Samuel Midgley married Jane Burnett and left for America in January 1845. See letter and translation from Stock Hill [Stockeld] near Wetherby dated December 1845.
David Midgley and Elizabeth Crowther
David was a son of Joseph Midgley b. 1771 at Hambledon
in Yorkshire. He migrated to Canada in 1882 with his wife, Elizabeth
accompanied by David's sister, Susannah, son Thomas and two grandsons,
Frederick and Walter. Eventually the family re-migrated to California
USA and settled at Menlo Park. In the1851 census David was described
as a farmer of 54 acres employing one labourer. By the 1881 census
he was described as a corn miller and farmer of 98 acres employing three
men at Woodhouse near Normanton.
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John Calvert Midgley
Philip and Elizabeth Midgley migrated to the U.S. about
1838 when John Calvert Midgley was about seven years old. The family
were in Minnesota in 1860.
John Calvert's seven children were :
* Elizabeth Ellen Maria Midgley [eldest child] born
in Minnesota 1858. Elizabeth married Edwin R. Temple in Wisconsin,
moving to Iowa and then
Washington state.This is Rella's husband's
great grandmother.
* Earnest C. Midgley
* May
* Ida Ina b. 1871 Osage, Iowa, buried at Wheatland,
North Dakota. Ida is Norma's great-grandmother.
* Charles J.
*William H.
* Bertha.
Contact: Norma Jean Jones [Norma
your email seems to be out of date, Rella would like to contact you]
According to Carol Yonkers:
Descendants of John Calvert Midgley
Generation No. 1
1. John Calvert2 Midgley (Philip1) was born 24 May 1832 in
Yorkshire, England, and died Bet. 1900 and 1910 in Wheatland, North
Dakota. He married Ellen Kinney 12 Jan 1853 in White Creek, Kenosha, Wisconsin,
daughter of Benjamin Kinney and Maria Metcalf. She was born 03 Nov
1835 in Chadwick Mills, Oneida, New York,, and died Aft. 1910 in Wheatland,
North Dakota.
Notes for John Calvert Midgley:
John Calvert's father belonged to royalty in England but he
married a commoner so was disowned. He later emigrated to America when
he was 7 years old according to information given to Rella Gleaton. According
to Laura Mercer Paasche they moved to Winona, Minnesota in 1843. Birth
Date verified by 1860 census.
Notes for Ellen Kinney:
Birth Date verified by 1860 census.
Marriage Notes for John Midgley and Ellen Kinney: 1860 Census Geneva,
Freeborn, Minnesota Sheet No. 1 June 11, 1860 Name Age Work Birth John
C Midgley 28 Farmer England Ellen 25 New York Elizabeth E. M. 1 Minnesota
1870 Census
Burr Oak, Mitchell, Iowa Sheet No. 2 July 8, 1870 Name Age Work
Birth
John Midgley 45 Farmer England Ellen 30 Keeps house New York Eliza
12 Minn Earnest 6 Minn Mary 2 Wis
1880 Census
Liberty, Mitchell, Iowa Sheet No. 16 June 18, 1880
Name
Age Relation
Work Self Father
Mother
John C Midgley 50
Head Farmer
Eng Eng Eng
Ellen
47 Wife Keep
House NY NY
NY
Earnest
16 Son
Wis Eng
NY
Mary
12 Daughter
Wis Eng
N Y
Ida
8 Daughter
Iowa Eng
NY
Charlie
5 Son
Iowa Eng
NY
Wm H
2 Son
Iowa Eng
NY
Oman Armstrong 12 Servant Farm Hand
Wis Wis NY
Sam Paulson 25
Servant Farm Hand Nor
Nor Nor
Daniel Edwards 20 Servant
Farm Hand Ill
Harase Hodge 30
Servant Farm Hand Mich
Thomas Roash 20 Servant
Farm Hand Ire
Ire
Ire
Anderson Garrett 26 Servant Farm Hand
Ill NY
Ind
Elnora Garrett 19 Servant
House Keeper Ill
NY Mich
Glena G Garrett 1
Iowa Ill
Ill
1900 Census
Wheatland, Cass, North Dakota Sheet No. 2 June 2, 1900
Name
Relation Birth Date
Self Father Mother
Work
John C. Midgeley Head
May 1830 Eng Eng
Eng Farmer
Ellen
Wife
Nov 1835 NY
Conn Conn
William H
Son
May 1878 Iowa Eng
NY At school
Bertha McLean Daughter
Apr 1880 Iowa
Eng NY
Malcolm McLean Son-in-law
Mar 1876 Can
Scot Scot Farmer
William Montgomery Servant
Jul 1872 Minn
Can Can
Laborer
Edward Cole
Servant Dec 1845
Ohio Penn Scot
Laborer
Royal O Johnson Servant
Dec 1835 Mich Ohio
Ohio Laborer
Harry Shephard Servant
Jul 1869 Mass Ver
Ver Laborer Frank
Yonick
Servant Jan 1878
Ill Ger
Ger Laborer
More About John Midgley and Ellen Kinney:
Marriage: 12 Jan 1853, White Creek, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Children of John Midgley and Ellen Kinney are:
2 i. Elizabeth Ellen Marie3 Midgley, born 21 Aug 1858 in Wytoka,
Winona, Minnesota; died 1934.
