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John Wastfield Staples 1793–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 06 Apr 1793

Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 29 May 1869

Death Location: Wiltshire, England

Father: John Staples

Mother: Mary Wastfield

Spouse(s): Mary Applegate

Children(s): Frederick 1823, James Staples, Mary Staples, Samuel Staples, Elizabeth Staples, Fanny Staples, Edwin Staples, Sarah Staples

The story of John Wastfield Staples began in 1793 in Imber, Wiltshire, England. In 1851, John Wastfield Staples resided in Imber, Wiltshire, England. John Wastfield Staples married Mary Applegate, and had children including Edwin Wastfield Staples, Elizabeth Wastfield Staples, Fanny Elizabeth Judson Staples, Frederick Wastfield Staples Check B 31 Aug 1823, James Wastfield Staples, Mary Jane Staples, Samuel Staples, Sarah Anne Staples. John Wastfield Staples passed away in 1869 in Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Wastfield Staples began in 1793 in Imber, Wiltshire, England.
  • In 1851, John Wastfield Staples resided in Imber, Wiltshire, England.
  • John Wastfield Staples married Mary Applegate, and had children including Edwin Wastfield Staples, Elizabeth Wastfield Staples, Fanny Elizabeth Judson Staples, Frederick Wastfield Staples Check B 31 Aug 1823, James Wastfield Staples, Mary Jane Staples, Samuel Staples, Sarah Anne Staples.
  • John Wastfield Staples passed away in 1869 in Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Staples
1768–1829
Birth Location: Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, England
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Mary Wastfield
1763–1831
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
MW

Spouses(s)

Mary Applegate
1798–1859
Birth Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
MA

Children(s)

Frederick 1823
1823–1898
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
F1
James Staples
1821–1888
Birth Location: Avoncroft, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire, England
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Mary Staples
1841–
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
MS
Samuel Staples
1837–1911
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
SS
Elizabeth Staples
1835–1912
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
ES
Fanny Staples
1844–1891
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
FS
Edwin Staples
1825–1904
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
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Sarah Staples
1831–
Birth Location: Imber, Wiltshire, England
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John Staples's Ancestors

Self
John Staples
1793–1869
Birth Place: Imber, Wiltshire, England
Parents
John Staples
1768–1829
Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, England
Mary Wastfield
1763–1831
Imber, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Staples
1731–1808
Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, England
Sarah Bartlett
1738–1800
Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, England
Anne Collins
1733–1782
Great-Grandparents
John Escott,Wilts
1703–1766
Joane Tyley
1693–1745
William Bartlet
1711–1779
Ann Dowse
1717–1817
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Staple
1652–1725
Hannah Haytor
–1737

