Blackstaff Family Connections

[bobfilm]

I am trying to find the family of William Blackstaff (b. abt 1820 in Bilston, Staffordshire - d. 11 April 1896 in Hackney) who married
Ann ? (b. abt 1819 in Birmingham, Warwickshire).
I think I have him as follows:

1851   15 West Street, Mile End Old Town, Tower Hamlets - Decorative Painter
1861   9 Gloucester Street, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets - House Decorator / General Shop Keeper (wife)
1871   Poole Road, Hackney, South - Decorator on Japan Cloth
1881   40 Poole Road, Hackney, South - Decorators Painter (House)
1891   40 Poole Road, Hackney, South Hackney   - Artist in Flowers
11 April 1896   1 Middlesex Wharf, Lea Bridge, Clapton


Their children
William (b. abt 1843 in Camberwell, Surrey or Shoreditch, Middlesex)
George (b. abt 1845 in Mile End or Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Charles (b. abt 1848 in Mile End or Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Ann Maria   (b. abt 1850 in Mile End or Shoreditch, Middlesex – d. 1885 in Hackney)
Emma (b. abt 1852 in Mile End or Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Alfred Henry (b. abt 1854 in Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Robert (b. abt 1856 in Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Minnie (b. abt 1856 in Shoreditch, Middlesex)
Clara (b. abt 1858 in Shoreditch, Middlesex)
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I have possible parents as
William Blackstaffe (b.15 July 1795 in Spitalfields, London - d.Jun 1871 in Warwickshire)
Married to Anne Crosby. They had a son called William Crosby Blackstaff (1819-1896)
AND
William Blackstaff (b.1796 in Spitalfields, Middlesex    (Occupation: Gilder)
Married to  Elizabeth (b. 1821 Birmingham,Warwickshire)

ALSO
I have possible grandparents as
William Blackstaffe (1772-1871) Married to Priscilla Perry (b. abt 1775 Aldgate, London?)

Any assistance with connections or links would be appreciated

[garstonite]

Your possible parents look to be  correct

William Crosby Blackstaff
christened 21st November 1819 at St Leonards ,Bilston ,staffs
residence Bilston
father William Blackstaff
mother Anne

with the middle name being Crosby......I`m sure you have the right parents

and a brother ...Alfred Blackstaff - same church /parents   christened 25th November 1821

allan

[wozzle]

possibly the marriage
marr index
name; william blackstaffe
y.o.r. 1840
qtr; jul/aug/sept
dist; kings norton
vol; 18
page; 399
on the same page amongst others; ann robinson

[bobfilm]

Thanks for help
I still don't see how they link, William never uses the 'Crosby' in his name.
Also cant find his family anywhere?

[Searcher4]

Dear Bob,

I too am struggling with the Blackstaffes as I'm helping a close family friend with her family tree. She is descended through Emma Blackstaff.

I'd like to suggest that the two William Blackstaffes that we both have are one and the same person and that William married twice, first to Anne then to Elizabeth. I currently believe that the evidence for this proposition lies in the 1841 census. Here I see William aged 45 with Elizabeth aged 26. Further, the children listed include Frederick Westwood Blackstaffe age 17, (Elizabeth would have been 9 at this time), Reubin (a family name and age 15), Robert (another family name and age 13) and Henry age 5 months (obviously a new baby to a new wife?).
Over the next ten years they have a further five children, but the 'gap' is still evident between Robert and Henry.
If this proposition is to be proved, I would like to find a death record for Anne, but I am working on the boundary of recording (around September 1837) and will have to try Ancestry, possibly FreeBMD and the LDS website, but all of these depend on whether or not the records exist online!
I'd like to hear what you think of this idea?

[bobfilm]

Hi Searcher4
This looks possible.
I'm on Ancestry and Find My Past - will see if I can check and let you know.
Keep in touch
Regards
Bobfilm

[looke]

Hello,

I would be very grateful if anyone with any information about the Blackstaffe's could send me a message.

I came to the same conclusion that William married Ann and then Elizabeth later on. I found a burial record for a Nancy Blackstaffe that fits the right timing for her death. To add to this it was at the same church that some of the children were baptised at.

 I am related to him via his son Frederic and his line and would be very interested to talk with any one else with a Blackstaffe connection.

[trish1120]

Sorry I am not related but found a Bapt on FreeREG for;
MARTHA MATILDA Blackst(ua)ff 29 Dec 1839, St Paul Chapel, Birmingham
Birth 28 Dec 1839
Parents WILLIAM/ELIZABETH , Father a Glass Stainer
Abode Regent Place   

BLACKSTAFF, MARTHA  MATILDA mothers maiden name ADDERLEY** 
GRO Reference: 1840  M Quarter in BIRMINGHAM  Volume 16  Page 241

Her Death Reg same quarter sadly.

William/Elizabeth Marriage Reg was 1838 Kings Norton.

Yes I agree Nancy was likely buried 29 Jun 1832 Yardley age 32 soon after giving Birth to Henry who died age 8 mths in 1832.

Trish
 

OOPS just noticed Marriage Cert is on Anc.