Zealand |
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Pancake Rocks, Pankaiki, West Coast South Island |
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Sunbathing
beneath the snows, Queenstown, South Island
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Dwelling: Scarbro Road
Census Place: Norton In Malton, York, England
Source: FHL Film 1342161 PRO Ref
RG11 Piece 4812 Folio 109
Page 22
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Ralph MIDGLEY M 29 M Warter, York, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Railway Signalman
Lucy M. MIDGLEY M 24 F Norton, York, England
Rel: Wife
John E. MIDGLEY 3 M Norton, York, England
Rel: Son
Gertrude M. MIDGLEY 1 F Norton, York, England
Rel: Daur
Infant MIDGLEY 6 d F Norton, York, England
Rel: Daur
Mary MIDGLEY U 26 F Warter, York, England
Rel: Sister
Occ: Servant Unemployed(Domestic)
Contact: Myra Midgley
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Volcanic mud pool, North Island N.Z. |
Private
Percy
Lionel Midgley 12/174. Main Body. Auckland Regiment N.Z.E.F.. Killed in
action 8th May 1915. Age 22. Son of the late Edmond Sager Midgley and Ellan
Midgley of 15 Waterview Rd. Stanley Bay Auckland. Born at Hobsonville Auckland.
11.1.1.
Birth Notes: BT
research
Noted events in his life were:
• Will: filed, 1
October 1969, Balclutha, Otago, South Island, NZ.
Children from
this marriage were:
+ 100 M
i. Andrew
Herbert Edmund MIDGLEY was born on 30 April 1919 and died on 16 April
1945 in WW II, Faenza, Italy at age 25.
+
101 M ii. Living
100.
Andrew Herbert Edmund MIDGLEY
(Lily Andrea ANDERSEN42, Lilley Mary SPRIGGS16, James9,
James Green3, William1) was born on 30 April 1919 and
died on 16 April 1945 in WW II, Faenza, Italy at age 25.
101.
Living (Lily Andrea ANDERSEN42, Lilley Mary SPRIGGS16,
James9, James Green3, William1)
102. Living (Florence Euphemia SPRIGGS43, Charles Hay17, James9, James Green3, William1)
Joseph Midgley [boot-maker] married Hannah Sunderland [1828] at Keighley. They had a son, Benjamin also a bootmaker. Benjamin married Ann Brayshaw, they left the Keighley/Bingley area and emigrated to New Zealand
Rob
Midgley reports that Thomas Edmund / Edmond Midgley b. abt. 1861, North
Bierley; chr. 21 September 1861; d. 17 December 1927, Waihi, Waikato New
Zealand.
In 1871, aged 9, Thomas was a scholar living with his parents at 41 Bierley Lane. His occupation in 1881 was grocer and draper’s assistant, presumably to his father, but from then on followed a career as a teacher of music. The 1894 Post Office Directory mentions that Thomas E Midgley was a professor [teacher] of music at 69 Parkside Rd [Bowling]. Other records refer to him as a pianoforte teacher.
Thomas and Harriet lived in Bowling in 1891 but in 1901, although still married, he was a boarder at Loughrigg St, Bowling. I have been unable to trace any other information on Harriet. Thomas arrived in Sydney, Australia in January 1902, the record showing he was a musician, and single. He must have continued to New Zealand in 1902, where he became the organist at St Paul’s, Auckland and the Presbyterian Church, Waihi. He died tragically when he failed to escape from a fire in his bedroom.Also see:
Midgley of Bierley, Bradford etc. [pdf]
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References:
1. 1881 census for Yorkshire, England.
2. International Genealogical Index.
3. Rob Midgley citing www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/9XND-H2C; www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GR6S-3YY.