Hornsey, Middlesex
Richard Staveley b. 1807 is the son of Richard Henry Thomas Staveley, and Mary Ann FYFE who were married at St. Alban Wood Street, in London. Richard Staveley (b. 1807-1870) married Agnes Jane CARTER (b.1811-?) and is known to have had three children born in Liverpool: Marianne Fyfe Staveley (b. 1841), Frederic Winbolt Staveley (b. 1844) and a son Henry (b. 1847).
Richard and Agnes Jane are found with their three children residing in Kirkdale, Lancashire in 1861. Richard died in 1870 in Liverpool, and his widow Agnes is living in Everton, Lancashire in 1871.
Their son, Frederic Winbolt Staveley, became a Shipping Agent and is living in Bootle, Lancashire in 1871. Daughter Marianne Fyfe Staveley, married Matthew GALBRAITH, and moved to Aberdeen, Scotland. Son Henry Staveley married Jessie T. GALBRAITH from Edinburgh, Scotland, possibly the sister of Matthew mentioned above. Henry, like his brother Frederic, also became a Shipping Agent, but by 1881 based his business from Hornsey in Middlesex:
1881: 5 Middle Lane Richmond Villas, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Henry STAVELY | Head | M |
Male | 34 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England | Shipping Commission Agent |
Jessie T. STAVELY | Wife | M |
Female | 35 |
Scotland |
|
Elise C. STAVELY | Daur |
|
Female | 9 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England | Scholar |
Isabella G. STAVELY | Daur |
|
Female | 6 |
Hornsey, Middlesex, England | Scholar |
Josephine L. STAVELY | Daur |
|
Female | 2 |
Hornsey, Middlesex, England |
|
Douglas D. STAVELY | Son |
|
Male | 4 m |
Hornsey, Middlesex, England |
|
Zelpah PRICE |
Serv | U |
Female | 19 |
Islip, Oxford, England |
Servant Domestic |
Sarah C. CULLING |
Serv |
|
Female | 15 |
Islington, Middlesex, England | Servant Domestic |
Henry's mother Agnes is living nearby in Hornsey in 1881, and her grandson, Gilbert A. Rymer Staveley, is found in the household on census night:
1881: 2 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Agnes Jane STAVELY | Head | W |
Female | 70 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England | Independent |
Gilbert A. R. STAVELY | Grandson | U |
Male | 4 |
London, Middlesex, England |
|
Flora SINGER | Serv | U |
Female | 9 |
Chard, Somersetshire, England | Housemaid Dom. Servant |
Jessie SCOTT | Serv | U |
Female | 34 |
Mussleson, Scotland | Cook Dom Servant |
In 1891 Henry's family is found residing in Margate, Kent.
Henry's mother Agnes continues to reside in Hornsey in 1891:
1891: 40 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Agnes J. STAVELEY | Head | W |
Female | 80 |
Lancashire, England | Living on Own Means |
Gilbert STAVELEY | Grandson | U |
Male | 14 |
London, Middlesex, England |
Scholar |
Jessie SCOTT | Serv | U |
Female | 44 |
Scotland | Servant (Domestic) |
Minnie COOK | Serv | U | Female | 16 | Penn, Buckinghamshire, England | Servant (Domestic) |
Henry's daughter Elise remained in Hornsey while the remainder of her family was residing in Kent in 1891:
1891: 83 Terrace Park Road, Hornsey, Middlesex
Elise C. STAVELEY |
Head |
U |
Female |
19 |
Liverpool, Lancashire |
Living on own means |
Isabella GALBRAITH |
Sister in law |
U |
Female |
58 |
Scotland |
|
Daughter Isabella Galbraith Staveley was married in 1900 in Edmonton, Middlesex, but has not been located in 1901. Douglas Dunbar Staveley is also missing from the household in 1901. Henry died in 1898 at the age of 51 years, but the remainder of the family is found as follows:
1901: 83 Terrace Park Road, Hornsey, Middlesex
Jessie Thomson STAVELEY |
Head |
W |
Female |
55 |
Edinburgh, Scotland | Living on own means |
Elise C. STAVELEY |
Daur |
U |
Female |
29 |
Everton, Liverpool, England | Temperance Lecturer |
Josephine L. STAVELEY |
Daur |
U |
Female |
22 |
Hornsey, London, England | Music Teacher |
Irene L. STAVELEY |
Daur |
U |
Female |
17 |
Hornsey, London, England |
|
Isabella GALBRAITH |
Sister |
U |
Female |
67 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Living on own means |
Jessie was appointed Administratrix of Henry's will. For more information see the information regarding her brother-in-law Frederick Winbolt Staveley.
Henry's widow Jessie died in 1920 in Dartford, Kent aged 73 years.
Henry's mother is now 90 years of age, and still residing at the same address in Hornsey:
1901: 40 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Agnes J. STAVELEY | Head | W |
Female | 90 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England | Own Means |
Gilbert STAVELEY | Grandson | U |
Male | 24 |
London, England |
Shipping Agent |
Janet SCOTT | Serv | U |
Female | 55 |
Musselson, Scotland | Cook Domestic |
Rose SMITH | Serv | U | Female | 17 | London, England |
Housemaid Domestic |
Agnes Jane Staveley died the following year in Hornsey, in 1902, at the age of 91 years.\
On January 25, 1920 we find Agnes's grandson, Gilbert Staveley, aged 43 years, Merchant, arriving in Liverpool from Africa, aboard the S.S. Appam. Gilbert gives his address as 4 Hillside, Digswell, Welwyn, Herts.