Totnes, Devon
Edmund Staveley was born in 1836 in Kensington, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Staveley and Eliza WOWSKI. Edmund, a Captain in the Royal Artillery, married Jemima Caroline SMITH of Sydney, Australia on July 15, 1865. In 1891 Edmund and Eliza are residing in Totnes:
1891: The Rectory, Totnes, Devon, England
| Edmund STAVELEY | Head | M | Male | 54 | Kensington, Middlesex, England | Retired Soldier |
| Caroline STAVELEY | Wife | M | Female | 52 | Sydney Australia | |
| Elizabeth PERRY | Serv | U | Female | 31 | Paignton, Devon, England | Domestic Servant Cook |
Edmund's wife Jemima Caroline died the following year in 1892 at the age of 53 years. In 1899 Edmund married his second wife, Ethel Mary MAJOR, in Birkenhead. Edmund and Ethel are living in Highweek, Devon in 1901.