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Norton, Derbyshire

Norton, Derbyshire is situated approximately 4 miles from Sheffield.   In 1841 Samuel Staveley and his wife Mary are found residing in Norton.  Samuel's exact origins are not yet known.  In 1841 he reports that he was born outside of the census county of Derbyshire, in 1851 he reports his place of birth as Blackrod, Lancashire.  Blackrod is near Horwich, but more research is required to determine exactly which line Samuel descends from.  At the moment the most likely parentage for Samuel is that of Francis Staveley and Sarah READS of Blackrod, Lancashire.  There is an entry of birth for Samuel Staveley born July 5, 1799 at St. Katherine's church, Blackrod.  Two years later a son Francis was also born to Francis and Sarah at Blackrod.  After the birth of Francis however, we lose track of Francis and Sarah completely.  Son Samuel appears to have first married Hannah OATES and raised his family in Dore, Derbyshire.  Sometime after Hannah's death in 1839, Samuel took a second wife, Mary, is found living in Norton in 1841:

1841: Bradway, Norton, Derbyshire

Son John is not living in the household in 1841, but appears to be apprenticed to a local Mason:

1841: Greenhill, Norton, Derbyshire

1851: Bradway, Norton, Derbyshire

In 1851 son Thomas is employed as a farm servant by the SEDDON household  in Norton.

Son Samuel is a farm servant in the LISTER houshold, also in Norton.

Son Francis married Amelia Ann SHAW in Sheffield in 1846.  Amelia died in 1847 after the birth of her son Joseph Francis Staveley.  In 1851 Francis is staying with his in-laws, the SHAW family, in Sheffield.  Son Joseph Francis, aged 4 years, is a lodger in the LAITHWAITE household in Horwich, Lancashire.

In 1851 daughter Sarah appears to be residing at the Manor Yard School for the Blind, in York St. Olave, aged 18, and employed as a basket maker.  By 1861 Sarah is living at home:

1861: Bradway, Norton, Derbyshire

Note that Samuel and Mary's daughter Sarah is found residing as a pupil at the Hardman School for the Blind in 1871 and 1881 in Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Samuel died at the age of 64 years and was buried at St. James, Norton on June 7, 1863.  Samuel's wife Mary has not found in the 1871 census, and as Sarah was placed in the School in Birkenhead, it is presumed Mary also died prior to 1871.

Samuel and Mary have a son Francis residing in Beighton, Derbyshire in 1861, and a son John living in Sheffield.  Two other sons, Samuel and Thomas, are living closer to their parents in Norton in 1861:

1861: Woodseats, Norton, Derbyshire

1861: Greenhill, Norton, Derbyshire

Samuel (b. 1836) and Mary above had a son Hedley John Staveley born in 1857, but Hedley died when he was 15 months old and was buried at St. James, Norton on March 15, 1859.

In 1871 both Samuel and Thomas are still living in the vicinity of Norton.

1871: Woodseats, Norton, Derbyshire

1871: Woodseats, Norton, Derbyshire

In 1881 Thomas and Elizabeth have moved back to Sheffield.  Unfortunately none of Samuel and Mary's family has been located in the 1881 census, but they do reappear in Norton in 1891:

1891: Marshall Road, Norton, Derbyshire

Samuel's son Hedley John Staveley married Harriet in 1884.

1891: Abbey Lane, Norton, Derbyshire, Yorkshire

In 1901 Samuel is widowed and found living with his son Arthur in Norton.  Arthur married Matilda in 1892.

1901: 29 Mitchell Road, Norton, Derbyshire

Arthur's brother Jesse is married and found living in Sheffield in 1901.  His father Samuel died in 1906 aged 74 years.

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