Samuel Stafford

Male1 August 1848–12 February 1926

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Stafford was born on 1 August 1848, in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Stafford, was 33 and his mother, Charlotte Bailey, was 29. He married Sarah Ann McFarland on 1 May 1875, in Blackley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891 and Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 12 February 1926, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Stafford
1848–1926
Sarah Ann McFarland
1848–1906
Marriage: 1 May 1875
John William Stafford
about 1876–
Northcote Stafford
1882–1958
Walter Stafford
1890–

Sources (10)

  • Samuel Stafford, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Samuel Stafford, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Samuel Stafford, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 May 1875Blackley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire

    Age 2

    When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.

    1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

    Age 6

    Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

    1878 · Bacup Natural History Society

    Age 30

    The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.

    Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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