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Newark, Nottinghamshire

The Newark Nottinghamshire line of Staveleys can be traced to the area of Saundby Nottinghamshire in the early seventeenth century, a small town just 2 miles southeast of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

Joseph Staveley b. January 7, 1753 in Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, is the son of Joseph Staveley who was born in Saundby, and his wife Sarah SNOWDEN (who were married in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire).  Joseph married Millicent HALLAM on May 16, 1785 in Newark Upon Trent, and had the following children:

William b. 1786 married Sarah BLADES on May 16, 1808 in Kirkby La Thorpe, Lincolnshire and had the following children in Newark:

*William and Sarah's son Henry Staveley died aboard a convict transport ship on route to Tasmania in 1828.

Daughter Ann b. 1828 married John MASON.

Daughter Charlotte b. 1819 married Richard WITHERS in 1838 in Newark.

William's wife Sarah appears to have died prior to 1841, as she has not been located in any census. 

1841: Cross Greens Yard, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire

In 1851 William is still living with his daughter Charlotte:

1851: Balderton Gate, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire

William is still residing in Newark, in 1861:

1861: Cross Greens Yard, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire

William Twigg Staveley died on June 28, 1865.

His son William b. 1828 is residing in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1861.

Joseph and Millicent's son Joseph Staveley married Martha SUDBURY on February 13, 1809 in Newark, and had the following children:

Daughter Harriet married Charles BYRON January 5, 1843 in Newark.

1841: Robinson's Buildings, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England

Joseph and Martha's son Edmund married Elizabeth JACKSON July 18, 1839 in Newark, and had the following children:

The family is residing in Newark in 1841:

1841: Well's Yard, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England

Edmund and Elizabeth's first child, Henry, did not survive his first year of life.  In 1851 Edmund's brother Henry is living in the household.

1851: Beacon Hill Road, Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire

Henry had married Alice COPE February 6, 1851 at St. Mary's Church, Newark, and had the following children:

In 1861 Henry and Alice are living in Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire.

Joseph and Martha's son James (b. 1832) married Sarah in 1856, and is found living next door to his brother Henry in 1861 in Besthorpe.

1851: Robinson's Buildings, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England

Martha's son William married Elizabeth MAPPISON April 9, 1846.  William and Elizabeth had two children:

1851: Wooden Houses, Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

However, William is back residing at home with his mother Martha in 1861:

1861: Balderton Gate, Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire

William states he is married in the 1861 census, but his wife Elizabeth is absent from the household, and it is possible he may have been recently widowed.  Daughter Ann died in 1853, and the whereabouts of son Henry in 1861 have not been determined.

Martha Staveley (nee SUDBURY) died in Newark in 1866 at the age of 76 years.  Her son William died in 1877 at the age of 55 years.

Joseph and Martha's son Joseph (b. 1815) married Mary WATSON on April 11, 1836 in Newark Upon Trent and had the following children:

1851: Barnby Gate, Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Daughter Mary Ann died the following year in September 1852.

Joseph and Mary are found residing in Tuxford in 1861.

Son John b. 1836 is residing with his wife Mary in Newark in 1861:

1861: Collingham Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire

It is unknown what became of John and Mary, as they have not been located in any other census.  They had a son John Arthur Staveley in 1864, but by 1871 John Arthur Staveley is living with his grandparents, Joseph and Mary, in Tuxford.

Joseph and Martha's son Edmund and his wife Elizabeth JACKSON are still residing in Newark in 1861, but son Henry is not present in the household:

1861: Wellington Road, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

1881: 28 Barnby Gate, Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Edmund died in Newark in 1895 at the age of 76 years.

Henry and Alice Cope's son Fred was born in Besthorpe, and married Mary Elizabeth MILNES on January 20, 1885 in Collingham, Nottingham:

1891: 2 Woodbine Terrace, Balderton, Nottinghamshire

Fred's first wife Mary died in 1896 aged 39 years, and family legend tells the story that Mary Elizabeth died because she fell down the well in the garden of their house.

Henry and Alice's son Walter (pictured left) married Rachel FLETCHER (pictured right) in 1889 and is found residing with his wife Rachel and two daughters in North Collingham in 1891.

1891: Blathorpe Road, North Collingham, Nottinghamshire

1901: 153 Barnby Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire

In 1901 living next door to Henry and Alice at number 151 Barmby Gate is a Sarah Staveley, aged 70, Widowed. Sarah is the second wife of Henry’s brother James (b. 1832). She was a widow when they married in 1881 having the name Watson, but her maiden name is not yet known.

Henry died February 14, 1904 aged 73 years.  Alice survived her husband by ten years, and died July 2, 1914 in Newark, aged 84.

1901: 9 Private Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Susan's daughter, Lizzie May, who was aged 7 in 1891 in Besthorpe, does not appear in the household in 1901. 

1901: 3 London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire

	Lizzie May (pictured left) was located residing with her father's brother, Fred Staveley (and his second wife Florence), in 1901 in Newark. **Bertie F. is actually Herbert Frank Staveley (pictured right), and was the illegitimate son of Lizzie May. Lizzie May Staveley married William Henry JACKSON on January 2, 1904 and together they went on to have 9 other children.
Herbert Frank Staveley was unofficially adopted by Fred and Florence, who brought him up as their son, although he was actually their great nephew, and Herbert had no part in Lizzie’s life with her new family.  When Herbert discovered the truth when he was 16, he ran away to join the navy, becoming an ordinary seaman, gaining an honourable discharge on November 20, 1919

Fred's brother Walter is living a few doors up the street from brother James' widow Susan:

1901: 2 Private St, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Walter and Rachel also had a daughter Winifred Olive Staveley born in February 1897, but she died within the first two months of life on April 3, 1897.  Walter Staveley died in Newark on January 4, 1948, aged 84 years.  Walter's wife Rachel died a few years later at the age of 82 on May 18, 1951.  Their daughter Annie Kathleen Staveley married Arthur SAVAGE on September 1, 1925.  Son Harold married Eva Hilda EASON.  Hilda Rachel Staveley married Charles HALL.

Fred and Walter's youngest brother George married Alice EDWARDS in Hereford in 1895, and in 1901 is found living just down the street from his parents Henry and Alice in 1901:

1901: 198 Barnby Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire

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