Joseph Job Stapleton was born on 20 July 1852 as the son of Joseph John Stapleton and Mary Lee.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Stapleton (in Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland), all named in Old English with stapol ‘post, pillar’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The name is common in Ireland, where it has been established since medieval times in the counties of Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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