Amelia Staveley

Amelia Jane Staveley 

Born: 29 July 1874, Wigan 

Father: John Staveley (b. 1849)

Mother: Jane Staveley (b. 1855)

Brothers: George Herbert Staveley (b. 1877), John H Staveley (b. 1883), William Enos Staveley (b. 1885), Walter Staveley (b. 1886), Harold Staveley (b. 1889), Frank Staveley (b. 1891)

Sisters: Alice Maud Staveley (b. 1877), Emily Ann Staveley (b. 1880), Clara Mabel Staveley (b. 1883), Lilian Staveley (b. 1892) [LDTC 1914], Ethel Staveley (b. 1893)

Marriage:        1902, Wigan

Husband:         John Atkinson Tarver 

                        b. 27 Feb 1874

                        Reformatory School Agent/ Clerk in Holy Orders

Issue – 

#1 Dorothea Tarver (b. 1905)

In 1881 – 

She is at 44 Woodhouse Lane, Wigan. Her father is listed as ‘Pattern Maker’. Amelia, her mother and siblings (George, Alice and Emily) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Woodhouse Lane, Wigan. Her father and brother, George, are listed as’ Engine pattern maker’. Amelia is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and siblings (Emily, John, Clara, William, Walter and Harold) are unlisted.

In 04/95 – 

Appointed to Church School (Girls), Runcorn. Salary £65. Assistant.

In 04/96 – 

Appointed to Standish Lower Ground Church School, Wigan. Head.

In 1901 – 

She is at 15 Park Road, Wigan. Her father is listed as ‘Steam engineers pattern maker’. Amelia is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’ Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Engineers pattern maker’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘Assistant schoolmistress’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘Book binders assistant’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Engine fitter (apprentice)’. Her sister, Clara, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brother, William and Walter, are listed as ‘Cabinet maker (apprentice)’. Her mother and siblings (Harold, Frank, Lilian and Ethel) are unlisted.

In 10/02 – 

Marries JA Traver on 18.06.02. Add: 10 Esher Road, New Ferry, Birkenhead. 

In 04/03 – 

Address is 43 Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Hill View, Charfield, Gloucestershire. Her husband is listed as ‘Reformatory Schools Agent’. Amelia and her daughter, Dorothea, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Douglas Vicarage, Parbold. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk in Holy Orders’. Amelia is unlisted. There is a servant, Emma Sharp (b. 1908).

d.         2 February 1949, Northumberland Central 

TARVER, Amelia Jane of Claremont House, Morpeth, Northumberland, widow died 2 February 1949 at Thomas Taylor Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland. Administration Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21 March to Dorothea Tarver, spinster. Effects £1591, 2s, 11d.