3 ii. Amanda Eliza Midgley, born 1860.
4 iii. Minnie Electia Rose Midgley, born 1862.
5 iv. Ernest Calvert Midgley, born Apr 1864 in Minnesota.
6 v. Mary Bell Lillian Midgley, born May 1868 in Wisconsin; died
20 May 1944 in St. Louis, Minnesota.
7 vi. Ida Inace Lillian Midgley, born 05 Jun 1871 in Osage, Mitchell,
Iowa,; died 09 Nov 1953 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, burried in Detroit
Lakes, Minn.
8 vii. Charles John Midgley, born 27 Apr 1875 in Iowa.
9 viii. William Harvey Midgley, born 17 May 1878 in Iowa.
10 ix. Bertha Florence Midgley, born 01 Apr 1880 in Iowa; died Jul
1971 in Wheatland, North Dakota.
Contact: Carol Yonkers
Hannah Midgley1
Born 1797, Lightcliffe, near Halifax. Married in 1816
at Halifax Cathedral to Thomas Murgatroyd. Thomas migrated to America
in 1821, Hannah followed her husband there the following year where
she remained in the U.S. until 1835 when she and Thomas went to Ontario,
Canada to reside at South Grimsby township, Lincoln county. Hannah
lived here for 54 years before she died in 1889 at about the
age of 92 years.
Thomas and Hannah had three sons and four daughters:
* Thomas Murgatroyd of Hiawatha, Kansas, 1889.
* Robert Murgatroyd of Ontario, Canada, 1889.
* Midgley Murgatroyd of Ontario, Canada, 1889.
* Mary [married David Matthew] of San Francisco,
California, 1889.
* Elizabeth [married George Brant] of Ontario,
Canada, 1889.
* Charlotte [not married in 1889] of Ontario,
Canada, 1889.
* Emma [married John Freeman] of Niagara Falls,
N.Y., 1889.
Obituary of Hannah (Midgley) Murgatroyd, date and place not shown but
assumed to be 1889, South Grimsby township, Lincoln county,
Ontario, Canada:
Contact: Roger
Connelly
Clare has found that William Howard Midgley's parents were Edwin and Martha found on the 1850 U.S. census:
Edwin Midgley M 44 Scotland Occ: Moulder i.e. b~1806
Marth Midgley F 39 England
Marth Midgley F 19 England
James Midgley M 17 New York Occ: Salesman
Joseph Midgley M 15 Pennsylvania Occ: Student
Anna Midgley F 13 Ohio
Eliza Jane Midgley F 7 Pennsylvania
Harwowood Midgley* M 5 Pennsylvania (b~ 1845)
* i.e. Howard. Edwin is mistakenly shown on the census as born Scotland but as records in UK births show he was born in Leeds:
Edwin William Heywood Midgeley
Ch. 7 Aug 1806, St. Peter's Leeds Yorks.
b. 16 Jul 1806
Father: Joseph.
The dates for the births of Edwin and Martha's children indicate that they emigrated from England to the U.S. about the year 1834.
Contact: Clare Peden
Contact: Nancy Stevens
Sarah Jane Midgley's parents were Robert Midgley born abt.1834 and
Clarissa Craven born 9th February 1896 [baptised 12th March 1837]
, they were both born in Keighley, West Yorkshire. [married 3rd quarter
1857]. Clarissa died Lowell, Middlesex, Mass. 22nd September 1896.
Robert married secondly Sarah McKillof in Lowell, Middlesex,
Massachusetts on 20th October, 1897 daughter of Neil McKillof and
Sarah McKinnon. Robert probably died in Lowell also but no death
date ascribed.
Robert's parents were William Midgley and Ann Hartley
[married 11th May 1830 within the parish of St. Andrews, Keighley]
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Midgley and Ann Hartley's descendants in the U.S.
