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Stanley Family History & Genealogy

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Agnes Abberbury Stanley was born in 1314. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Agnes Abberbury Stanley.
Lady Margaret Margaret Stanley was born in 1467 at England in UK, and died at age 7 years old in 1474. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lady Margaret Stanley.
Eleanor was born about 1536 in Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England. Eleanor's father was Sir James Stanley (of Crosshall ) and her mother was Anne Hart. Her paternal grandparents were Sir George Stanley (Lord Strange of Knokyn) and Joan Lestrange (Baroness Strange). She had four brothers and four sisters, named George, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Margaret, Jane, Anne and Alice. She died in 1579 THE STANLEY'S OF BICKERSTAFFE . Sir Edward Stanley, Bart., of Bickerstaffe Hall, Bickerstaffe, near Ormskirk, the fifth Baronet of the Stanleys of Bickerstaffe, and the eleventh Earl of Derby, like the previous Earls of Derby of the Stanley family, was paternally descended from Sir John Stanley, who married Isabel of Lathom, and from his descendant, Thomas Stanley, the first Earl of Derby; and also, like them, was maternally descended from the Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward IV who married for her second husband Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, by whom she had three sons and two daughters, the third son being William, Earl of North-ampton, whose daughter Elizabeth married Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and was mother of Elizabeth Fitzalan, who married William de Montecute, first Earl of Salisbury of his family, and was grandmother of John, the unfortunate third Earl of Salisbury, whose son was Thomas de Montecute, the fourth Earl of Salisbury, who left by his first wife, the Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas, and sister and co-heir of Edmund, Earl. of Kent, an oniy daughter and heiress, Alice de Montecuto, who became the wife of Richard Neville, first Earl of Salisbury of his family, and whose daughter, Eleanor, sister of Richard Neville (the King-maker), the renowned Earl of Warwick, was the first wife of Thomas, the second Baron Stanley of Lathom, and the first Earl of Derby of the Stanley family.. The eldest son of Thomas, the first Earl of Derby, by his first wife, Eleanor, as previously noticed, was George, Lord Strange, who was retained by Richard III. as a pledge for the fidelity of his father in the battle of Bosworth. George, Lord Strange, it will be remembered, married Jane, daughter and heiress of John, eighth tord Strange, of Knockyn, by whom he had three sons, Thomas, John, and James. George, ninth Lord Strange, died before his father, the first Earl of Derby, on the 5th December, 1497, consequently his eldest son, Thomas, succeeded to the earldom as second Earl, whose male heir descendants also succeeded to the earldom of Derby until the male heirs of this (the first) branch of the Derby family became extinct on the death of James the tenth Earl.. John, the second son of Lord Strange, died young and unmarried ; and therefore. Sir James, the third son, Knight of Cross Hall, and marshal of Ireland, who was seated at Cross Hall, Lathom, near Ormskirk, became the progenitor of the second branch of the Stanleys, Earls of Derby. Sir James married Anne, the widow of Sir Edmund "Talbot, of Bashall, sister of Sir Percival Hart, Knight of Lullingstone, and daughter of John Hart, Esq., of Lullingstone Castle, in the county of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth, sister and heiress of Sir John Peche, and daughter of Sir William Peche, Knight of Lullingstone, descended from Gilbert de Peche, who was summoned to Parliament as a peer of the realm, 13 King Edward II. Sir James by his lady had issue,. eight children, namely :.—. l, Thomas, juris-condultus ; . 2, Edward, slain at Musselburgh, Scotland ;. 3, George ;. 4, Anne, married to Ralph Rushton, Esq., of Duckinhalgh ;. 5, Margaret, who became the wife of Edward Stanley, Esq., of Flint ;. 6, Jane ;. 7, Eleanor, married to Gilbert Langtree, Esq., of Langtree ;. 8, Henry.. —Thomas and Edward dying sine prole, Sir James was succeeded by his third son,
William Stanley of Sandhurst Australia was born in 1774, and died at age 111 years old in 1885 in Sandhurst.
George Stanley of Australia was born in 1786, and died at age 70 years old in 1856.
John Stanley of Australia was born in 1794, and died at age 67 years old in 1861.
Sarah Stanley of Australia was born in 1799, and died at age 55 years old in 1854.
James Stanley of Strathfiel Australia was born in 1801, and died at age 84 years old in 1885 in Strathfiel.
John Stanley of Australia was born in 1803, and died at age 57 years old in 1860.
James Stanley of Australia was born in 1804, and died at age 74 years old in 1878.
John Stanley of Australia was born in 1805, and died at age 72 years old in 1877.
John Stanley of Australia was born in 1809, and died at age 55 years old in 1864.

