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Title: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Thursday 19 February 09 01:09 GMT (UK)
I am looking for the birth of Robert H. Stalla iin about 1808 in England [unknown location].  And also his immigration to the United States sometime before 1840.  He can be found on the 1840 and 1850 US censuses in Brooklyn, NY and also in the Brooklyn City Directories for those years. 

In the 1850 census his age was 42, birth place England., living with his wife Jane [Logan] and children Elizabeth, Mary A., William, Joseph, and Jane.

edited to add:  I think his middle name might have been Harvey.
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Thursday 19 February 09 16:49 GMT (UK)
Stalla is not a common surname in England.  I have found the following Stallas listed in censuses from 1841-71.  I have tried to find parish records for the birthplaces of these people but without success so far.  IGI has not helped me either.  If anyone has parish records for these places, I’d appreciate a look for the birth of Robert H. Stalla.

1841 Census

James Stalla, St. Mary Islington East, Middlesex, 12, est. birth 1829, Middlesex

William Stalla, Wimbish, Essex, 13, est. birth 1828, Essex

1851 Census

William Stalla, Lambeth, Surrey, 51, est. birth 1800, Ireland

1861 Census

John Stalla, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 41, est. birth 1820, Falbdon, Northumberland

1871 Census

Charles Wallace Stalla, Penrith, Cumberland, 64, est. birth 1807, Penrith, Cumberland

George Stalla, Greenwich, Kent, 58, est. birth 1813, Chatham, Kent
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Eliza5 on Friday 27 February 09 19:22 GMT (UK)
Re: George Stalla born Chatham, Kent.c.1813

On- line images (not transcripts) of entries in Parish Registers for the Medway area of Kent, including St. Mary's Chatham1568-1974 can be found by Googling:
 Medway Cityark
and then following the Medway Ancestors link, and links on, further down the page, from there to the images.
Hope you find the name somewhere there. There are maps showing where neighbouring parishes are too.
Eliza5
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Friday 27 February 09 19:39 GMT (UK)
Thanks!  I will check this out.
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Spidermonkey on Friday 27 February 09 20:52 GMT (UK)
Hi Erato,

Did you see on FindMyPast a marriage between Susan Stalla and Josiah Willings on 28 Sept 1828 at St Andrew the Less, Cambridgeshire?  One of the witnesses to the marriage was Harvey Stalla - perhaps one of yours?

Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Friday 27 February 09 23:12 GMT (UK)
Thanks, I hadn't seen that.  I don't have a subscription to FindMyPast but will keep this in mind.
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Saturday 28 February 09 00:44 GMT (UK)

On- line images (not transcripts) of entries in Parish Registers for the Medway area of Kent, including St. Mary's Chatham1568-1974 can be found by Googling:
 Medway Cityark
and then following the Medway Ancestors link, and links on, further down the page, from there to the images.


I don't know what the problem is with this web site.  I found the collection of images for baptisms 1772-1813.  I was able to look at the first few images without any trouble [starting in 1813 and working backwards].  But now it just gives me a blank white page for whatever image I click on, including ones that I was able to see earlier.  It does the same thing for the collection of baptisms from 1813-1816 .
Title: Re: Robert H. Stalla - birth, unknown county
Post by: Erato on Saturday 28 February 09 02:48 GMT (UK)
I've gone back to this site and it's working for me now - it must have been overloaded earlier.