charles stavely canada 1896

[anneelaine]

Thank you so much everyone,
I wish my mum was here to hear this
thanks A

[susano]

On A* there is a Charles looks like it could be Staveley to me but transcribed as Stanley, age 25, aboard the Canada, Liverpool to Halifax, arriving January 13, 1913.  He is a weaver and going to assured employment (to parents weavers) in Valleyfield, Quebec.

Susan

[anneelaine]

My Mum told me a few things that I had forgot about, and with you saying about his name  it made me think O dear somethink about he did not like his name with it been common cannot think!! its gone again
I know he got my gran a book on grammar for a xmas gift
   A

[JaneyCanuck]

It's just a theory so far ... we have to work on finding some of those Staveleys in Canada (and would pass on information privately).

I wish my dad were here so I could tell him all the things he wanted to know, but he died in 2003, and some of the info it has taken me until this year to track down ... But I did get in touch with his mythical cousin the famous musician just this summer (turns out he really is a famous musician, and he actually is my dad's first cousin), and got a picture of my great-grandparents I thought I'd never see, from 1907. At least I did find out that his father's military records, which was what he was trying to find out about just before he died, have not even been released yet because he stayed in the military and went on to do dreadful things in Ireland after the war. I wish I could tell him, though, how his dad had been drummed out of the Dragoon Guards before that, at the age of 16, for fencing stolen goods!
 He would not have been surprised.

All we can do is be glad we know now, and pass the information on so it isn't lost again ...



edit -- susano -- that will be the man!

[J.J.]

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[anneelaine]

It would be good to tell my boys about it all ,
My son who looks like Charles said if he gets married he will call his child Staveley if its a boy then i could tell him who he was and all about him.
 A

[JaneyCanuck]

Oh well JJ -- it's all laid out there!

... All except ... Charles.

It was Hannah's mother who was born in Canada (not really Canadian - born to a British soldier).



anneelaine -- I think that page may be a little hard slogging for you.

The points that relate to the family in Montreal are right at the end

- it talks about Daniel in the Canadian military in WWI

- it says where John and Hannah are buried in Montreal

Unfortunately, it really doesn't mention Charles after the censuses where he was with his parents. But we know about him now!

[JaneyCanuck]

I think the page JJ found is probably connected with Peter who posted in that thread at genforum:

http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/stavely/messages/28.html

You should sign up at the page JJ posted and post in the forum!

It says this about your (we think) line of Staveleys:

http://www.staveley-genealogy.com/canada.htm

"By the eve of World War I part of the family of John Thomas Staveley and Hannah Winter settled in Quebec arriving from Burnley, Lancashire.  The earlier origins of this Burnley line however, are as yet undetermined."

Well, we shall see what we can do about that.

[valeriec]

I went to the Canadian Encyclopedia to see what I could find about violin making in Quebec. There were several violin makers in the province so it is entirely possible that Charles Staveley was one. Pierre Martel, father of Oscar Martel was a violin maker in L'Assomption and that is the area I found a Charle Staveley in 1962.

Lots of good work on this thread. I am off to bed and will look again tomorrow with fresh eyes.