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Josephine Margaret (Stanley) Mossbarger ws born on October 27th, 1895 to John Wesley Stanley (1865 - 1953) and Virginia Catherine Shreve (1865 - 1928). Josephine had siblings Jesse Shreve Stanley (1899 - 1945) and Lois G. Stanley (1902 - 1984). Josephine Stanley, age 29. married Jenkin Arthur Mossbarger, age 29, (1898 - 1988) on June 20th, 1926, in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.. They never had children. A junior high school teacher, Josephine died at the age of 92 in Huntington, West Virginia and is buried in Madison, Ohio.
Jane Gerogina Vereker (Riddell) Stanley of Mt Macedon, Melbourne & Geelong Parish County Australia was born in 1847 in Mt Macedon to Mary Ann Sibella (Stephen) Riddell and John Carre Riddell. She had siblings Annie Carre (Riddell) De Fegely, John Carre Riddell, Walter John Carre Riddell, and Thomas William Riddell. Jane Stanley died at age 86 years old in 1933 in Armadale, City of Stonnington County, VIC.
Craig Stanley
Craig Stanley was born on July 23, 1959, and died at age 20 years old in December 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Craig Stanley.
Elenor Leah (Stanley) Harvie of Maffra, Wellington Shire County, VIC Australia was born circa 1863 in England United Kingdom. She married Edwin Channing Harvie in 1890. She married Richard Sweetnam in 1897. They had a child Richard Stanley Sweetnam. Elenor Harvie died at age 59 years old on December 15, 1923 in Maffra, VIC Australia.
Elizabeth Stanley was born on February 14, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in January 1982.
Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs
Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs was born on December 6, 1866. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs.
Benjamin Stanley
Benjamin Stanley of Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI was born on April 17, 1883 at England, and died at age 89 years old on May 1, 1972 at Wyanotte, Michigan, USA.
Julia (Stanley) Lennon was born on March 12, 1914 in Liverpool, Merseyside County, England United Kingdom. Julia's partner was Taffy Williams in 1942 and they later separated in 1944. They had a child Ingrid Pedersen. Julia's partner was John Dykins in 1945, and they were together until Julia's death on July 15, 1958. They had children Julia Baird and Jacqueline Dykins. She and Alfred Lennon married on December 3, 1938, and they were married until Julia's death on July 15, 1958. They had a child John Lennon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Julia (Stanley) Lennon.
Cheryl Ann (Stanley) McKim was born on February 2, 1957 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cheryl Ann McKim.
Lionel O Stanley of Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, VA was born on March 21, 1911, and died at age 92 years old on December 17, 2003.
Matthew T Stanley was born on August 7, 1981, and died at age 22 years old on September 20, 2003. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Matthew T Stanley.
Alice May (Stanley) Wootten of Fitzroy North Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alice May (Stanley) Wootten.
Emily Athalia (Worrall) Stanley of Ballarat East Australia was born in 1892 in Ballarat East. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily Athalia Worrall Stanley.
Margaret Leader (Stanley) Shackleton of Bendigo Australia was born in 1896 in Goornong to Martha (Piggott) Stanley and William Stanley. She had siblings Alfred John Stanley, Nicholas Joseph Stanley, Martha Ann Stanley, Alice May Stanley, Mary Louisa Stanley, Edward James Stanley, William Bennett Stanley, Ernest Stanley, Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, and Emma Jane Stanley. Margaret Shackleton married Clement John Shackleton in 1930, and died at age 70 years old in 1966 in Moorabbin, City of Kingston County, VIC.
