John E. Stanley was born on October 6, 1847, in Radnor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to William Stanley and Julia A. Stanley[1].
In 1860, John Erastus Stanley (age 12 - born in Pennsylvania), lived in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his inferred father William (age 58 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a farmer), his inferred mother Julia (age 58 - born in Pennsylvania), his inferred brother Franklin (age 28 - born in Pennsylvania and practiced as an attorney), his inferred sister Mary Martha (age 26 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a milliner), his inferred sister Hannah Ann (age 24 - born in Pennsylvania), his inferred sister Eliza (age 22 - born in Pennsylvania), his inferred brother William (age 15 - born in Pennsylvania) and Pennsylvania native John Ford (age 28 - worked as a farm laborer)[2].
In 1870, John (age 22 - born in Pennsylvania and worked in a sawmill), lived in Haverford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his inferred father William (age 67 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a flour manufacturer), his inferred mother Julia (age 66 - born in Pennsylvania and worked at keeping house), his inferred sister Hannah (age 30 - born in Pennsylvania and stayed at home), his inferred sister Eliza (age 28 - born in Pennsylvania and stayed at home), his inferred brother William (age 25 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a miller), Pennsylvania native Charles Stillwell (age 23 - worked in a flour mill), Pennsylvania native Isaac Steele (age 21 - worked as a miller) and New Jersey native Sarah J. Smith (age 10 - worked as a domestic servant)[3].
On March 24, 1875, John married Lydia J. Biddle, at the Lutheran Church, in Ardmore[4].
On August 20, 1876, John and Lydia gave birth to their daughter Julia Stanley, in Haverford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania[5].
On August 27, 1878, John and Lydia gave birth to their daughter Emma Watkin Stanley, in Manoa, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania[6][7].
In 1880, John (age 32 - worked as a miller), lived in Haverford with his wife Lydia J. (age 29 - worked at keeping house), their daughter Julia (age 3), their daughter Emma W. (age 2), Irish servant Jane Crawsett (age 40), Pennsylvania native David Crawsett (age 7 - attended school) and Irish boarder Michael Finnegan (age 58 - worked as a teamster)[8].
About 1882, John and Lydia gave birth to their son Morris Stanley, in Adele, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania[9].
In 1900, John E. (age 52 - born in October of 1847, in Pennsylvania and worked as a farmer), lived in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his wife Lydia J. (age 49 - born in October of 1850, in Pennsylvania), their daughter Emma W. (age 21 - born in August of 1878, in Pennsylvania), their son J. Morris (age 18 - born in December of 1881, in Pennsylvania and worked as an apprentice machinist), their daughter Elizabeth B. (age 15 - born in December of 1884, in Pennsylvania and attended school) and daughter Sarah K. (age 5 - born in July of 1894, in Pennsylvania)[10].
In 1902, Morris Stanley (age 20 - worked as a machinist), passed away in Manoa, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania[11].
In 1910, John E. (age 63 - worked in a sawmill), lived on West Chester Pike, in Haverford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his daughter Julia S. Lewis (age 33), his granddaughter Ida B. (age 9 - born in Pennsylvania) and his grandson Ralph J. (age 6 - born in Pennsylvania)[12].
In 1920, John E. (age 72 - no occupation), lived at 8502 West Chester Pike, in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his wife Lydia J. (age 69), their daughter Sarah K. (age 25 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a stenographer), their daughter Julia S. Lewis (age 40 - widowed and no occupation), their granddaughter Ida B. (age 19 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a clerk at a publishing house), their grandson Ralph (age 16 - born in Pennsylvania and worked as a machinist at a publishing house) and Pennsylvania native George Martene (age 69 - widowed and worked as a house carpenter)[13].
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