STONES
Joshua Stones wed Mary
Bradford on 16 July 1727 at Kellington, Yorkshire, England. As far
as we know they had one child, William.
Willam Stones, yeoman, was baptised on 6 Nov 1731 at Kellington, Yorkshire, England.
He wed Mildred
Rhodes on 10 Aug 1756 at Kellington. Around 1762 the family removed
to Snaith. William was buried on 16 Jan 1811 in Cowick, Snaith Parish,
Yorkshire. He left a substantial will dated 11 Apr 1808, wherein he named his
six surviving sons and daughters as heirs: Ann, William, John, George, Joshua,
Samuel. The two eldest were baptised in Kellington, the others in the church of
Saint Lawrence at Snaith.
Joshua Stones, the fifth of seven children of William, was
christened on 3 Oct 1771 at Saint Lawrence's Priory Church in Snaith, Snaith
Parish, Yorkshire, England. He wed Sarah on 5 May 1795 in Selby. Joshua was 72
years old when he died. He was buried on 24 Oct 1843 at Cowick. Sarah Longbottom was born in 1774. She too was 72 years
old when she died. Sarah was buried on 3 Apr 1846 at Cowick.
Joshua and Sarah had thirteen children who all were born at Cowick,
Snaith Parish, Yorkshire, England and baptised in Snaith: Millia, Betty, Mary,
Emanuel, Robert, John, William, James, Joseph, David, George, Joshua, Thomas.
Robert Stones, the fifth of thirteen children of Joshua and Sarah,
was christened on 29 Aug 1802 at Saint Lawrence's Priory in Snaith, Snaith
Parish, Yorkshire, England. He wed Mary on 25 Jun 1822 at Saint Peter's Church in
Drax. Robert had a ten acre farm planted with flax. He died on 15 Sep 1849 and
lies buried in the churchyard at Rawcliffe. Mary Manuel was born
and christened in 1801 in Yorkshire, England.
Robert and
Mary had ten children who were all baptised in Saint James’ Church at
Rawcliffe: Robert, Charles, William, Thomas, Emanuel, Sarah, George, John,
David, Elisabeth.
Charles Emanuel
Stones, the second of ten children of Robert and Mary, was born on
25 Apr 1823 at Cowick in the parish of Snaith, County of York, England and
baptised on 18 May 1823 at Saint James’ Church in Rawcliffe, Snaith Parish. He
wed Harriet Hall on 31 Oct 1842 at South Church. Harriet Hall was born on 7 Jul 1824
at Rawcliffe, Snaith Parish, Yorkshire, England. She died on 4 Jun 1906 and was
buried in the Roman-Catholic Sacred Heart Cemetery. Charles died on 3 Apr 1911
from heart sickness and was buried next to his wife. A beautiful iron cross
marks their grave.
Charles and Harriet had a 20 acre farm. They had fifteen children, of
whom the nine eldest were baptised in the Church of Saint Lawrence at Snaith,
the six youngest in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Cowick: Mary, Hannah,
James, Emma, Robert, William, Sarah, John, Frederick, Sarah, Miriam, Francis,
Alexander, Ada, Harriet.
Ada Stones, the forteenth of fiveteen children of Charles and Harriet, was born on
21 Jun 1865 in Sykehouse,Yorkshire, England and baptised on 7 Jul 1865 in the
Church of the Holy Trinity at Cowick, Snaith Parish, Yorkshire. Ada was married
to Charles Henry Fuller on Easter Sunday 1885. In her old years Ada suffered
from asthma and arthritis of the knees, wherefore she got the nickname
"Stone-knees". Ada died on 14 Feb 1939. Her husband Charles Henry Fuller was
born on 13 May 1860 and died on
29 Mar 1940 from a bullet wound in the right temple. Charles and Ada rest next
to each other in Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Charles and Ada had nine children: Eva, Blanche, Robert, Charles, Ruth,
James, Paul, Olive, Henrietta. The eldest two were baptised in the Church of
Saint James at South Bend, where the youngest seven most likely also were
baptised.
Charles Frederick
Fuller,
the fourth of nine children of Charles and Ada, was born on 5 Jan 1893 and most
likely baptised in Saint James’ Church at South Bend. He wed Verna Massey on 20
Dec 1913. Charles died on 7 Apr 1956.
Verna Massey was born on 25 Nov
1896 and probably baptised in Saint Paul’s Church at South Bend. She died on 5
May 1977. Charles and Verna lie next to one another in the graveyard at
Gobles.
Charles and Verna had five daughters: Elva, May, Ruth, June, Joan.
My direct line
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1. Joshua
Stones on 16 Jul 1727 at
Kellington, Yorkshire, England wed Mary Bradford.
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2. William Stones
baptised in 1735 at Kellington, on 10 Aug 1756 wed Mildred Rhodes, was
buried 6 Jan 1811 at Cowick.
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3. Joshua Stones
baptised on 3 Oct 1771 at Snaith, on 5 Mar 1795 at Selby wed Sarah Longbottom, was buried 24
Oct 1843 at Cowick.
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4. Robert Stones baptised on 29 Aug 1802 at Snaith, on 25 Jun 1822 at Drax wed Mary Manuel, died on 15 Sep
1849.
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5. Charles Emanuel Stones born 25 Apr 1823 at Cowick, baptised 18 May 1823 at Rawcliffe, 31 Oct
1842 at South Church wed Harriet Hall,
died 3 Apr 1911.
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6. Ada Stones born 21 Jun 1865 at Sykehouse, baptised 7 Jul 1865 at Cowick, in 1885
wed Charles Fuller, died 14
Feb 1939.
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7. Charles Fred Fuller born 5 Jan 1893, prob. baptised at South Bend,
on 20 Dec 1913 wed Verna Massey, died 7 Apr 1956.
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8. June Elaine Fuller
born 14 Jun 1929, died 9 Aug 1991.
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9. Myself, Bert , born Robert, christened in the R.C. Church under the name Albertus.
Stories about other members of the Stones family
Fredice Cressy, My first cousin twice removed
Sister Maria Christeta, My first cousin twice
removed
Miriam ‘Minnie’ Stanfield, My second cousin
once removed
William Stones,
My great-granduncle