Adrian Joseph Stanley (1870 - 1950)

Ancestors Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 2 Sources 2.1 Footnotes 2.2 Acknowledgments

Biography

Standley/Stanley Genealogy/Maine.

Noted: Date of Birth: Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities; Town of Swans Island_Card File of Dr. H. W. Small by Picton Press, 2005. Also see History of Swans Island, Maine by Dr. H. W. Small

"Adrian J. Stanley was born on 1 July 1870. He was a Seagoing & Steamship captain. He died on 27 July 1950 at the age of 80 in Prospect, Maine, USA. Adrian was buried in Maple Grove cemetery, Prospect. Capt. Adrian J. Stanley and ... [children]

916. i. Alfred A. Stanley was born on 2 June 1895.

+917. ii. Charles Ansel Stanley-1832." {was born on 8 January 1903} [ see swansislald.org]

Adrian Stanley on the Deer Isle Ferry.

Adrian Joseph was born in 1870. Adrian Joseph was the child of Ansel Seavey Stanley and Katherine Babbidge Robbins. Adrian Joseph passed away in 1950. ^[1]

Stanley-2627 Noted; the Ansel Charles Stanley in the Swan's Island genealogy is Ansel Seavey Stanley, reference Wiki Tree ID Stanley-2627 Adrian Stanley ... ^[2]

Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Wednesday, July 13,1938 Henry Buxton Says... Capt. A. J. Stanley of Prospect Real Maine Islander _ ISLANDERS Capt. and Mrs. Adrian J. Stanley of Prospect are both natives of Maine islands, Captain Stanley having been born on Swan's Island, and Mrs. Stanley in West Stonington [Deer Island, Maine].

Adrian and Josephine on the Deer Isle Ferry

They have been married 44 years. Henry Buxton Says ... Capt. A. J. Stanley of Prospect Real Maine Islander _ Native of Swan's Island _ In Steamship Service Forty Years

WENT TO SEA AT 14 "My folks moved from Swan's Island to South Deer Isle when I was three years old, and at the age of 14 I signed articles on the schooner Alfalfa at $12 a month. The vessel was commanded by Captain Joseph Thurston of Orland, and we coasted to Boston with bricks and clapboards. I signed on as cook and deckhand. Happily I had learned something about cooking from my mother, so that I was not entirely at loss in the galley. I spent 15 years coasting, and served at various times as able seaman and mate. I was never wrecked and never encountered any serious gales. It seemed to be my lot to meet up with fair winds and sunny seas. My last berth as a coaster man was on the schooner Hattie Collins of Stonington, skippered by Captain Jason A. Greenlaw." "Forty-two years ago, I went steam boating, and my first steamer berth was aboard the

Silver Star

Silver Star that plied between Rockland and Portland. I ran on the steamer

Mineolia

Mineola from Rockland to Portland, on the Juliet from Rockland to Sedgwick, the Monhegan from Rockland to Portland, and winters from Portland to Bar Harbor; the May Archer running from Thomaston to Portland, and the Mohawk which made trips between Eastport and New York. Later I joined the Eastern Steamship company, and served on steamers of that company for thirty - four years. I was chief officer on the Camden and also the Belfast.”

The Republican Journal, Belfast, Maine Thursday, August 3, 1950 CAPTAIN ADRIAN J. STANLEY

Captain Adrian J. Stanley, old-time master mariner, died Thursday morning, July 27, at the home of his son Alfred Stanley, in Prospect, after a long illness. He was born at Swan’s Island July 1, 1870, the son of Ansil and Katherine (Robbins) Stanley. He was a sea captain for over 50 years, and was in the employ of the Eastern Steamship Company for more than 20 years. Captain Stanley is survived by two sons, Alfred Stanley of Prospect and Charles Stanley of Camden; a grandson, Adrian of Prospect; (should be of Camden), three brothers, John Stanley of Malden, Mass., Walter Stanley of Boothbay Harbor, and Harry Stanley of Mississippi, and several nieces and nephews. Services were held from the Foley Funeral Home in Winterport, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Chester Pinkham of the Frankfort Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery at Prospect. Transcribed by: Adrian O. Stanley_July 7, 1996

Sources

• STANLEY, CAPTAIN ADRIAN J.; [see back on p. 9] [page]132 DAILY NEWS, BANGOR, MAINE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1938 Source: Newspaper article on file at the Deer Isle - Stonington Historical Society_Deer Isle, Maine Referenced the Stanley Genealogy, notebooks by Dr. Benjamin L. Noyes

• swansisland.org/swansgenealogy/WmStanley/b1803 Links No Longer Work]

• Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99NW-STG3?i=441

Footnotes

1. ↑ Birth date from Capt. Adrian J. Stanley's obit. The Republican Journal, Belfast, Maine Thursday, August 3, 1950 CAPTAIN ADRIAN J. STANLEY
2. ↑ Entered by Adrian Stanley, Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

• Deer Isle's history, comprising that territory now the towns of Deer Isle, Stonington and Isle au Haut, Me by Mildred Sellers Allen https://archive.org/details/deerisleshistory00alle/page/42/mode/1up?q=Lane

• Deer Isle Ferry https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5736&context=courier_gazette

Acknowledgments

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