Paddington, Middlesex

The family listed below is that of Lieutenant-general William Staveley (1784-1854) of York and his wife Sarah MATHER.  William married Sarah MATHER on January 23, 1817, the daughter of Thomas Mather, and they are known to have had the following children: 

 Charles William Dunbar Staveley   b. December 18, 1817  Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
 Henrietta Staveley   b. May 4, 1819  Hythe
 Thomas Alexander Staveley  b. February 22, 1821  
 Harriet Frances Staveley  b. November 6, 1822  
 Louisa Maria Staveley  b. June 15, 1824  
 Henrietta Rose Staveley  b. February 24, 1826  
 Emily Pauline Staveley  b. July 28, 1827  
 Caroline Staveley  b. December 1, 1828  
 Arthur William Staveley  b. October 30, 1835  
 Charlotte Maud Staveley  b. 1837  
 Edward Staveley  b. 1837  
 Albert Hyderabad Napier Staveley  b. 1843  

 

By 1861 Sarah is widowed, and residing with two of her children in Paddington, Middlesex:

1861: 5 Inverness Place, Paddington, Middlesex, England

 Sarah STAVELEY   Head   W  Female 63  Stratford, Essex, England  Fundholder
 Charlotte M. A. STAVELEY   Daur  U  Female   22   Mauritius   
 Albert H. N. STAVELEY   Son   U   Male  17  Mauritius  Scholar
 Martha GREENWOOD  Serv  U   Female  23   Brickdale, Wiltshire, England  Housemaid
 Mary WORMEN  Serv  U   Female  32  Romford, Essex, England   Cook

 

William and Sarah's daughter Harriet married James Edward ARBUTHNOT in Mauritius, but is widowed and staying with her mother Sarah in 1871:

1871: 19 Kildare Gd., Paddington, Middlesex, England

 Sarah STAVELEY   Head   W  Female 73  Stratford, Essex, England  Widow of Lieut General
 Harriett F. ARBUTHNOT  Daur  W  Female   47   Mauritius   
 Annie DOUGLAS  Grandaur  W   Female 23  Mauritius  
 Ellen H. Turner  Serv  U   Female 25  Middlesex, London, England  Housemaid Serv
 Sarah DOW  Serv  U   Female  25  Dengie, Essex, England   Cook Serv

 

It appears that Sarah died soon after the census was taken in 1871 at the age of 73 years.  In 1871 Sarah's daughter Charlotte is residing in Hastings, Sussex with her Aunt (Sarah Mather's sister).  It appears that daughter Harriet has some of her children residing with her brother in 1871, Charles William Dunbar Staveley, in Stoke Damerel, Devon.

 

Thomas George Staveley was born in Middlesex, the son of Thomas Staveley and Eliza WOWSKI of Kensington.  He married Fanny (nee?), who had died in 1865:

1861: 24 Cambridge Street, Paddington, London, Middlesex, England

 Thomas George STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   36   Brampton, Middlesex, England   Clerk Foreign Offices 
 Fanny STAVELEY   Wife   M   Female   40   Devonshire, England   
 Fanny J. STAVELEY   Daur   U   Female   8  Paddington, Middlesex, England   
 George E. STAVELEY   Son  U   Male  4   Paddington, Middlesex, England   
 Amy STAVELEY  Daur  U   Female   10 mo  Paddington, Middlesex, England    
 Elizabeth PECK   Serv   U   Female   36  Cambridgeshire, England   Domestic
 Emma TULLY  Serv   U   Female   22  Middlesex, England   Housemaid
 Annie FLETCHER   Serv   U   Female   21   Boston, Lincoln, England   Housemaid Domestic Servant 
 Elizabeth GRIFFITHS  Serv  U  Female  30  Pembrokeshire, Wales  Cook
 George WIGGLET  Serv  U  Male  13  Hastings, Sussex, England  Page

Thomas is found a widower in 1871:

1871: 23 Kensington Gdn Sq, London, Middlesex, England

 Thomas George STAVELEY   Head   W   Male   46   Brampton, Middlesex, England   Senior Clerk Foreign Office 
 Fanny J. STAVELEY   Daur  U  Female   18  Paddington, Middlesex, England   Scholar
 Amy I. M. STAVELEY  Daur  U   Female   10  Paddington, Middlesex, England   Scholar
 Edith C. STAVELEY  Daur  U  Female  9  Paddington, Middlesex, England   Scholar
 William H. C. STAVELEY  Son  U  Male  7  Paddington, Middlesex, England   Scholar
 Elizabeth PECK     U   Female   47  Cambridgeshire, England   Mute
 Mary SEPERY    U   Female   36  Hacworth, Lincolnshire, England   Cook
 Sarah EMERSON    U   Female   23   Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England   Housemaid
 Mary E. NATH    U  Female  17  Greenwich, Kent, England  Housemaid

