The Stanier (and variants) Family Worldwide

This is a collection of information pertaining to the Stonehewer/Stanier family, mostly gathered by myself, or by other members of the Stonehewer to Stanier Society. All information is made available entirely without charge. But if you find it useful, please consider joining the Society, contributing your own research to the archive (by email to alan@essex.ac.uk), or donating a small sum to the Society to finance further research.

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• Society Newsletter
• Family Trees
• Sources
  • Parish Registers
  • Wills and Probate
  • Census
  • Stanier (and variants) in the UK General Records Office
  • Printed References
  • Immigration Records
  • Biographies
  • Art
  • Miscellaneous

Society Newsletter

• Index to Volume 1, Numbers 1 - 16

Family Trees

• Some Descendants of John Stonhewer, fl 1560, Biddulph STS
• Some Descendants of Richard Stanier, fl 1570, Uppington SAL
• Some Descendants of William Stanway, born 1639, Biddulph STS
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stanier of Fulford, born about 1704
• Some Descendants of William Stanier, fl 1724, Fulford STS (RTF Format)
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stonier, fl 1730, Astbury CHS
• Some Descendants of John Stanier, fl 1740, Birmingham
• The family of Joan Stonehewer, musical saw player (traced back to 1743)
• Some Descendants of William Stanier, fl 1745, Birmingham
• The family of Field Marshall Sir John Wilfred Stanier (traced back to circa 1750)
• Some Descendants of George Stanier of Fulford, born about 1755
• Some Descendants of Charles Stanyer, born 1783, Stone STS
• The family of William Stanyer, born 1784, Wolstanton STS
• Some Descendants of William Stonehewer, born 1784, Leek STS
• Some Descendants of James Stonier, born circa 1786, Odd Rode CHS
• A Stanyer family in Malta (traced back to 1791)
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stanier, musician, born 1794, Birmingham
• Staniars of Wilmington Delaware (traced back to 1795, Manchester LAN)
• Some Descendants of John Stonier, fl 1820, Horton CHS
• Dr Harold Stonier, executive Vice-President of the American Bankers Association (traced back to 1834)
• Some Descendants of William Stanier, fl 1848, Golden Hill STS
• Various family trees compiled by Trevor Reeves
  • Stonyer, Shropshire, UK / William Stonyer
  • Stonyer, Eastbourne, UK / John Richard Stonyer
  • Stonier, of London / Stonier m. .... Southe
  • Stonier, Grosvenor of Leek, / Stonier, Grosvenor, of Leek
  • Stonehewer, Biddulph UK / William Stonehewer/Stonyer
  • Stonhewer, Chester, Sutton, Macclesfield UK / Stonehewer/Stonhewer

Sources

Parish Registers

• Stanier in the Transcribed Shropshire Registers
• Stanier Registers of Draycott le Moors
• Stanier and Stonehewer entries at familysearch.org

Wills and Probate

• Staniar/Stanier/Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonier/Stonyer Probate Records
• Stanier/Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonier Wills and Probate Records, Chester Diocesan Consistory Court, 1492-1857
  (including some transcripts by Liz Newman)
• Some transcripts from Lichfield probate entries
• Some Wills of Descendants of Richard Stonier of Bassingthorpe LIN
• The Will of Francis Stanier of Peplow Hall, 1899
• Some Lichfield Wills
  • Thomas Stonyer of Horton, Staffs (probate 1647)
  • William Stonier of Sandbach, Cheshire (inventory of his goods in Staffordshire, 1639)
  • Richard Stonyer, grinder of Sutton Coldfield (probate 1639)
  • William Stonyer, yeoman of Audley, Staffs (probate 1648)
• The Will of William Stonhewer or Stonehewer of Biddulph, Staffordshire, 1595
• The Will of Thomas Stonier of Cocknage, Staffordshire, 1599
• The Will of John Stanier, Gentleman of Uppington, Shropshire, 1691
• The Will of Hugh Stonehewer of Sutton, Staffordshire, chapman 1692
• The Will of George Stonehewer of Sutton, Staffordshire, yeomen 1703
• Depositions re the Will of George Stonehewer of Barleyford, Staffordshire, gent. 1704
• The Will of Ellen Stonehewer of Sutton, Staffordshire, 1723
• The Will of John Stonehewer the Elder of Sutton, Staffordshire, gent. 1737
• The Will of Mr. Joshua Stonehewer (12 July 1749)
• The Will of John Stonehewer of Foden Bank, Sutton, Staffordshire, gent. 1786
• Will of Mary Stonehewer, Carmarthen

