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Joseph Percy Brierly                            1855-1936
Joseph was born about 1855, the son of Joseph Brierly and Mary Swallow, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He married Edith Middlemost in 1881.
Edith Middlemost                                1857-1930
Edith was born about 1857, the daughter of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
I have identified the following children:
  Edith May Born abt 1882   Huddersfield, York Married George Edward Dodd
Percy Learoyd Born abt 1884   Huddersfield, York Married Geraldine Clark
George Kenneth Born abt 1890   Huddersfield, York Married Dorothy Fisher

Birth of Parents
Joseph Percy Brierly b: abt 1855             Huddersfield, Yorkshire         1855 3Q Huddersfield 9a 320
son of Joseph Brierly and Mary Swallow

Edith Middlemost b: abt 1857           Huddersfield, Yorkshire         1857 2Q Huddersfield 9a 339
daughter of William Robert Middlemost and Alice Bradwell

Marriage
abt 1881
Joseph Percy Brierly
Edith Middlemost		   Huddersfield, Yorkshire         1881 1Q Huddersfield 9a 391

1881 Census RG11-4382 4 April 1881 Huddersfield, York
Bank Villa, Bankfield Road
Joseph P. Brierly
Edith (Wife)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 25
Age 23 		Designer in Woolens Huddersfield
Huddersfield 		York
York 		abt 1855
abt 1857

Children
Edith May Brierly b: abt 1882           Huddersfield, York        1882 3Q Huddersfield 9a 333
daughter of Joseph Percy Brierly and Edith Middlemost
Percy Learoyd Brierly b: abt 1884           Huddersfield, York        1884 2Q Huddersfield 9a 292
son of Joseph Percy Brierly and Edith Middlemost
George Kenneth Brierly b: abt 1890           Huddersfield, York        1890 2Q Huddersfield 9a 334
son of Joseph Percy Brierly and Edith Middlemost

1891 Census RG12-3572 6 April 1891 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
21 Hes?tourue Road
Joseph Percy Brierly
Edith (Wife)
Edith M.
Percy
George K.
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 35
Age 33
Age 8
Age 6
Age 2 Mo. 		Woolen Manufacturer Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield 		York
York
York
York
York 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1882
abt 1884
abt 1890

1901 Census RG13-4105 1 April 1901 Huddersfield, Yorkshire
7 Wentworth Street
J. Percy Brierley
Edith (Wife)
Edith M.
George K.
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 45
Age 43
Age 18
Age 10 		Woolen Manufacturer Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield 		York
York
York
York 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1882
abt 1890

1901 Census RG13-1141 1 April 1901 Bradfield, Berkshire
Bradfield College
Herbert Branston Gray
 Percy Learoyd Brierly 		Age 49
 Age 16 		Clergyman C of  E, Schoolmaster
 Student 		Putney
 Huddersfield 		Surrey
 York 		abt 1851
 abt 1884

Percy Learoyd Brierly
Percy Learoyd Brierly

1911 Census RG14-(223) 3 April 1911 Lindley cum Quarmby, Yorkshire-West Riding
Thornhill Road, Huddersfield (8 Rooms)
J. Percy Brierly
Edith (Wife)
P. Learoyd
G. Kenneth
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 55
Age 53
Age 26
Age 20 		Worsted Manufacturer

Worsted Manufacturer
Stock broker's Clerk 		Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield 		Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1884
abt 1890

Death
Edith (Middlemost) Brierly Died 26 Aug 1930, Age 73,         1930 3Q Huddersfield 9a 389

LONDON   23 Sep 1930                         Probate
BRIERLY, Edith, of St. Elphins, 20 Thornhill-road, Huddersfield (wife of Joseph Percy Brierly), died 26 August 1930, Probate London, 23 September, to the said Joseph Percy Brierly, gentleman.   Effects £639 18s. 6d.

Death
Joseph Percy Brierly Died 19 Jan 1936, Age 80,         1936 1Q Huddersfield 9a 146

LONDON   17 Feb 1936                         Probate
BRIERLY, Joseph Percy, of 8 York Place, Huddersfield, died 19 January 1936, at Imperial Nursing Home, Harrogate, Probate, London, 17 February, to Percy Learoyd Brierly, stockbroker, George Kenneth Brierly, Stockbroker, and Ernest Gordon Brierly, solicitor.   Effects £13,994 11s. 5d.

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