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Hull, Yorkshire

Francis Clayton Staveley was born in 1798 in York, the son of William Staveley and Martha CLAYTON of Pocklington.  Francis Clayton Staveley was a bit of a scoundrel who is described in one account as 'a careless, expensive man'. He corresponded briefly with Robert Staveley III of the Irish Line when Robert was 'unearthing' Staveleys in Liverpool during visits in 1842/3 and Francis Clayton Staveley was living at Eldon Terrace, Tranmere.  Francis' son Alfred Eldon Staveley is later found residing in West Derby in 1871.

In his youth, Francis' father William was the prison Governor in York, and asked Francis to chose between a profession in the Church or at the Bar. He chose the latter and went to Oxford University, where he resided for seven years. He first entered University College and met a girl from nearby Witney who reputedly had a fortune of £30,000. His father though was entirely against the match and made him call it off. He was sued for breach of promise and had to pay £300 damages plus £400 costs. He then met another girl called Mary HAMMOND and got married. As a result of this marriage, he had to leave University College and go to St. Alban's Hall. Francis and Mary (Hammond) look to have had two daughters, Frances christened at Woodstock, Oxon, in 1822 and Charlotte Maria christened in Belgrave, Leicester in 1823.  Daughter Frances married William WHITTON on February 5, 1848 in Hull.  Note that by 1861 Frances is widowed and appears to be residing with her mother in Jersey, in the Channel Islands by 1861.

Francis fell into idle company and never got his law degree. He also refused to become a vicar and thus never gained a profession. Francis married Mary FEATHERSTONE November 16, 1829 at Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull so whether he divorced his first wife, was never married to her or she just died is somewhat unclear.

Children of Francis and Mary Featherstone appear to be as follows:

Francis' father William was rather disappointed in him, and he made Francis join in breaking the entail in his property promising to leave him £8,000 in his will - which he never did!  The property was subsequently sold for £16,000.

Son Alfred Eldon Staveley is married and living in Sculcoates in 1851:

1851: 2 Elm Terrace, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

By 1861 Alfred has moved with his family to Everton, Lancashire.

From Notes by: Peter Staveley

Another Staveley family is residing in Hull in 1861.  James Staveley (b. March 22, 1807) is the son of Thomas Staveley and Frances MONKMAN of North Burton, Yorkshire.  James married Rebecca TODD September 11, 1831 at Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull and had the following children christened at Holy Trinity:

Elizabeth (b. 1834) married Andrew William CRAIG at St. James Church, Kingston Upon Hull on August 9, 1860 and emigrated to Ontario Canada by the late 1860's.

1851: 8 Porter Gate, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

1861: 29 Discount Court, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

James and Rebecca's son John appears to be aboard the ship "Veligram" in Portsmouth Harbour on census night 1861:

1861: "Telegram" Holyhead, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, England

James' wife Rebecca died in 1870 in Hull at the age of 63 years.  In 1871 we find James still residing at the same address:

1871: 29 Discount Court, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

James' daughter Ellen married John HOLT in 1870 at Holy Trinity.

James and Rebecca's son Samuel married Sarah Ann HOWLETT in 1870, presumably the sister of Emma HOWLETT who married John Albert Staveley above:

1871: 9 Emerald Terrace, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

James' son John Albert Staveley appears to have married about 1864, but is already a widower by 1871:

1871: 3 Chatham Road, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Later that same year John married Emma HOWLETT in 1871.  John and Emma are residing in Newington, in the parish of Kirk Ella, just 5 miles WNW of Hull in 1881.

1881: 4 Walmer Terrace Hessle Road, Newington, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

In 1881 James is now a resident of the Hull Union Workhouse:

1881: Hull Workhouse, Anlaby Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, York, England

James died in 1884 at the age of 76 years.

Samuel's first wife Sarah died in the March quarter of 1877 at the age of 32 years.  Later that same year, Samuel married Ann Elizabeth BAXENDALE:

1881: Campbell Street, 9 Emerald Terrace, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Presumably Son Charles, and daughter Ada, were the children from Samuel's first marriage to Sarah.  In 1881, Samuel and Ann emigrated to Adelaide, Australia aboard the Cotopaxi.  Four additional children were born to Samuel and Ann in Adelaide, James Alfred (b. 1881), twins Daisy and Edward Walter ( 1883) , and a son William (b. 1887).

Samuel's brother William Joseph Staveley married Maria PARROTT in 1875:

1881: 4 Herbert Terrace, Kingston-upon-Hull, York, England

1891: 473 Hessle Road, Newington, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

1891: 6 Herbert Terrace, Kingston-upon-Hull, York, England

William and Maria's daughter Florence Anne Staveley is visiting Annie HAIGH in 1891.  Annie is the widow of Charles Haigh, and this is the same family that William's brother John Albert was boarding with in the 1861 census:

1891: 3 Montrose Ave., Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

1901: 8 Dee Street, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

John and Emma's son Andrew married Jane NICHOLSON at St. Matthew's in Hull in 1899:

1901: 1 Eastbourne Street, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Andrew died in 1925 at the age of 52 years.

Andrew's brother Albert has not been located in the 1901 census, and no death or marriage entry has been found for him in the GRO index.

1901: 6 Herbert Terrace, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England

William and Maria's daughter Alice Maud Staveley married Walter BOYD in 1902 at Hessle Road Methodist Church.

Francis Staveley (b. 1816) is the son of Thomas and Frances Staveley of North Burton, and brother to James above.  In 1849 Francis married Mary BECK at All Saints, Sculcoates.

1851: 4 Thomas Place, Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Mary died in the March quarter of 1861.  By the time of the census in 1861 Francis is a widower living Hull with three small children:

1861: 48 Spencer Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Later that year Francis married his second wife Sarah A. JACKSON in 1861 at Holy Trinity, Hull and they are found residing in the Sculcoates area by 1871:

1871: 9 Barmston Ter, Sculcoates, York, England

1881: 9 Barmston Ter, Sculcoates, York, England

Francis and Sarah's son George Monkman Staveley died in 1889 in Sculcoates at the age of 19 years.  The following year in 1890 Francis Staveley died in Sculcoates at the age of 72 years.  The following year we find his widow Sarah and son Samuel as follows:

1891: 17 Napoleon Street, Southcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

In 1898 Samuel Thomas Staveley married Alice HORNER:

1901: 8 Brunswick Ter. Bright Street, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

Francis' second wife, Sarah Ann W. Staveley (nee Jackson), died in Sculcoates in 1903 at the age of 73 years.

John William Staveley was born in Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, in 1857 to parents Joseph Staveley and Ellen.  John married Betsy in 1877 and first settled in Leven, where he was a blacksmith's labourer in 1881.  By 1891 John and Betsy are living in Sculcoates:

1891: 5 Grosvenor Square, West Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

1901: 5 Grosvenor Terrace, West Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

Daughter Alice May Staveley married James WRIGHT in Sculcoates in 1914.

William Staveley b. 1847 is the son of Joseph Staveley and Margaret MOORE of Kilnwick, Yorkshire.  He married Mary CLARK on October 27, 1870 in Kilnwick.  By 1881 we find them living in Hull:

1881: 5 Victoria Ter, Southcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Charles Staveley was born in Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire in 1833, to parents William Staveley and Amelia ABRAHAM.  He married Mary Ann BURLEY in 1860, and Charles and Mary are found living in Gainsborough in 1861.  Mary Ann died in Hull in 1865.  Charles then remarried the following year, to Eliza WRAY in Sculcoates:

1871: 16 Terry Street, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Charles eventually returned to Lincolnshire, where he died in 1879, at the young age of 46 years.

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