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Descendant Chart for James Middlebrook (c1792-1842) of Colne, Lancashire



James Middlebrook (c1792-1842)

  • was born about 1792, probably in Lancashire.
  • he worked as a joiner.
  • he died of debility in Bradford on 25th March 1842, aged 50.
  • he married Susan Hargreaves at Colne on 27th July 1812.
  • they had eleven children:
    1. William Middlebrook was born at Blackburn c1815, and baptised at Colne on 17th March 1816. He worked as a joiner. He married Isabella but was probably not survived by any children. He died [at Guisborough district] in 1866, aged 51.
    2. Sarah Middlebrook was born at Colne c1818. She married William Sugden at Bradford in 1849.
    3. Isabella Middlebrough was born at Colne c1819. She married Edward Bradley at Colne on 15th January 1838.
    4. Betsy Middlebrook was born at Colne c1820. She possibly married Joseph Mills at Bradford in 1850.
    5. James Middlebrook was born at Colne c1824. He worked as a joiner and married Mehala Morrell at Bradford in 1847. He died in 1870, aged 46.
    6. Susannah Middlebrook was born at Colne c1825. She married Richard Brook at Bradford in 1845.
    7. Phillis Middlebrook was born at Colne c1826. She died at Bradford in 1854.
    8. Jane Middlebrook was born at Colne c1827.
    9. Alice Middlebrook was born at Colne c1830. She married Thomas Cox at Bradford in 1858.
    10. Hargreaves Middlebrook (c1832-1900)
    11. Benjamin Middlebrook was born c1835 at Colne. He worked as a plumber and married Sarah Lockwood at Bradford in 1862. They had a son or nephew - Fred Lockwood/Middlebrook who married in 1890. Benjamin died in 1894, aged 58.
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Hargreaves Middlebrook (c1832-1900)

  • was the son of James Middlebrook.
  • was born c1832 at Colne, Lancashire.
  • he worked as a 'stuff warehouseman'.
  • he died at Bradford in 1900, aged 69.
  • he married Jane Smithies (daughter of William Smithies) at Bradford on 26th May 1860.
  • they had three children:
    1. William Smithies Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1861. He died in 1881, aged 19.
    2. Thomas Edward Middlebrook (1863-1934)
    3. Agnes Maud Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1867. She died in 1902, aged 33.
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Thomas Edward Middlebrook (1863-1934)

  • was the second son of Hargreaves Middlebrook.
  • was born in 1863 at Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • he worked as a joiner.
  • he died at Bradford in 1934, aged 71.
  • he married Sarah Jane Hiorns (daughter of Henry Hiorns) in Warwickshire in 1894.
  • they had four children:
    1. Doris Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1897.
    2. Eric Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1901, but died in 1902, aged 1.
    3. Harold Hiorns Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1903.
    4. Hilda Middlebrook was born at Bradford in 1907.
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Key Sources

  • Parish Registers and Transcripts of Colne (Lancashire Records Office)
  • 1841 census at Colne - PRO ref. HO107/507/8/f40.
  • 1851 census at Colne - PRO ref. HO107/2254/f427.
  • 1861 census at Colne - PRO ref. RG9/3081/...
  • GRO indices for births marriages and deaths 1837 onwards.
  • birth certificate of Rufus Middlebrook 1845.
  • death certificate of Priscilla Middlebrook 1846.
  • death certificate of William Middlebrook 1861.
  • marriage certificate of John Middlebrook 1879.