Census

• Stanier/Stonier in the 2% census sample
• 1881 Census, 38 Mill St, Leek and Lowe, Stafford England
• 1851 Census BRECON Enumeration District HO107:2489
• 1881 Census BRECON
• 1851 Census 31 Bleanpant, Conwil. HO107/2474
• Scottish Census Returns: 1841
• Scottish Census Returns: 1851
• Scottish Census Returns: 1861
• Scottish Census Returns: 1871
• Scottish Census Returns: 1881
• Scottish Census Returns: 1891
• Scottish Census Returns: 1901
• STANIER in the 1911 Census of Ireland
• STONIER in the 1911 Census of Ireland
• Extracts from the 1851 Northwich area census

Stanier (and variants) in the UK General Records Office

• Overseas Births
• Overseas Deaths
• Overseas Marriages
• Public Index to the Adopted Children Register

Printed References

• A reference to an Alice Stonier in “Cromwell”, by Antonia Fraser
• Stanier in the Alumni Oxonienses
• Stanier in the Alumni Cantabrigienses
• An Extract from History of Congleton

Immigration Records

Stanier/Stanyar/Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonhewer/Stonier/Stonyer

• Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
• Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
• California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957
• Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
• Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957
• New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
• New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849
• New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
• New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1972
• UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
• Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
• United States and Canadian Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900s
• U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Biographies

• Memories of John Howard Stanier of Birmingham
• Published Stanier/Stonier Biographies
• Field Marshall Sir John Wilfred Stanier

Art

• Stanier artists
  • Henry Stanier
  • Lucille Stonier
  • Peter Stanyer
• Stanier references in works of art

Miscellaneous

• In Tribute to Stanier/Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonier who died for their Country
• Staniar/Stanier/Stanyar/Stanyer/Stonier from the US Social Security Death Index
• Miscellaneous contributions
  • Register of Ontario births
  • Marriage Index Entry
  • Miscellaneous Notes
  • Carmarthen L St Peters
  • Stonehewers of Barleyford
  • STANIER/STONIER/STANYER/STONYER extracts from Stoke-on-Trent churches
  • John Stonehewer died 1868
  • St. John's Churchyard, Lane End
  • Stone STS: Register of Marriages and Banns, 1813 - 1831
  • Miscellaneous New York Records
  • Astbury CHS Churchwardens: STONIER
  • STANIER, STANYARD burials in SS Peter and Paul Aston Parish Register
  • STANIER MI in St Mary Handsworth
• Stanier Memorabilia
• Stanier/Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonier on WWW
• A carved oak longcase clock signed by John Stanyer of Nantwich
• A Masonic gold sword dated to the 1910s, belonging to Elmer S Stanier of Pittsburgh PA
• A Document of Admittance concerning a cottage and land in the Manor of Eling in the County of Southampton: Henry Stanier
• Charitable Donation by John Stonier of Audley STS, 1860
• Arms of Stanier/Stonehewer families
• Stanier/Stonier photographs
• A Stanier Memorial in Cropredy Church
• BMD Notices from the Staffordshire Advertiser, 1821 - 1840: Stanier/Stanyer/Stonier
• Family Group Sheet for Herbert Stanier, b 1867 Milwich STS (rtf)