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Lancaster, Lancashire

We appear to have three distinct Staveley lineages that made Lancaster home in the mid to late 1800's.

The first lineage appears to come from Westmorland.  Thomas Staveley married Mary HELM in Garstang on February 13, 1826.  In 1851 we find the family residing in Lancaster:

1851: 13 Mason Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

1861: 63 Darnside Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

In 1861 daughter Jemima is a servant in the CLAYTON household in Lancaster.

Thomas and Mary have not been located in any other census records.  In 1861 however, there is a family of John Staveley that apparently originated in Grasmere, Westmorland, that is residing in Gressingham, Lancashire at the time of the census.  It is unknown if Thomas Staveley above, and John Staveley also of Grasmere, are brothers.

In 1871 Thomas' daughters Ann and Elizabeth are living just down the street (no Staveleys are residing at number 63 Darnside in 1871):

1871: 58 Darnside Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

In 1881 Ann Kearton's son Thomas is a patient at the Thurnham St. Dispensary in Lancaster.  He is listed as an unmarried painter's labourer, aged 24 years.  Ann has not been located in any subsequent census records.

In 1874 Ann's sister Jemima married James DURHAM in Lancaster.

1881: 27 King St, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

The second lineage appears to derive from West Yorkshire.  Although John Staveley's origins have not yet been confirmed, it is thought likely that he is the son of Robert Staveley and Mary Lister of Ingleton, Yorkshire, as suggested by John's marriage entry.  John Staveley married Rebecca KIDD at St. Mary's, Lancaster, on November 16, 1850.  John's father is listed in the marriage record as Robert Staveley, and Rebecca's father was Robert Kidd.  In the 1851 census John is found at the County Lunatic Asylum in Lancaster as follows:

1851: County Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

By 1871 John and Rebecca have a son and daughter residing with them in Lancaster.

1871: 25 Upper Thurnham St. Lancaster, St. Annes, Lancashire, England

It seems that John and Rebecca also had a daughter, Betsy Rebecca Staveley, born in 1861.  However, Betsy Rebecca died when she was less than a year old in 1862.  John's wife Rebecca died in Lancaster in 1878 aged 60.

In 1871 there is one other Staveley residing in Lancaster.  Mary Staveley of "Hawes" aged 22 is in the employ of James and Margaret Williamson in Lancaster, and residing at 12 Church St.  It is believed this is John Staveley's niece, Mary Lister Staveley, born in Hawes to William Staveley and Agnes Thistlethwaite.  Mary was married later that year in Hawes to Edward GARLEY.

In 1881 we find John, widowed, residing with his two children as follows:

1881: 13 Upper Thurnham St, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

John remarried the following year in 1882 to Ann HIGGINSON and is found in Lancaster in 1891 as follows:

1891: 19 Alfred St., Lancaster, Lancashire, England

John died aged 62 in Lancaster the following year in 1892.

John's daughter Mary Hannah married James Porter BELL in Lancaster in 1885, but James died before the 1891 census.  Mary is found with her daughter Bessie as follows:

1891: 61 Church St., Lancaster, Lancashire, England

John's son Robert married Harriet PAGE in 1886.

1891: 24 Thurnham St, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

In 1901 John's widow Ann has not remarried, and is residing in the same house as she was in 1891.  She is now living with three of her nephews.

1901: 19 Alfred St., Lancaster, Lancashire, England

In 1901 Mary Hannah and daughter Bessie are in the employ of Elizabeth Richardson, and still residing in Lancaster.  Note that one resident in the household, Ann Smith, was once employed as an Asylum Matron.  Perhaps she had known Mary Hannah's father John while he was employed at the Asylum some years before?

1901: 21 Ashton Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

John's son Robert and his wife Harriet have a young son living in the household.  Leonard Lister Staveley was born in Lancaster in 1891.

1901: 24 Thurnham St, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

It is believed that Robert and Harriet had another son, Lister Staveley, born in 1888.  However, Lister died at the age of two in 1890 in Lancaster.

In 1891 another Staveley family appears in the Lancaster area.  William Henry Staveley was the son of Adam Staveley of Woolton, Lancashire.  William married his wife Elizabeth VAUGHAN in Prestwich in 1880.  By 1881 his family is residing in Newton just east of Lancaster, Lancashire, and family is found Lancashire in 1891 as follows:

1891: 26 Havelock St., Lancaster, Lancashire, England

By the 1901 census the family has returned to Newton.

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