John Staples's Descendants

1.
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John (Wastfield) Staples (06 Apr 1793–29 May 1869) m. Mary Applegate (12 Oct 1798–15 Aug 1859)
  1. 1. Frederick (Wastfield Staples check b. 31 Aug) 1823 1823–1898 m. Emma (Ruth) Price 1826–1910
    1. 1. Edward (James Wastfield) Staples 1848–1916 m. Hannah (Maria) Wright 1858–1928
      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
        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
        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
        2. 2. Rhoda (Staples) Johnson 1920–1995
        3. 3. Doris (Hazel) Staples 1918–2003
        4. 4. Ethel (Lorna) Staples 1918–1969
    2. 2. John (Frederick) Staples 1850–1923 m. Elizabeth Kerwin 1853–1920
      1. 1. Albert (Edwin) Staples 1886–1911 m. Alma (Emmie) Begg 1887–
        1. 1. John (Frederick Kerwin) STAPLES 1910–1967 m. Mary (Patricia) Green 1921–2003 m. Charlotte (Cecilia) Staples 1914–1987
        2. 2. Richard (Conway) Staples 1908–1960
      2. 2. John (James) Staples 1880–1962
      3. 3. Frank (Juston) Staples 1882–1951
      4. 4. Emily (Alice) Staples 1884–1885
      5. 5. Arthur (Power) Staples 1888–1968
      6. 6. Grace (Elizabeth) Staples 1888–1965
      7. 7. Louise (Florence) Staples 1891–1968
      8. 8. Frederick STAPLES 1878–1957
    3. 3. Emma (Ruth Staples) YES 1852–1908 m. John (Middleton) McDonald 1851–1936
      1. 1. Ada (Bessie Florence McDonald) Parkes 1885–1944 m. Alfred (Edward) Parkes 1883–1945
        1. 1. Wallace (Benjamin) Parkes 1916–1963
      2. 2. Dora (Wallace) McDonald 1877–1971
      3. 3. Emma (Ruth Staples WO) White 1873–1925 m. Francis (Felix) McGuire 1876–1914 m. James WHITE 1869–1897
        1. 1. Felix (Hamilton) McGuire 1908–1974 m. Margaret (Esther McGuire) Jones 1919–2015
        2. 2. William (Wastfield) White 1895–1976 m. Dorothy (Kathleen Richard Goodlake) Goodlatte 1899–1997
        3. 3. Angus Staples 1894– m. Amelia (Jane) Sutcliffe 1890–1976
      4. 4. Margaret (Isabel) McDonald 1893–1951
      5. 5. Frank (Staples) McDonald 1883–1910
      6. 6. Archibald (Edward) McDonald 1888–1953
      7. 7. Jasper (Samuel) McDonald 1879–1952
      8. 8. Frederick (John) McDonald 1875–1932 m. Ethel Roberts 1883–1965
        1. 1. Frederick (John Bowhey) McDonald 1902–1978 m. Gwendoline (Mary) Simpson 1904–1989
        2. 2. Constance (Emmeline\Emeline) McDonald 1904–
        3. 3. Claude (Wastfield) McDonald 1906–1971
        4. 4. Mary (Ruth) McDonald 1909–1991
        5. 5. Alice (Isabell) McDonald 1913–1987
        6. 6. Alfred McDonald 1919–1919
    4. 4. Frank (Judson) Staples 1861–1926
    5. 5. Louisa (Florence Staples) Bullock 1870–1942 m. Thomas Bullock 1855–1937
    6. 6. Fanny (Judson Staples Infant) 8m 1859–1860
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Maria) Staples 1867–1926
    8. 8. Arthur (Edwin) Staples 1863–1864
    9. 9. Charles (Jabes) Staples 1865–1866
    10. 10. Ruth (Emma Staples) White 1873–1925
    11. 11. Ada (Jane) Staples 1856–1918
    12. 12. Samuel (Albert Staples) JP 1855–1927 m. Mary (Elizabeth Fullerton Smith) Staples 1852–1911
  2. 2. James (Wastfield) Staples 1821–1888
  3. 3. Mary (Jane) Staples 1841–
  4. 4. Samuel Staples 1837–1911
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Wastfield) Staples 1835–1912
  6. 6. Fanny (Elizabeth Judson) Staples 1844–1891
  7. 7. Edwin (Wastfield) Staples 1825–1904
  8. 8. Sarah (Anne) Staples 1831–

John Staples's Timeline

7 Records

1793
06 Apr 1793
Birth of John Wastfield Staples in Imber, Wiltshire, England
Imber, Wiltshire, England
1794
25 Oct 1794
Age 1
John Wastfield Staples was baptized in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England
1851
1851
Age 58
John Wastfield Staples resided here in Imber, Wiltshire, England
Imber, Wiltshire, England
1861
1861
Age 68
John Wastfield Staples resided here in Imber, Wiltshire, England
Imber, Wiltshire, England
1869
25 May 1869
Age 76
Death of John Wastfield Staples in Imber, Wiltshire, England
Imber, Wiltshire, England
1869
29 May 1869
Age 76
Burial of John Wastfield Staples in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England
1875
11 Aug 1875
Age 82
John Wastfield Staples - Probate in Salisbury
Salisbury

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06 Apr 1793
    Event Place: Imber, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1306; Folio: 61; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542793
    [2] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1843; Folio: 584; Page: 16; GSU roll: 220990
    [3] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [4] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 10264
    [5] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1922, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 10269

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1794
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 10264

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Imber, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1843; Folio: 584; Page: 16; GSU roll: 220990

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Imber, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1306; Folio: 61; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542793

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Imber
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Marriages

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1869
    Event Place: Imber, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
    [2] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [3] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1922, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 10269

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 29 May 1869
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1922, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 1026/9

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1875
    Event Place: Salisbury
    Record Source: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
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