I will keep looking back to see if you post. I am Levi and Matilda's 4th great grandaughter.

Richender- So far nobody has found Owen's parents yet. I'll let you know if I get there! E-mail me.

Last Edited on 23-Sep-2007 10:48 AM

Please E-mail me. We're definitely cousins on the Stanley side.

ppinfold@bellsouth.net

Last Edited on 25-May-2008 11:37 AM

We Relate is a wiki site, which means that people can collaborate on a family tree online. Add your Stanley line to the material I have posted there, and correct any mistakes I may have made.

This is a question we get fairly often at the library. Since there were so many children born to the family, quite a few descendants have done research at our library.

Shawna Woodard
Genealogy Librarian
Dayton Metro Library

This article in places is incorrect where it states Mrs Stanley/Jefferies was daughter in law to Owen Stanley is not correct
She was Amelia Stanley and married Thomas Jeffery/Jefferies her mother was Elizabeth Smith they all came from England, both Amelia & Thomas died in 1877
I am related to this family :
Amelia was buried in the Stanley plot as are nearly all Stanley family, but it was because somehow Elizabeth Smith links to Owen Stanley, my theroy is she could be his sister ( not proved)or married to a brother of Owen and maybe that is why Amelia took surname of Stanley after her father
Its possible Elizabeth remarried to a Smith?
This would make Amelia Owen's niece either way
I would really like to know if anyone can add to this

Last Edited on 14-May-2009 5:15 AM

Oh... this entry is from www.daytonmetrolibrary.org... searching for Stanley, or keyword = gypsy or gypsies turns up a lot of stuff...

Obituary Search Results

Name Newspaper Date Citation Note

Aunt Mary Smith Dayton Daily Journal August 1, 1879 v. XVII, iss. 5 : pg. 4, col. 3 age: 112, gypsy, born England 1859, mother of Amelia Jeffery, 21 children, Woodland Cemetery

I have seen photos of graves yes
Regarding Elizabeth Smith,I have seen that article too and have this to add: can't remember where I found it
I presume Dr Berger must be a reglious man not medical

quotes from newspapers:
Dr. Berger, speaking to the historical society, recalled some of the other gypsy funerals he had conducted. On Palm Sunday in 1877 he held a triple funeral. After a brief illness, Mrs. Amelia Jeffrey died at her farm home just north of Dayton. Her husband, Thomas, who was in perfect health, was so grief-stricken that he simply went to bed and died within two days. The family ordered two expensive caskets and the baby, whose birth was the cause of the mother's death, was laid beside her in the casket.

1879 Aug.1st Mrs. Mary Smith died at the age of 110 or perhaps even older. She had been born in England and lived there under the reigns of four different sovereigns: The first was George III and the last was Queen Victoria.This is what Dr Berger said about her:'No one who saw this venerable woman in her later years,' wrote Berger, could be disposed to doubt the fact of her extraordinary age, so deeply marked was she in all her lineaments by the hand of the great sculptor Time.

I found a census record that shows family in Montgomery, Dayton, Ohio 1870
Thomas Jeffrey 40 b 1830 England Horse Dealer
Amelia 35 b 1835 England
William 14 b 1856 England
Mary 12 b 1857 North Carolina
Marilla 11 b 1859 Pennsylvania
Leonard 7 b 1864 England
Sampson 9 ½ b 1869 Tennessee
Mary Smith 89 b 1781 England Lives with daughter
If Mary gave correct date of birth she would have been only 98 when she died in 1879, but then they weren't known for being accurate with dates as they didn't really know when they were born as in years they liked to go by seasons : example "25 winters ago I was born" and had no need of getting a certificate back then,so it could be that she looked so old that no one really knew for sure.
Again it seems abit far fetch to say 21 children ,but as I don't know much about her or her children I cannot say

Last Edited on 14-May-2009 2:03 PM

2nd he married his 1st cousin Jentie Harrison Jeffery her parents were Henry younger brother to Thomas & Phillis Stanley also a daughter of Owen & Harriet Stanley
QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES THE WOMAN WHO DIED IN MISSISSSIPPI WAS NOT A GYPSY QUEEN
DAYTON OHIO JAN 16th 1887
Much has been said in the newspapers during the past week concerning the “ Gypsy Queen “ who died in Mississippi 1887 and was sent here for burial , JENTIE JEFFREY HARRISON the woman was not en-fact the person who bears the title but was reported as the wife of MARK JEFFRY a member of the Stanley tribe, Mark was a widower when he left here according the best information of his friends and is doubt expressed as to the correctness of the dispatch, it is said that she gave birth to twins during the prevalence of a snow storm and the lack of proper attention and the severe and unusual weather caused the death of herself and the babies,the tents and wagons of the gypsies are comfortable in warm or moderate weather, but not constructed for snowstorms and low temperatures.
About May the tribe returned and remain in this neighbourhood until the leaves begin to fall, meantime notice of the funeral of Jeffrey 's wife will be circulated and arrangements made for Christian burial, the Rev D A Berger of the untied Brethen Church is usually selected to preach a sermon and conduct religious exercises on such occasions
The mourning is of the most demonstrative and intense character, the women shriek and carry on at a great rate and the men make a wailing noise that is very mournful, at the burial of Mrs Stanley The Queen several years ago great crowds attended
Until a few years ago the Stanley tribe were quite prosperous owning several valuable farms near the city which they rented out through one misfortune after another however they lost about all they owned MISSOURI STANLEY who might be denominated THE PRINCESS being the only one who is at present well to do.

Jentie died while delivering twins they did not survive either.

steve koons
wd8dcx@aol.com

ps... the Stanley folder at the Dayton library is full of stuff from Leighlani!

Hello Sandy, my maiden name was Stanley and I am originally from Devon. My great grandparents were James Stanley and Unity Stanley (nee Wells). I note with interest your reference to your grandmother Phoebe Stanley. As you mentioned, she was the daugher of William Stanley but I believe he was the son of James and Unity not Richard and Ellen. William was brother to my great grandfather Henry Stanley. Richard and James were brothers. I have details of both families from the 1881 Census, both in Devon. I also have a copy of the marriage certificate for your grandparents Jim (James) Buckland and Phoebe Stanley together with a newspaper article from the Paignton Western Guardian dated July 16th 1908. I don't know if you have a copy of the 1881 Census, but living with Richard and Ellen Stanley at the time were Pheobe Buckland 20 (their daughter, born in Somerset) and John Buckland 22 (son in law, born in America). Most likely related to you. Perhaps you could tell me where you obtained the passenger list from the SS Kangaroo. This is of interest to me as obviously it contains members of my family. As of yet, I have been unable to go back further than my great grandparents James and Unity.

My email address is svr54@hotmail.co.uk if you want to get in touch.

Just going through your message I was confused with Pheobe ( Granmother) father, because he turns up with both James & Unity in one census then Richard & Ellen in another both listed as Son as I could not get his birth certificate wasn't sure of parents ,but you have now confirmed it for me thank you
Also Henry his brother your grandfather was on marriage as her uncle so that now makes sense

Regarding John ( Thomas) Buckland & Pheobe with Richard & Ellen yes she was their daughter and John ( Thomas)Buckland was brother to Jim Buckland who married Pheobe - William's daughter.

I have loads about family both sides and would love to get in touch my email is sierra295@hotmail.com
I will send you a message ,but having problems with my Pc at mo so please don't give up on me I really would love to chat with you its great to find a live relation lol especially my grans side
sandy