Sarah Elizabeth (Stanley) Pollard of Bendigo Australia was born in 1880 in Goor to Martha (Piggott) Stanley and William Stanley. She had siblings Alfred John Stanley, Nicholas Joseph Stanley, Martha Ann Stanley, Alice May Stanley, Mary Louisa Stanley, Edward James Stanley, William Bennett Stanley, Ernest Stanley, Margaret Leader (Stanley) Shackleton, and Emma Jane Stanley. Sarah Pollard died at age 84 years old in 1964 in Bendigo.
William Stanley of Goornong Australia was born in 1856 at Coliban Rd, in Trentham, VIC. He was married to Martha (Piggott) Stanley in 1881, and had children Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, Emma Jane Stanley, William Bennett Stanley, Alfred John Stanley, Nicholas Joseph Stanley, Martha Ann Stanley, Alice May Stanley, Margaret Leader (Stanley) Shackleton, Mary Louisa Stanley, Edward James Stanley, and Ernest Stanley. William Stanley died at age 60 years old on November 25, 1917 in Goornong, Greater Bendigo City County.
Martha Leader (Piggott) Stanley of Goornong Australia was born in 1861 in Long Gully, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC, and died at age 83 years old in 1944 in Bendigo.
William Bennett Stanley of Goornong Australia was born in 1886 to Martha (Piggott) Stanley and William Stanley. He had siblings Alfred John Stanley, Nicholas Joseph Stanley, Martha Ann Stanley, Alice May Stanley, Mary Louisa Stanley, Edward James Stanley, Ernest Stanley, Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, Margaret Leader (Stanley) Shackleton, and Emma Jane Stanley. William Stanley married Emily Athalia Worrall Stanley in 1933, and died at age 57 years old in 1943 in Yville.
Alice May Stanley of Goornong Australia was born in 1894 in Goornong, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC to Martha (Piggott) Stanley and William Stanley. She had siblings Alfred John Stanley, Nicholas Joseph Stanley, Martha Ann Stanley, Mary Louisa Stanley, Edward James Stanley, William Bennett Stanley, Ernest Stanley, Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, Margaret Leader (Stanley) Shackleton, and Emma Jane Stanley. Alice Stanley married Robert Henry Wootton in 1915, and died at age 60 years old on March 17, 1955 in Parkville.
Lucinda is the most kindness thought giving loving and family orientated person that I knows. She and I have a wonderful relationship. I know I love her more now than ever before. I feel as she does that we are sole mates and I Thank God the he put her in my life and still does today. She has a quality about sole that says love and be kind and grow with and ask for nothing in return. She is and all-ways will be my best friend . She and I built up each other and I the beginning IO remember just able to talk to her about what I was feeling inside for the first ever in my life. I never had and thing that was strong and so powerful I felt like we could move mountains together. Then one day she was crying and I said hey what's going on? And she told the most beautiful thing I could hear and that was she was pregnant. I was scared and happy at the same and at the moment I new we were going to have a son. Something in my sole and hart said if anyone on this earth that would bare me a son it would be Lucinda. So thank you for being there for everyone and being the most beautiful women In the world. You will and always be my Sin!! Dana B yours B Shurelds

