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Thank you Kath I will take a look at that. :-)


Thank you all for your input to help me sort this it is very much appreciated :-)

There is the image of a baptism in 1821 in Ashton-under-Lyne in non-conformist baptisms of a Zedoniah Stanley (possibly an earlier ancestor of the family you are looking at) and the writing is beautiful and very clear indeed. She is the seventh daughter of Edward Stanley and Phoebe (nee Warmley).

I would think Zedoniah is possibly the correct spelling.

Kath. x

Thank you all, I believe Sidonia was one and the same as Zadoniath as the birth was the same year . As you say it is a very unusual name and could have easily been misheard depending on how they pronounced it.

It does look like Zacriah, age 11, on 1871 census.

But as you say - Sidonia/Zadoniah doesn't appear in 1871, and Zacriah only appears in 1871, so it looks like Zacriah is Sidonia.

I wouldn't have though the enumerator could mistake an 11-yr-old girl for a boy - but maybe she wasn't present during his visit to the house, and he misheard the unusual name Zadoniah.

These are the only births I can find for them.

STANLEY, CAROLINE ATCHISON GODLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1850 S Quarter in HASLINGDEN Volume 21 Page 505

STANLEY, JANE ELLEN GODLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1852 S Quarter in BRADFORD & NORTH BIERLEY YORKSHIRE Volume 09B Page 42 Order

STANLEY, SELINA GODLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1854 S Quarter in HUNSLET Volume 09B Page 223

STANLEY, JOSEPH THOMAS GODLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1857 J Quarter in WORCESTER Volume 06C Page 278

STANLEY, SIDONIA GODLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1860 M Quarter in ASHTON UNDER LYNE Volume 08D Page 393

not seeing the birth for her in that name but only the marriage

Joseph had died in 1869 and I now believe it is a mis transcription of Zadoniath Malyon. Your opinions on this would be appreciated

mary in 1881 but no zacriah or joseph

Mary Stanley
England and Wales Census, 1881

Name: Mary Stanley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1881
Event Place: Stockport, Cheshire, England
Registration District: Stockport
Residence Note: Victoria St
Gender: Female
Age: 57
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Housekeeper
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
Birthplace: Derbyshire, England
Page Number: 14
Registration Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3480/62
Affiliate Record Type: Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Mary Stanley Head Female 57 Derbyshire, England
Caroline A Stanley Daughter Female 28 Ropendale, Lancashire, England
Selina Stanley Daughter Female 24 Wortley, Yorkshire, England

Snap :-D. Looking again at the census it looks like 11 has been crossed through and it now looks like a 4 what do you think

Name: Sidonia Stanley
Registration Year: 1860
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 393

He died in 1869 Erika. I am wondering if there is a mistake here as I have found a daughter born 1860 registered as Sidonia but then called Zadoniath. as she does not appear on 1871 I am wondering if it could be her name with the age completely wrong. I know she exists as she married in 1880 . A bit of an enigma :-|

Not convinced the age is 4 - could easily be 11

1861
Name: Isadoniath Stanley
[Zedoniah Stanley]
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: 1860
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: William Edward Stanley
Mother's name: Mary Stanley
Gender: Female
Where born: Ashton Under Lyme, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Ashton under Lyne
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Ashton Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 51
Piece: 2979
Folio: 9
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
William Edward Stanley 47
Mary Stanley 37
Caroline Atkinson Stanley 10
Jane Ellen Stanley 8
Seline Stanley 6
Joseph Thomas Stanley 3
Isadoniath Stanley 1

Source Citation
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2979; Folio: 9; Page: 11; GSU roll: 543059

Odds are the birth wasn't registered

When did Mary's husband die?

Name: Mary Stanley
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Ashton under Lyne
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephan
Town: Ashton under Lyne
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Audenshaw
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 147
Piece: 4075
Folio: 94
Page Number: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Stanley 47
Caroline Stanley 20
Ellen Stanley 18
Selina Stanley 16
Joseph Stanley 13
Zacriah Stanley 4