I wonder if I should be getting commission from the Salvation Army here??
Chrish53, babs2,
Unless I've missed something I suspect you might have to go back some way to establish a link between your Staple(s) strands.
I think Jane Staple was the daughter of Thomas Staple (b.1792 Winsham), whereas George Staple was the son of Thomas Stapel [sic] (b.1779 Stoke Abbott).
[No news from the Police History Society yet other than a question about whether there's any writing on the photo or mount - I've said that there isn't.]