 

Thomas George Staveley remarried to Janet Constance HUMPHREYS in 1876:

1881: 23 Kensington Gdn Sq, London, Middlesex, England

 Thomas George STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   56   Brampton, Middlesex, England   Senior Clerk In Foreign Offices 
 Janet Constance STAVELEY   Wife   M   Female   38   London, Middlesex, England   Senior Clerks Wife 
 Mary Julia STAVELEY   Dau   U   Female   28   London, Middlesex, England   Senior Clerks Dau 
 Edith Charlotte STAVELEY   Dau   U   Female   19   London, Middlesex, England   Senior Clerks Dau 
 Meda Eninistator HUMPHREY   Visitor   U   Female   32   London, Middlesex, England    
 Mary SPERRY   Serv   U   Female   48   Basforth, Lincoln, England   Cooke Domestic Servant 
 Elfiede DAHIN   Serv   U   Female   22   Boctina, Prussia   Parlor Maid Domestic Servant 
 Annie FLETCHER   Serv   U   Female   21   Boston, Lincoln, England   Housemaid Domestic Servant 

 

For some reason, Thomas' son, George E. Staveley, was missing from the household in 1871, but was later located in Kent 1881:

1881: School of Musketry, Hythe St. Leonard, Kent, England

George E. STAVELEY    Other    U   Male   24   London, Middlesex, England   Lieut 1st 15 Regt Active L 

 

George Edmund Staveley served in the 1st Bombay Lancers, and married Fanny HENDLEY.  They and had a son George Hendley Staveley born in Poona, India in 1883.  George Hendley Staveley married Lizette McCARTHY.  He served in World War 1 and was a Captain in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Unfortunately, George Hendley Staveley was killed on April 14, 1917 (see Medal Cards), and is buried in the Serre Road Cemetery, Somme, France.  His widow Lizette was residing in Lissenhall, Swords, Dublin, Ireland at the time of her husband's death, with their son George.

Thomas George Staveley died in Honiton, Devon in 1887 at the age of 62 years.  His wife Janet is found residing in Bexhill, East Sussex in 1891.  Thomas' daughter Edith Charlotte Staveley married an Engineering Assistant, Ashton Marler HEATH, in Uxbridge in 1891.  They are both found residing as boarders in Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester during the 1891 census, and in Richmond Surrey during the 1901 census.  It does not appear that they had any children by this marriage.

Thomas George's son William Henry Charles Staveley became a registered surgeon and in 1891 is listed as a boarder residing in the RACK household in St. George Hanover Square.  The following year he married Annie Maud NICHOL, and by 1891 they are found residing with their children:

1901: 138 Eaton Road, St. George Hanover Square, London, England

 William H. C. STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   37   Kensington  Surgical Practitioner 
 Maud STAVELEY   Wife   M   Female   32   Camberwell  Senior Clerks Wife 
 Tom STAVELEY   Son   U   Male   7   Belgravia  Senior Clerks son 
 Miles STAVELEY   Son   U   Male   5   Belgravia  Senior Clerks son 
 Dulcie STAVELEY  Daur   U   Female   2  Belgravia   
 Charlotte LORD   Visitor   U   Female   29   Coventry  Hospital Sick Nurse
 Mary BAILEY  Serv  U   Female   20   Pimlico  Cook Domestic
 Rachel HOLTON   Serv   U   Female   34   Aylesford  Nurse Domestic
 Elizabeth GLEGHORN  Serv  U  Female   26  Cambria  Parlor Maid
 Sarah PRICE  Serv  U  Female   22  Wiklow Ireland  Housemaid
 Annie BUCQUET  Serv  U  Female   16  Paddington  Nurserymaid

 

Around 1900 William Henry Charles Staveley's edited the thirteenth edition of Gardner's Household Medicine and Sickroom Guide to much acclaim:

William Henry Charles Staveley

The Manchester Guardian - 'considerably revised by Mr. W. H. C. Staveley, F.R.C.S., and brought more into line with the practice of modern medicine.'

The Speaker - 'A book of reference which has passed into its thirteenth edition scarecely requires a narrow scrutiny of its claims.  This is the position of "Gardener's Household Medicine," which has been revised and brought up to date by Dr. Staveley.'

 

 

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