Charles Stanley (1840)

Born 1840 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England

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Charles Stanley was born in Bedfordshire, England.

Research Notes

• We know that Charles was the son of Peter Stanley and Sarah Millard. ^[1]
• Charles most likely married Charlotte Humphrey(s) in 1857, in Biggleswade. ^[2]

The reasoning for this is:

• Charles and Charlotte show up in the 1861 census living with Charles' mother, Sarah, who is listed as married. ^[3] Meanwhile, Charles father, Peter, is living in a different household without his wife. ^[4]
• In 1871, Charles' parents are living with a "son", Peter. ^[5] There is only one Peter Stanley born in Bedforshire who is listed in the GRO, and his mother maiden name was HUMPHREYS. Which means he was their grandson, not their son.^[6]
• In 1871, Charlotte is seen living alone with her children and working as a Plaiter. No sign of Charles.^[7]
• In 1881, Charlotte is still living alone with her children and working as a charwoman. No sign of Charles. ^[8]
• In 1891, Charlotte is living "on her own means" along with two lodgers. ^[9] Meanwhile, Charles is living with his "other" family in Leicester. ^[10]
• Charlotte passes away in 1900^[11]
• Charles shows up in 1901 and then 1911 living in a workhouse, listed as a widower.
• possible death record for Charles - passes away in 1st qtr 1919 in Leicester - birth date estimated as 1843 and is the only death in Leicestershire falling into approximately correct date line^[12]

The missing years

• it appears that at the times of the 1871 and 1881 census Charles Stanley may have been in prison. If he is the person in these newspaper extracts it would explain his absence^[13][14]

Questions that remain

• Who was the Mary Ann he was living with in 1891? Were they married?
• Who is the mother of his children, Charles Peter and Sarah Ann?
• Where are these people in the 1881 census??
• Where was Charles in 1871?

Sources

Birth

Charles was born in 1840 the son of Peter Stanley and Sarah Millard. ^[15]

Marriage

^[16]
Name: Charles Stanley
Spouse's Name: Charlotte Humphrey
Event Date: 19 Jul 1857
Event Place: Biggleswade,Bedford,England

1851 Census

^[17]
Name: Charles Stanley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1851
Event Place: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
Registration District: Biggleswade
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Marital Status: Unmarried
Occupation: Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Birthplace: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Page Number: 2
Registration Number: HO107
Piece/Folio: 1753 / 584
Affiliate Record Type: Household

Peter Stanley Head Male 30 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Sarah Stanley Wife Female 30 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Charles Stanley Son Male 11 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

1861 Census

^[18]
Name Charles Stanley
County London, Middlesex
Event Type Census
Event Date 1861
Event Place St James, London, Middlesex, England
Ecclesiastical Parish St James
Registration District Clerkenwell
Residence Note Goswell Place
Gender Male
Age 23
Marital Status Married
Occupation Police Constable
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1838
Birthplace Biggleswade, Beds
Page Number 4
Registration Number RG09
Piece/Folio 199 / 3
Affiliate Record Type Household

Charles Stanley Head M 23 Biggleswade, Beds
Charlotte Stanley Wife F 24 Biggleswade, Beds
Peter Stanley Son M 3 Biggleswade, Beds
Elizabeth Stanley Daughter F 0 St Jas Clerkl, Middlesex
Sarah Stanley Mother F 40 Biggleswade, Beds

1891 Census

^[19]
Name Charles Stanley
Event Type Census
Event Date 1891
County Leicestershire
Parish Leicester
Ecclesiastical Parish ST GEORGE
Registration District Leicester
Residence Note Yeoman Street
Gender Male
Age 51
Marital Status Married
Occupation Working Cutler
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1840
Birthplace Bedfordshire, England
Page Number 19
Registration Number RG12
Piece/Folio 2529/ 55

Charles Stanley Head M 51 Bedfordshire, England
Mary Ann Stanley Wife F 49 Buckinghamshire, England
Charles Peter Stanley Son M 19 Northamptonshire, England
Sarah Ann Stanley Daughter F 15 Warwickshire, England

1901 Census

^[20]
Name Charles Stanley
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Leicester, Leicestershire, England
County Leicestershire
Civil Parish Leicester
Ecclesiastical Parish Leicester St Peter
Sub-District North East Leicester
Registration District Leicester
Gender Male
Age 63
Occupation CUTLER
Relationship to Head of Household Pauper
Birth Year (Estimated) 1838
Birthplace Bedford
Page Number 32

