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William Robert Middlemost           1825-1894
William was born about 1825, the son of Relph Middlemost and Mary Ward, in South Shields, County Durham. He married Alice Bradwell in 1853. He died at age 69 in 1894.
Alice Bradwell                                 1831-1885
Alice was born about 1831, the daughter of James and Mary Bradwell, in Manchester, Lancashire.
I have identified the following children:
  Mary Born abt 1855   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Married Arthur Calvert Sharpe
Edith Born abt 1857   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Married Joseph Percy Brierly
William Born abt 1859   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Remained Single
Alice Born abt 1862   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Married Percy Frederick Holmes
Relph Born 12 Jul 1867   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Married Constance Annie Whitaker
Norman Born abt 1871   Huddersfield, Yorkshire Died in Infancy

Birth of Parents
William Robert Middlemost b: abt 1825                     South Shields
son of Relph Middlemost and Mary Ward

Alice Bradwell b: abt 1831  c: 22 Mar 1831         Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire
daughter of James and Mary Bradwell

Marriage
3 Nov 1853
William Robert Middlemost
Alice Bradwell		   Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire

Children
Mary Middlemost b: abt 1855           Huddersfield, Yorkshire       1855 4Q Huddersfield 9a 291
daughter of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell
Edith Middlemost b: abt 1857           Huddersfield, Yorkshire       1857 2Q Huddersfield 9a 339
daughter of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell
William Middlemost b: abt 1859           Huddersfield, Yorkshire       1859 1Q Huddersfield 9a 297
son of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell

1861 Census RG9-3265 4 April 1861 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Trinity Street, West Hill
William Middlemost
Alice (Wife)
Mary
Edith
William
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 36
Age 30
Age 5
Age 3
Age 2 		Wollen Merchant

Scholar
Scholar 		South Shields
Salford
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield 		Durham
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire 		abt 1825
abt 1831
abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1858

Alice Middlemost b: abt 1862           Huddersfield, Yorkshire       1862 1Q Huddersfield 9a 318
daughter of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell
Relph Middlemost b: 12 Jul 1867           Huddersfield, Yorkshire       1867 3Q Huddersfield 9a 323
son of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell, West Hill

1871 Census RG10-4367 3 April 1871 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
West Hill
Wm. Robert Middlemost
Alice (Wife)
Mary
Edith
William
Alice
Relph
Sarah Bradwell (SisLaw)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 45
Age 40
Age 15
Age 13
Age 12
Age 9
Age 3
Age 32 		Woolen Merchant

Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar

Annuitant 		South Shields
Manchester
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Manchester 		Durham
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Lancashire 		abt 1825
abt 1831
abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1858
abt 1862
12 Jul 1867
abt 1838

Norman Middlemost b: abt 1871           Huddersfield, Yorkshire             1871 2Q Huddersfield 9a 370
son of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell     Died 1871 3Q Huddersfield 9a 214

1881 Census RG11-4382 4 April 1881 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Homeleigh
Wm. Robert Middlemost
Alice (Wife)
Mary
William
Sarah Bradwell (SisLaw)
Margaret Sykes (Visitor)
 Plus 1 Servant 		Age 55
Age 50
Age 25
Age 20
Age 42
Age 55 		Woolen Manufacturer South Shields
Manchester
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Manchester
Huddersfield 		Durham
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Yorkshire 		abt 1825
abt 1831
abt 1855
abt 1859
abt 1838
abt 1825

1881 Census RG11-4328 4 April 1881 Harrogate, Bilton cum Harrogate, Yorkshire
Bilton Grange, Skipton Road, Private School
Joseph Griffiths
 Relph Middlemost (Pupil)
Plus 29 other boys 		Age 33
 Age 13 		Schoolmaster B.A.
 Scholar 		Langenderne
 Huddersfield 		Carmarthenshire
 Yorkshire 		abt 1847
 12 Jul 1867

Death
Alice (Bradwell) Middlemost Died 1885, Age 54, Yorkshire             1885 4Q Huddersfield 9a 231

1891 Census RG12-3568 6 April 1891 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Homeleigh, Mountjoy Road
William R. Middlemost (Widr)
William
Alice
Sara Bradwell (SisLaw)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 65
Age 32
Age 29
Age 52 		Woolen Manufacturer
Woolen Mill Mgr. 		South Shields
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Manchester 		Durham
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Lancashire 		abt 1825
abt 1859
abt 1862
abt 1838

Death
William Robert Middlemost Died 24 May 1894, Age 69, Yorkshire             1894 2Q Ripon 9a 52

WAKEFIELD   22 Jun 1894                         Probate
Middlemost, William Robert - of Wentworth Street, Huddersfield, died 24 May 1894, at the Railway Station, Ripon, Probate Wakefield 22 June, to William Middlemost, woolen cloth merchant and Alice Middlemost, spinster.   Effects £3,034 0s. 3d.


SPECIAL THANKS  to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Townsend, nee Middlemost, of Natal, South Africa, for providing many of the details on this family.