Elizabeth (Glover) Stanley (1795 - bef. 1859)

Born 1795 in Prescot, Lancashire, England

Wife of Joseph Stanley — married 12 Oct 1840 in St Helens Chapel, St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died before 11 May 1859 before age 64 in Parr, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the St Helens, Lancashire One Place Study.

Elizabeth Glover was born in Prescot, Lancashire sometime between about 1787 and 1796. She was the daughter of William Glover.

Elizabeth married ? Dutton.

Elizabeth married Joseph Stanley on 12 Oct 1840 at St Helens Chapel of Ease in the parish of Prescot, Lancashire. Both were above age (21 or older) and widowed. Joseph was a watchmaker living in Eccleston. Their fathers were named as James Stanley and William Glover. The witnesses were Peter Penketh and Ellen Penketh.

By June 6th 1841, Joseph and Elizabeth were living in Lane Ends, Eccleston with Joseph's youngest daughter Hannah, and three-year-old Thomas Stanley, probably a grandchild. Joseph was a watch maker.

By March 30th 1851, Joseph and Elizabeth were still in Lane Ends; Joseph was a watch fuzee maker.

Elizabeth died in 1859, and was buried on 11 May 1859 at St Thomas' Church in Eccleston, Lancashire. Her age was recorded as 64, and her address as Parr.

Research Notes

Her estimated birth year varies considerably between different sources - 1787-1791 in 1841 (age 50), 1796 in 1851 (age 55), and 1795 (64 at death in 1859).

There are two possible deaths roughly matching this range of years between 1851 and 1861 in Prescot district; the 1859 one (aged 64) seems at first glance somewhat unlikely since the abode in the corresponding burial record is Parr and her husband was in Eccleston in 1851 and in 1861. However the other, on 22 Mar 1857 at Prescot St Mary's, has an abode of Eccleston but appears to exactly match Elizabeth (Parker) Stanley (1778-bef.1857). So it seems the 1859 one is hers.

I found 3 baptisms within ten years of 1786 in the parish of Prescot of Elizabeth Glovers with father William:

• Elizabeth 15 Nov 1778 at Rainford Chapel (William & Ruth, abode Rainford)
• Elizabeth Birck 16 Oct 1785 at St Helens Chapel (William sadler of St Helens)^[1]
• Elizabeth 15 Feb 1792 at Prescot St Mary's (William & Betty, Officer of Excise of Rainhill)

Elizabeth Birck married Thomas Ashton in 1808, had a son Richard Glover Ashton in 1809 whose christening record show his father to be a grocer of Liverpool, and mother and son both died in the first quarter of 1810 and were buried at St Helens Chapel. So the 1785 baptism can be confidently ruled out.

An officer of excise may have been transferred around the country; there is only one christening record for this family listed on Lancashire OPC website; so it's much less likely that the 1792 Elizabeth stayed in Prescot.

Children of William and Ruth were christened between 1778 and 1794, the later ones in Upholland. The father was a husbandman/farmer. If the family stayed in Upholland, there was an Elizabeth Glover who married a John Tasker in 1808 in Upholland, and later a James Glover on 29 Jan 1838 at St James', Toxteth Park.

It therefore doesn't seem possible to conclude with any confidence that any of these 3 baptisms is Elizabeth's. Marriage records occasionally do name a biological father when the parents weren't married even though they weren't supposed to, so it's possible (but unlikely) her maiden name was not Glover. No suitable Glover - Dutton marriages found, but she may have married more than twice.

Census

1841: Eccleston Lane Ends

  Joseph Standley 55 Watch M Y

  Elizabeth Standley 50 Y

  Hannow Standley 20 Y

  Thomas Standley 3 Y //

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/registersofsaint107sthe/page/110/mode/2up

• Marriage (2): listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Joseph Stanley & Elizabeth Dutton. Register: Marriages 1837 - 1845 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page [52], Entry 104. Source: LDS Film 1469036

• Burial: listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Elizabeth Stanley. Register: Burials 1839 - 1861, Page 130, Entry 1038. Source: LDS Film 1849657

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2G-5LY : 22 May 2019), Joseph Standley, Prescot, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Piece 516-06 folio 29 page 18

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYX-H7Y : 12 September 2019), Joseph Stanley, Eccleston, Lancashire, England; citing Eccleston, Lancashire, England, p. 31, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.