Engineer, of Didsbury (1847)
1821 Twins Henry and Herbert Birley were born in Didsbury, children of Joseph Birley (1782-1847), gentleman, and his wife Jane[1] nee Hornby
1847 Founder member of I Mech E
1851 A retired engineer (age 29) visiting Joseph Baxendale in London[2]
1861 Engineer and iron founder, employing 420 men and xx boys; living in Haigh[3]
1866 of Haigh Foundry Co of Wigan
c.1881 Left Haigh Foundry
1881 An engineer and iron founder, a boarder in the house of his brother, Thomas H. Birley, india rubber manufacturer, in Didsbury[4]
1891 Consulting mechanical engineer, living in Pendleton[5]
1894 Died in Salford