1911 Census

^[21]
Name Charles Stanley
Event Type Census
Event Date 1911
Event Place Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
County Leicestershire
Parish Leicester
Sub-District North East Leicester
Sub-District Number 2
District Number 407
Enumeration District 47
Registration District Leicester
Gender Male
Age 75
Marital Status WIDOWER
Marital Status WIDOWER
Occupation FORMERLY CUTLER
Institution LEICESTER WORKHOUSE
Birth Year (Estimated) 1836
Birthplace Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Relationship to Head of Household Inmate
Schedule Type 9999
Page Number 17
Registration Number RG14
Piece/Folio 23
Affiliate Record Identifier GBC/1911/RG14/19264/0023/2

1. ↑ GRO Reference (birth; mother's maiden name Millard): 1840 June Quarter in BIGGLESWADE Volume 06 Page 61
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2L8-4WG : 10 February 2018), Charles Stanley and Charlotte Humphrey, 19 Jul 1857; citing Biggleswade,Bedford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 952,404.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-BCVX : 24 October 2019), Charles Stanley, St James, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7TN-89D : 24 October 2019), Peter Stanley, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFF7-PJN : 28 September 2019), Peter Stanley, 1871.
6. ↑ GRO Reference (birth; mother's maiden name Humphreys): 1858 S Quarter in BIGGLESWADE Volume 03B Page 309
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFF7-KC7 : 28 September 2019), Charlotte Stanley, 1871.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-XQTK : 11 December 2017), Charlotte Stanley, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 22, Piece/Folio 1629/88, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,491.
9. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BXH-92M : 2 May 2019), Charlotte Stanley, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Bedfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
10. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WD6N-43Z : 5 May 2019), Charles Stanley, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Leicestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
11. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JRZ-PLD : 31 December 2014), Charlotte Stanley, 1900; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
12. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JCB-4QH : 31 December 2014), Charles Stanley, 1919; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
13. ↑ CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-Monday . The Morning Post (London, England),Tuesday, March 02, 1875; pg. 7; Issue 32034. Category: News Sourced from the British Library Gale Document Number: R32120934712.
    Transciption-A number of prisoners were convicted of uttering counterfeit coin.
    Mr. Crawford, Mr. De Michele and Mr. Safford were counsel for the prosecution.
    Four prisoners named George Cole, William Leary, John Hiningan and Charles Stanley, were convicted of several utterings and Ward, Bottin and Reeves, the prison warders, proved that they had been over and over again convicted upon similar charges.
    Cole was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude and five years’ supervision of the police, Leary to 10 years and seven years supervision, Heningan to 10 years penal servitude, and Stanley to seven years.
14. ↑ The police Gazette March 7th 1881 page 3 (available on ancestry)
    Transcription- ‘’Offences under ‘The Prevention of Crimes Act 1871’’
    ‘’License-holder Charles Stanley, alias William Howe, 43 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high, fresh complexion, grey hair, blue eyes, scars over right eyebrow,cheek and sides of neck, blue mark on left arm,double ruptured, varicose veins left leg; sentenced at Central Criminal Court, 1st March, 1875, to 7 years penal servitude, and 5 years police supervision, for uttering.’’
15. ↑ Birth Reg-GRO Reference (birth; mother's maiden name Millard): 1840 June Quarter in BIGGLESWADE Volume 06 Page 61
16. ↑ Marriage-"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2L8-4WG : 10 February 2018), Charles Stanley and Charlotte Humphrey, 19 Jul 1857; citing Biggleswade,Bedford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 952,404.
17. ↑ 1851 Census-"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGC4-9FW : 8 November 2019), Charles Stanley in household of Peter Stanley, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England; citing Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, p. 2, 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.
18. ↑ 1861 Census-"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-BCVX : 11 December 2017), Charles Stanley, St James, London, Middlesex, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
19. ↑ 1891 Census-"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WD6N-43Z : 12 December 2017), Charles Stanley, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Leicestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
20. ↑ 1901 Census-"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS42-77W : 8 April 2016), Charles Stanley, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing North East Leicester subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
21. ↑ 1911 Census-"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X756-2BQ : 21 December 2018), Charles Stanley, Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.