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Edward James Wastfield Staples 1848–1916 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 May 1848

Birth Location: Warminster, Somerset, England

Death Date: 29 May 1916

Death Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

Father: Frederick 1823

Mother: Emma Price

Spouse(s): Hannah Wright

Children(s): Frederick Staples, Walter Staples, Emma Staples, Mary Staples, Edward Staples, Charles Staples, Mary STAPLES, Stanley STAPLES, Percy Staples, Ethel 1900, Earnest Staples

In 1848, Edward James Wastfield Staples entered the world in Warminster, Somerset, England, born to Frederick Wastfield Staples Check B 31 Aug 1823 And Emma Ruth Price. Edward James Wastfield Staples married Hannah Maria Wright, and had children including Charles Edwin Samuel Staples, Earnest James Staples, Edward James Staples, Emma Maria Staples, Ethel Maude Staples Maybee Died 1910 Not 1900, Frederick John Staples, Mary Elizabeth Staples, Percy Gordon Staples, Stanley Norman Staples Norman Stanley Staples, Walter Charles Staples. Edward James Wastfield Staples passed away in 1916 in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1848, Edward James Wastfield Staples entered the world in Warminster, Somerset, England, born to Frederick Wastfield Staples Check B 31 Aug 1823 And Emma Ruth Price.
  • Edward James Wastfield Staples married Hannah Maria Wright, and had children including Charles Edwin Samuel Staples, Earnest James Staples, Edward James Staples, Emma Maria Staples, Ethel Maude Staples Maybee Died 1910 Not 1900, Frederick John Staples, Mary Elizabeth Staples, Percy Gordon Staples, Stanley Norman Staples Norman Stanley Staples, Walter Charles Staples.
  • Edward James Wastfield Staples passed away in 1916 in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick 1823
1823–1898
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
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Emma Price
1826–1910
Birth Location: Warminster, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Wright
1858–1928
Birth Location: Polstead, Suffolk, England
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Children(s)

Frederick Staples
1876–1940
Birth Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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Walter Staples
1877–1878
Birth Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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Emma Staples
1879–1922
Birth Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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Mary Staples
1881–1881
Birth Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
MS
Edward Staples
1882–1923
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Charles Staples
1884–1956
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Mary STAPLES
1887–1929
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
MS
Stanley STAPLES
1889–1922
Birth Location: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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Percy Staples
1892–1964
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Ethel 1900
1894–1900
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Earnest Staples
1897–1938
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Edward Staples's Ancestors

Self
Edward Staples
1848–1916
Birth Place: Warminster, Somerset, England
Parents
Frederick Wastfield Staples check b. 31 Aug 1823
1823–1898
Wiltshire, England
Emma (Ruth) Price
1826–1910
Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
John (Wastfield) Staples
1793–1869
Imber, Wiltshire, England
Mary Applegate
1798–1859
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Edward Price
1796–1852
Wiltshire
Elizabeth Watts
1805–1826
Corsley, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Staples
1768–1829
Mary Wastfield
1763–1831
James Applegate
1774–1830
Jane
1776–1867
John PRICE
1769–
Sarah ??
1770–
Isaac Watts
1780–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Staples
1731–1808
Sarah Bartlett
1738–1800
Anne Collins
1733–1782

Edward Staples's Descendants

1.
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Edward (James Wastfield) Staples (17 May 1848–29 May 1916) m. Hannah (Maria) Wright (1858–1 Nov 1928)
  1. 1. Frederick (John) Staples 1876–1940 m. Elizabeth (Ellen) BRANDT 1881–1948
    1. 1. Samuel (Ian) Staples 1915–1996 m. Annie (Enid) Wilton 1921–2017
    2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth Ellen) Staples 1909–1995
    3. 3. Gordon (Stanley) Staples 1910–2002
    4. 4. Emma Staples 1912–1913
    5. 5. Ethel (Maud) Staples 1906–1920
    6. 6. Frederick (Wastfield) Staples 1905–1997
  2. 2. Walter (Charles) Staples 1877–1878
  3. 3. Emma (Maria) Staples 1879–1922
  4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Staples 1881–1881
  5. 5. Edward (James) Staples 1882–1923 m. Elizabeth (Maria) Stribling 1883–1963
    1. 1. Theodore (Edward) Staples 1918–2020 m. Mary (Irene) Bruce 1919–2020
    2. 2. Mabel (Ethel) Staples 1905–1989
    3. 3. Doris (Lucy) Staples 1907–1983
  6. 6. Charles (Edwin Samuel) Staples 1884–1956
  7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) STAPLES 1887–1929 m. Thomas (Henry) ELLIOTT 1884–1914
    1. 1. Hazel (Eileen) Elliott 1906–1991 m. John (Francis) Yeatman 1904–1988
      1. 1. Jan (Gregory) Yeatman 1932–2020 m. Diana (Iris Robertson) Mrs 1936–2019
        1. 1. Jonathan (Francis Yeatman or John Francis) Yeatman 1904–1988
    2. 2. Wasefield (James Henry) ELLIOTT 1908–1964
    3. 3. Allan (Thomas) ELLIOTT 1910–1910
    4. 4. Mavis (Audrey) ELLIOTT 1911–1968
  8. 8. Stanley (Norman Staples Norman Stanley) STAPLES 1889–1922 m. Eunice (Eliza) Mathews 1889–1960
    1. 1. Florence (Maria) Staples 1911–2004 m. Harold (Raymond) Hill 1911–2000
      1. 1. Graham (Harold Thomas) Hill 1937–2014
    2. 2. Edward (Norman (Ted)) Staples 1913–1989
    3. 3. Stanley (William) Staples 1915–1994 m. Christina (Agnes) HENDERSON 1915–1987
    4. 4. Sydney (Ernest) Staples 1917–1999
    5. 5. Mavis (Ngaire) Staples 1921–1993
  9. 9. Percy (Gordon) Staples 1892–1964
  10. 10. Ethel (Maude Staples maybee died 1910 not) 1900 1894–1900
  11. 11. Earnest (James) Staples 1897–1938 m. Margaret (DORIS May Livingstone) Judson 1897–1946
    1. 1. Stanley (Ernest James) STAPLES 1923–1981 m. Irene (Maud) Howorth 1924–1991
      1. 1. Sandra STAPLES –2019 m. Keith (Stanners (Kit)) Bird 1950–2020
    2. 2. Rhoda (Staples) Johnson 1920–1995
    3. 3. Doris (Hazel) Staples 1918–2003
    4. 4. Ethel (Lorna) Staples 1918–1969

Edward Staples's Timeline

2 Records

1848
17 May 1848
Birth of Edward James Wastfield Staples in Warminster, Somerset, England
Warminster, Somerset, England
1916
29 May 1916
Age 68
Death of Edward James Wastfield Staples in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 May 1848
    Event Place: Warminster, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1916
    Event Place: Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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