Popular Stanley Biographies

James Frix Stanley
James Frix Stanley was born in February 1881, and died at age 82 years old on November 27, 1963.
Melinda Adeline (Davis) Stanley
Melinda Adeline (Davis) Stanley was born in 1861, and died at age 76 years old on March 7, 1938.
Eleanor was born about 1536 in Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England. Eleanor's father was Sir James Stanley (of Crosshall ) and her mother was Anne Hart. Her paternal grandparents were Sir George Stanley (Lord Strange of Knokyn) and Joan Lestrange (Baroness Strange). She had four brothers and four sisters, named George, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Margaret, Jane, Anne and Alice. She died in 1579 THE STANLEY'S OF BICKERSTAFFE . Sir Edward Stanley, Bart., of Bickerstaffe Hall, Bickerstaffe, near Ormskirk, the fifth Baronet of the Stanleys of Bickerstaffe, and the eleventh Earl of Derby, like the previous Earls of Derby of the Stanley family, was paternally descended from Sir John Stanley, who married Isabel of Lathom, and from his descendant, Thomas Stanley, the first Earl of Derby; and also, like them, was maternally descended from the Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward IV who married for her second husband Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, by whom she had three sons and two daughters, the third son being William, Earl of North-ampton, whose daughter Elizabeth married Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and was mother of Elizabeth Fitzalan, who married William de Montecute, first Earl of Salisbury of his family, and was grandmother of John, the unfortunate third Earl of Salisbury, whose son was Thomas de Montecute, the fourth Earl of Salisbury, who left by his first wife, the Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas, and sister and co-heir of Edmund, Earl. of Kent, an oniy daughter and heiress, Alice de Montecuto, who became the wife of Richard Neville, first Earl of Salisbury of his family, and whose daughter, Eleanor, sister of Richard Neville (the King-maker), the renowned Earl of Warwick, was the first wife of Thomas, the second Baron Stanley of Lathom, and the first Earl of Derby of the Stanley family.. The eldest son of Thomas, the first Earl of Derby, by his first wife, Eleanor, as previously noticed, was George, Lord Strange, who was retained by Richard III. as a pledge for the fidelity of his father in the battle of Bosworth. George, Lord Strange, it will be remembered, married Jane, daughter and heiress of John, eighth tord Strange, of Knockyn, by whom he had three sons, Thomas, John, and James. George, ninth Lord Strange, died before his father, the first Earl of Derby, on the 5th December, 1497, consequently his eldest son, Thomas, succeeded to the earldom as second Earl, whose male heir descendants also succeeded to the earldom of Derby until the male heirs of this (the first) branch of the Derby family became extinct on the death of James the tenth Earl.. John, the second son of Lord Strange, died young and unmarried ; and therefore. Sir James, the third son, Knight of Cross Hall, and marshal of Ireland, who was seated at Cross Hall, Lathom, near Ormskirk, became the progenitor of the second branch of the Stanleys, Earls of Derby. Sir James married Anne, the widow of Sir Edmund "Talbot, of Bashall, sister of Sir Percival Hart, Knight of Lullingstone, and daughter of John Hart, Esq., of Lullingstone Castle, in the county of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth, sister and heiress of Sir John Peche, and daughter of Sir William Peche, Knight of Lullingstone, descended from Gilbert de Peche, who was summoned to Parliament as a peer of the realm, 13 King Edward II. Sir James by his lady had issue,. eight children, namely :.—. l, Thomas, juris-condultus ; . 2, Edward, slain at Musselburgh, Scotland ;. 3, George ;. 4, Anne, married to Ralph Rushton, Esq., of Duckinhalgh ;. 5, Margaret, who became the wife of Edward Stanley, Esq., of Flint ;. 6, Jane ;. 7, Eleanor, married to Gilbert Langtree, Esq., of Langtree ;. 8, Henry.. —Thomas and Edward dying sine prole, Sir James was succeeded by his third son,
Tina Lee Stanley was born on April 10, 1958 in Riverside, Riverside County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tina Lee Stanley.
Thomas McClennan Stanley
Thomas McClennan Stanley was born in 1892, and died at age 99 years old in 1991.
Lula  Jane (Stanley) Elam Dean
I knew her as "Granny Dean." She was my great grandmother on my father's side.
Clarence Junior  Stanley  Jr.
Clarence Junior Stanley Jr. of Marion, Marion County, Ohio United States was born on August 24, 1944 in Marion, and died at age 73 years old on June 12, 2018 in Marion.
Mary Kay McIntire  Stanley
Mary Kay Mcintire Stanley was born in 1928. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Kay McIntire Stanley.
Lura E. (Stanley) Woolridge
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lura E. (Stanley) Woolridge.
Francis Lamarr Elek Stanley was born on December 31, 1976 in Oscoda Township, Iosco County, Michigan United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francis Lamarr Elek Stanley.
William Baxter Stanley
William Baxter Stanley was born on October 23, 1894, and died at age 48 years old on October 5, 1943.
Henry Oliver Stanley
Henry Oliver Stanley was born on August 28, 1901, and died at age 69 years old on November 6, 1970.
? Stanley
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Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs
Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs was born on December 6, 1866. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emma Frances (Stanley) Combs.
Sharon Sue (Mulvaine) Stanley was born on August 15, 1945 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sharon Sue (Mulvaine) Stanley .
My father was an awesome man not a day goes by that I don't think of him. I don't know what else to say other than I miss you so much....and I'm unbelievably sorry i wasn't there with with him at the end.
Benjamin Stanley
Benjamin Stanley of Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI was born on April 17, 1883 at England, and died at age 89 years old on May 1, 1972 at Wyanotte, Michigan, USA.
Julia (Stanley) Lennon was born on March 12, 1914 in Liverpool, Merseyside County, England United Kingdom. Julia's partner was Taffy Williams in 1942 and they later separated in 1944. They had a child Ingrid Pedersen. Julia's partner was John Dykins in 1945, and they were together until Julia's death on July 15, 1958. They had children Julia Baird and Jacqueline Dykins. She and Alfred Lennon married on December 3, 1938, and they were married until Julia's death on July 15, 1958. They had a child John Lennon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Julia (Stanley) Lennon.
Steven J Stanley was born on March 31, 1972 at Marion General in Marion, Marion County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Steven J Stanley.
Barbara A (Stanley) Schneiderhahn was born on September 3, 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Barbara A (Stanley) Schneiderhahn.

