Prestwich, Lancashire
William Staveley was born in 1844, the son of William Staveley and Bridget REGAN of Worsley, Lancashire. He married Caroline SCHOFIELD in 1867 at Manchester, St. John, and is found in Prestwich by 1871:
1871: Shearburn St., Prestwich, Lancashire
| William STAVELEY | Head | M | Male | 26 | Irlams Oth Height, Lancashire, England | Sorter General Post Office |
| Caroline STAVELEY | Wife | M | Female | 22 | Bristol, Somersetshire, England | |
| Emily STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 2 | Salford, Lancashire, England | |
| Frederick W. STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 1 | Salford, Lancashire, England |
An additional child born to William and Caroline appears to be Reginald Schofield Staveley, born a few months after the 1871 census was taken. Reginald died however when he was less than a year old, in 1872.
1881: 22 Salisbury St, Crumpsall, Prestwich, Lancashire, England
| William STAVELEY | Head | M | Male | 36 | Bristol, Somerset, England* | Letter Sorter Post Office |
| Caroline STAVELEY | Wife | M | Female | 32 | Salford, Lancashire, England | |
| Emily STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 12 | Salford, Lancashire, England | Scholar |
| Frederick W. STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 11 | Broughton, Lancashire, England | Scholar |
| Edith A. STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 6 | Cheetham, Lancashire, England | Scholar |
| Annie C. STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 2 | Crumpsall, Lancashire, England | |
| Charles H. STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 1 | Crumpsall, Lancashire, England |
For some unknown reason, the place of birth for William and Caroline was swapped on the enumerator's transcript in the 1881 census, but by 1891 he is again recorded as born in Irlams Oth Height.
William's wife Caroline died in Prestwich in 1886 at the age of 37 years. In 1887 William remarried, this time to Jane Sheriff CHEETHAM, and moved to Ancoats by 1891.