Robert Varley

1829 - Abt 1907  (77 years)

• Name	Robert Varley
  Born	19 Jun 1829	Skipton
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	25 Jun 1829	Skipton   [1]
  Occupation	Canal horseman, boatman, canal superintendent, lock-keeper at Scarland Lock, Gargrave
  Died	Abt May 1907	Skipton   [2]
  Person ID	I09962	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Varley,   b. 7 Jun 1805, Skipton ,   d. 22 Nov 1860, Leeds  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Ellen Slater,   b. 1805, Yorkshire ,   d. 6 Sep 1849, Leeds  (Age 44 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1825	Skipton   [3]
  Family ID	F01670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Hesketh,   b. 1826, Rufford ,   d. 1889, Scarisbrick  (Age 63 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1855	St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk   [4]
  Children	1. Ellen Varley,   b. 1856, Burscough ,   d. 1857, Skipton  (Age 1 years)   2. Elizabeth Varley,   b. 1858, Burscough   3. Mary Varley,   b. 1860, Burscough ,   d. 1919, Orrell Lane, Burscough  (Age 59 years)   4. Thomas Varley,   b. 1862, Burscough ,   d. 1893, Lathom  (Age 31 years)   5. Robert Varley,   b. 1864, Burscough ,   d. Bef 1869  (Age < 4 years)   6. John William Varley,   b. 1866, Burscough   7. Robert Varley,   b. 1869, Burscough
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2026
  Family ID	F01667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Flynn,   b. 1845, Bristol or Ireland
  Married	1889	St Mary, Kirkdale   [5]
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2026
  Family ID	F01675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Absent in 1861 census. Marriage record is for Robert Barlow, for whom no birth or census record found so assumed to be a mishearing for Varley, as in daughter Elizabeth's baptism record.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010056] Parish record. [S010066] England and Wales Free BMD Death Index. [S010067] IGI. [S010069] MC. [S010071] Lancashire BMDs.