[2] Alfred Midgley was born on 24 February 1849 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Mary (née Hannah) and an unknown father.
He served as a Methodist minister in Ipswich from 1871 to 1873, in Toowoomba from 1873 to 1876 and in Albert Street, Brisbane from 1876 to 1878.
[3] Midgley married on 6 October 1886 to Sarah Ellen Baron with whom he had 2 sons and 4 daughters.
On 3 February 1875 he married Sarah Elizabeth Vowles with whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Midgley died on 5 February 1930 in Corinda, Brisbane.