Joseph William Stanley (1819 - 1884)

Born 16 Aug 1819 in Swans Island, Hancock,District of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Smith) Stanley — married 14 Nov 1841 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 2 May 1884 at age 64 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

Joseph Stanley was a Mainer.

Stanley Point_Swan's Island_Maine

Clip of Swan's Island 1860_Family of Joseph W. Stanley

Burnt Coat Harbor from Lighthouse Road

Record of Marriage

Joseph, Horace, Ansel, Samuel, Albert, who fell from a bluff and was drowned at the age of two years; Thomas [error?], Elizabeth, wife of Albion Stanley; Eunice, wife of Elmer Holbrook ; Lucy A., wife of Stephen Dunham, jr. ; Margaret, wife of George E. Trask, and Lois."History of Swans Island Maine by Herman Wesley Small, MD

Burnt Coat or Swan's Island,

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6749-X53?cc=1401638&wc=95RF-VZ6%3A1031308201%2C1031662701%2C1031912601 : 9 April 2016), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island > image 5 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BS3-6WT?cc=1473181&wc=73BR-HG5%3A1589428278%2C1589423726%2C1589428304 : 24 March 2017), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island Plantation > image 4 of 12; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11930-155029-68?cc=1438024 : 22 May 2014), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island > image 11 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1880 Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-7RY?cc=1417683&wc=X4JY-HZ9%3A1589404979%2C1589399710%2C1589405499%2C1589395181 : 24 December 2015), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island > ED 153 > image 4 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

A history of Swan's Island, Maine by Herman Wesley Small,MD., Pages 134,135, 136.

Date of Birth from Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities; Town of Swans Island _ Card File of Dr. H. W. Small by Picton Press, 2005. Author of History of Swans Island, Maine by Dr. H. W. Small

Joseph STANDLEY Grave Stone http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69078256 JOSEPH STANDLEY DIED May 2, 1884 AE. 65 y's 8 m's & 16 d's. No pain, no grief, no anxious fear Invade thy bounds, no mortal woes Can reach our father sleeping here While angels watch his soft repose. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69078256/joseph-william-stanley

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Stanley-2644 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2RGS_2013-04-28.ged on May 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.