STALEY, Fortune
1792 - 1863 (71 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. STALEY, Fortune was born on 18 Sep 1792 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 22 Sep 1792 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of STALEY, Thomas and RITCHIE, Mary); died in Oct 1863 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. Notes:
Fortune is listed in the 1851 census as married, aged 58, her occupation was: sewer and stocking weaver, she was with her father and her sister Margaret at Muirkirk. The 1861 Census has her still in Muirkirk with Margaret, married, aged 68, Stocking Netter, her Death Certificate says she was the widow of Patrick Jeffray, Weaver. Listed in the 1841 census with Patrick Jaffrey born Ireland abt 1786, a Cotton H L Weaver, address Westmuir, Shettleston, Lanarkshire, her sister Anne was with them.
Fortune married STEWART, Robert on 19 Jan 1821 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Fortune married JAFFREY, Patrick on 27 Oct 1833 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Patrick was born about 1786 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. STALEY, Thomas was born about 1769 in Durham, England; was christened on 19 Aug 1769 in Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, England (son of STALEY, Thomas and IRELAND, Margaret); died on 18 Aug 1851 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. Notes:
Thomas is believed to have gone to Scotland for employment, he married there and settled in Muirkirk to raise a family and remained there for over 60 years, his wife Mary and three of his children predeceased him, he was to see the departure of some of his children overseas also some of his grandchildren with some of their children to Australia and America, in his later years two of his widowed daughters lived with him in the cottage at Muirkirk.
Thomas married RITCHIE, Mary on 13 Jul 1787 in Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mary died on 13 Mar 1831 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. RITCHIE, Mary died on 13 Mar 1831 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. Children:
- STALEY, Margaret was born on 10 Aug 1788 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1876 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- STALEY, Anne was born on 18 Mar 1791 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 11 Oct 1842 in Cork, Ireland.
- 1. STALEY, Fortune was born on 18 Sep 1792 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 22 Sep 1792 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in Oct 1863 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- STALEY, Jonathan was born on 9 Jul 1794 in Parish Of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 24 Jul 1794 in East Kilbride, Lankarshire, Scotland; died on 27 Feb 1847 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.
- STALEY, Thomas was born on 17 Jun 1796 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 18 Apr 1818 in Parish Of St.Anne's, Orange Valley Estate, Jamaica.
Generation: 3
4. STALEY, Thomas was born about 1742 in Derbyshire, England; died on 8 Jan 1806 in Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, England; was buried in 1806 in Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, England. Notes:
Thomas was with a group of miners from Derbyshire who went to Teesdale, Durham, to work in the Langdon Beck mine in 1758, however, poor results led to some miners returning to Derbyshire, Thomas stayed, married, and raised a family, through his second son Thomas who went to Scotland, come the lines in this tree that went to USA and Australia.
Thomas married IRELAND, Margaret on 29 May 1766 in Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. IRELAND, Margaret Children:
- STALEY, Thomas was born about 1767 in Durham, England; and died.
- 2. STALEY, Thomas was born about 1769 in Durham, England; was christened on 19 Aug 1769 in Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, England; died on 18 Aug 1851 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- STALEY, John was born about 1771 in Durham, England; died about 1774 in Durham, England.
- STALEY, Jonathan was born about 1776 in Durham, England; and died.
- STALEY, John was born about 1784 in Durham, England; and died.