West Bromwich, Staffordshire
William Staveley was born in 1854 in Pendleton, Lancashire, the son of John Staveley of Aysgarth and Mary Ann WALMSLEY. He married Sarah Maria SENIOR of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1880 in Barton Upon Irwell. The following year William and Sarah are living in West Bromwich, Staffordshire:
1881: 50 Bilhay St., West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
| William STAVELEY | Head | M | Male | 26 | Manchester, Lancashire, England | Chemist Tar Distillery |
| Sarah STAVELEY | Wife | M | Female | 24 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Later census records suggest that William and Sarah also spent some time in France around 1883 when their eldest son William was born, but by 1891 William and Sarah have moved their family to Pontefract, Yorkshire.
Sometime after William Wray Staveley's death in 1891, but prior to the 1901 census, Sarah returned to West Bromwich with her children:
1901: 27 Barrows St., West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
| Sarah STAVELEY | Head | W | Female | 44 | Scotland | |
| William STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 18 | France (British Subj) | Oil Merchant and Clerk |
| Charles STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 16 | West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England | Machine Fitter |
| John STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 14 | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England | Commercial Clerk |
| Bert STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 11 | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England | |
| John HOLLIDAY | Lodger | U | Male | 23 | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England | Mechanical Engineer |
Sarah Maria died in 1915 in West Bromwich at the age of 58 years.
Son William Senior Staveley is believed to have married Edith Eliza TAYLOR in 1909 in West Bromwich and settled in Birmingham. They had at least three children in Kings Norton, Marguerita, Basil, and Kenneth. Edith Eliza died in Sutton Coldfield in 1946 at the age of 63 years. William died the following year, in 1947, at the age of 64 years.
William and Sarah's son, Charles Senior Staveley, enlisted at Middlesborough as a Colour Serjeant in the Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment during World War 1. He died on July 2, 1916 of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme, and is buried at La Neuville British Cemetery, in Corbie, France.
Sarah's son John Senior Staveley died in Solihull, Warwickshire in 1922 at the age of 36 years.
Son Herbert Senior Staveley entered the Royal Navy on his eighteenth birthday, on April 23, 1907. At the time of enlistement he was 5'3" with brown hair, and hazel eyes, and had a tattoo of a butterfly on his right forearm. His occupation was recorded as "Boy in Glass Factory Motor Fitter'. Herbert served in the Royal Navy until he was discharged (demobed) on February 10, 1919. Herbert was married in 1913 to Margaret C. PIPER, and had at least three children, Herbert, Margaret, and Reginald, although Reginald died as an infant in 1919.