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.

Family Trees

• Some Descendants of John Stonhewer fl 1560, Biddulph STS
• Some Descendants of Richard Stanier fl 1570, Uppington SAL
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stonier fl 1730, Astbury CHS
• Some Descendants of John Stanier fl 1760, Birmingham
• Some Descendants of James Stonier born circa 1786 Odd Rode
• Some Descendants of Charles Stanyer born 1783, Stone
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stanier fl 1805, Birmingham
• Some Descendants of William Stonehewer of Leek, born 1784
• Some Descendants of Thomas Stanier of Fulford
• Some Descendants of William Stanier [1787 - 1848], Birmingham
• Some Descendants of William Stanier of Golden Hill STS
• Some Trueman Descendants of Benjamin Stanier fl 1842, Birmingham
• A Stanyer family in Malta
• The family of John Stanier, born 1829 Tunstall STS
• Dr Harold Stonier, executive Vice-President of the American Bankers Association
• 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

• 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 Stanyer/Stonehewer/Stonier/Stonyer 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)

Census

• Stanier/Stonier in the 2% census sample

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

• Francis Stanier of Silverdale
• Memories of John Howard Stanier of Birmingham
• Published Stanier/Stonier Biographies

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: Olive Stanyer
    
  • Leek Marriage Index Entry: Joseph Stonehewer
    
  • 1881 Census, 38 Mill St, Leek and Lowe, Stafford England: Joseph Stonehewer
    
  • 1851 Census BRECON Enumeration District HO107:2489: Stonehewer
    
  • 1881 Census BRECON: Stonehewer
    
  • Miscellaneous Notes: Stonehewer
    
  • Carmarthen L St Peters: Stonehewer
    
  • 1851 Census 31 Bleanpant, Conwil. HO107/2474: Stoneyware
    
  • Will of Mary Stonehewer, Carmarthen
    
  • Stonehewers of Barleyford
    
  • Stanier/Stonier/Stanyer/Stonyer extracts from Stoke-on-Trent churches
    
  • Extracts from the 1851 Northwich area census: Stanyer/Stonier
    
  • John Stonehewer died 1868
    
  • St. John's Churchyard, Lane End: Stanier
    
  • Stone STS: Register of Marriages and Banns, 1813 - 1831: Stanier/Stanyer/Stonier
  • Miscellaneous New York Records: Stonier
  • Scottish 1841 Census: Stonier
  • Scottish 1851 Census: Stonier
  • Scottish 1861 Census: Stonier
  • Scottish 1871 Census: Stanier, Stonier
  • Scottish 1881 Census: Stanier, Stannier, Stonier
  • Scottish 1891 Census: Stonier
  • Scottish 1801 Census: Stonier
• 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