However Sarah's parents may not have come to America. Sarah entered through
Boston, Mass. on 26th May 1886 with her sister Alice. On the 4th
August 1886 they were followed through the same port by her brothers,
William and Craven, sister Lilley, Hartley, and a Mrs. Mary Midgley
[50 years of age, possibly an aunt]
Robert appears to have had nine children:
* Martha M. Midgley b.1859, Keighley, West Yorkshire,
England.
*Sarah Jane Midgley b. 11th July 1865, Bradford,
West Yorkshire.
* Mary Ann Midgley b.1861, Glusburn.
* Alice Midgley b.1867, Eastburn [migrated on
ship "Kansas" arr. Boston 26th May 1886]
* Hartley Midgley b. February 1871, Sutton-in-Craven,
Yorkshire.[Arrived Boston on the
"Kansas" 4th August,
1886]. Hartley married Edith Garfield and had two children, Flora
E.
andGladys P. Midgley.
*Frank Midgley b.1873, Sutton-in-Craven, may have
died in England, he may not have
accompanied the family.
* Lilley Midgley b. between 1868-1869 Eastburn,
Yorkshire [Arrived Boston on the "Kansas"
4th August, 1886].
* Craven Midgley born April 1863, at Sutton-in-Craven,
Yorkshire, England. He married, in Yorkshire, Sarah E. Morse
born June 1864. They both arrived in Boston Harbour, Boston, Suffolk
Massachusetts on the ship "Kansas" from Liverpool, England on
4th August 1886.
They had four children:
* Albert Midgley b. July 1889, Rhode Island.
* Merriam Midgley b. 2nd Jan.1892, Lowell, Middlesex, Mass.
* Sadie Midgley b. 22nd Dec.1894, Lowell, Mass.
* May Midgley b. 22nd Dec. 1894, Lowell, Mass., died 13th August
1898, Lowell.
* William [Willie"] Midgley b.1876, Baildon, West Yorkshire,arrived in
Boston Harbour, Boston Suffolk Massachusetts on the ship "Kansas"
from Liverpool, England on 4th August 1886.
Sarah Jane Midgley later married James Hargraves Bland
on the 23rd May 1889 at Lowell, Massachusetts. James was born 6th
October 1853 at Idle near Keighley which is not far from Bradford.
Sarah and James then moved to Sanford, York County, Maine.
Wayne has other details of family members.
Contact: Wayne
Sladen
Harold Midgley
Migrated from England to America with his wife Clara
and five sons, Arthur, Harold, Wilfrid, Harry and Raymond in the
1920's Harry was Ray's father. Ray has further details
Contact: Ray Midgley
His son John Henry Midgley was born 1858 died U.S.A. date unknown.
John Henry Midgley married Hannah Isabella Simpson b.
1859 d. 1928 she was buried at Undercliff cemetary [N.E. of Bradford]
in a grave bought by her husband. John Henry went to the U.S.A. but
Hannah did not. Hannah was by trade a butcher, her shop being at 303
Wakefield Road West Bowling, Bradford. John & Hannah had at least
three children:
1. Henry b. 1891, d. 1911
2. Ernest who migrated to U.S.A. and died U.S.A. 1952.
3. Isabel Francis W.
In Undercliff cemetary there are also graves for:
Selina Bartle Midgley
Walter Midgley
Emily Midgley
who all died in infancy.
Possible predecessor:
IGI 1994:
Francis MIDGLEY (M) C: 21 Sep1735
Father: Michael MIDGLEY
Thornton By Bradford
The 1881 Census [3rd April] shows a Francis Midgley living in Ovenden with a daughter, Sarah:
Dwelling: Bradshaw Lane
Census Place: Ovenden, York, England
Source: FHL Film 1342057
PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4420 Folio
123 Page 11
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Sarah PRIESTLEY W 51 F Ovenden, York, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Housekeeper Dom
Ellis PRIESTLEY U 10 M Thornton, York, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Worsted Factory
Sam. PRIESTLEY U 18 M Thornton, York, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Wool Sorter Wd
Francis MIDGLEY W 89 M Thornton, York, England
Rel: Father
Occ: Retired Pensioner Royal Guards Blues
The 1881 census shows John Henry Midgley still resident in Yorkshire:
Dwelling: 319 Bowling O Lane
Census Place: Bowling, York, England
Source: FHL Film 1342061
PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4440 Folio
76 Page 2
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
John H. MIDGLEY M 23 M Thornton, York, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Rly Plate Layer
Hannah B. MIDGLEY M 22 F Baildon, York, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Stuff Weaver
Mary A. MIDGLEY 2 F Pudsey, York, England
Rel: Daur
Contact: Derek Midgley
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