Stanley Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Stanley family member is 70.0 years old according to our database of 34,315 people with the last name Stanley that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

70.0 years

Oldest Stanleys

These are the longest-lived members of the Stanley family on AncientFaces.

Donald Stanley was born on February 17, 1863, and died at age 115 years old in May 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald Stanley.
115 years
Christoph Stanley of Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia was born on October 31, 1866, and died at age 111 years old in December 1977.
111 years
William Stanley of Sandhurst Australia was born in 1774, and died at age 111 years old in 1885 in Sandhurst.
111 years
Susie J Stanley of Pembroke, Bryan County, GA was born on July 26, 1893, and died at age 109 years old on October 1, 2002.
109 years
Esther F Stanley of Maryland Heights, Saint Louis County, MO was born on June 13, 1887, and died at age 108 years old on October 8, 1995.
108 years
Margaret P Stanley of Saint Louis, Saint Louis City County, MO was born on August 9, 1887, and died at age 107 years old on December 20, 1994.
107 years
Minnie A Stanley of Williamson, Mingo County, WV was born on May 8, 1899, and died at age 107 years old on June 16, 2006.
107 years
Julia Stanley of Pocasset, Barnstable County, MA was born on April 9, 1889, and died at age 106 years old on January 15, 1996.
106 years
Charlotte M Stanley of Beverly, Essex County, MA was born on September 6, 1900, and died at age 106 years old on March 23, 2007.
106 years
Bertie M Stanley of TX was born circa 1904, and died at age 106 years old in 2010.
106 years
Mary J Stanley of Chester, Orange County, NY was born on April 16, 1902, and died at age 106 years old on July 12, 2008.
106 years
Laura C Stanley of Dallas, Dallas County, TX was born on April 16, 1882, and died at age 106 years old on June 22, 1988.
106 years
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Benjamin Stanley, born 17 Apr 1883 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. Emmigrated to the USA on the 2 Jun 1909, aboard the SS "Friesland" with his wife Edith & children Edith George & Ivy. Also on board was his uncle Samuel David Broadhurst.

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