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Stanger Boys
Just eight years after the battle of Waterloo, in 1823, Elionia (Eli)
Stanger was born in Exton, near Oakham. After leaving school
he took up the trade of a wood sawyer and moved to Kings Cliffe,
where a thriving wood industry existed. This was the start of the
Stangers in Kings Cliffe. Elionia was the grandfather of our WW1
subjects, Arthur, Harry, Frank and George.
At the age of 19 (1842) Elionia had met and married Eleanor
Burroughs and they had set up home in Hog Lane (now Forest
Approach), Kings Cliffe. By 1851 they had moved to a row of
houses at the west end of Park Street and had three children –
Mary born 1845, Elizabeth born 1847 and Frederick born 1850.
By 1861 an additional son, William, had joined them and he is
the father of our subjects. In 1871 Frederick and William were still
living with their parents on Park Street, both of them working as
labourers. Both of the girls had married by this date and set up
home for themselves. By 1881, grandfather Elionia Stanger and
his wife Eleanor, now in their mid 50s, were living on their own,
having moved further up Park Street to the row of cottages set
back from the road on the right hand side going out of the village.
William had married Marianne French at Thrapston in 1878
and by 1881 they had two children, Arthur born 1879 and Kate
born 1880. However, where this family was living at the time of
the 1881 census date is a mystery, as none of them appear in
any of the regular directories. They could possibly have been in
Ireland or further afield but this is pure conjecture.
We do know that they had returned to Kings Cliffe by the time
of the 1891 census with a large family of six children, plus
grandfather Eli who was now living with them. William was
working as a platelayer for the L&NW Railway and the family
were all living on Park Street.
The family in 1891 consisted of: –
William Stanger aged 39
Marianne (sometimes Mary Anne) Stanger aged 34
Eli Stanger aged 68
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Just eight years after the battle of Waterloo, in 1823, Elionia (Eli)
Stanger was born in Exton, near Oakham. After leaving school
he took up the trade of a wood sawyer and moved to Kings Cliffe,
where a thriving wood industry existed. This was the start of the
Stangers in Kings Cliffe. Elionia was the grandfather of our WW1
subjects, Arthur, Harry, Frank and George.
At the age of 19 (1842) Elionia had met and married Eleanor
Burroughs and they had set up home in Hog Lane (now Forest
Approach), Kings Cliffe. By 1851 they had moved to a row of
houses at the west end of Park Street and had three children –
Mary born 1845, Elizabeth born 1847 and Frederick born 1850.
By 1861 an additional son, William, had joined them and he is
the father of our subjects. In 1871 Frederick and William were still
living with their parents on Park Street, both of them working as
labourers. Both of the girls had married by this date and set up
home for themselves. By 1881, grandfather Elionia Stanger and
his wife Eleanor, now in their mid 50s, were living on their own,
having moved further up Park Street to the row of cottages set
back from the road on the right hand side going out of the village.
William had married Marianne French at Thrapston in 1878
and by 1881 they had two children, Arthur born 1879 and Kate
born 1880. However, where this family was living at the time of
the 1881 census date is a mystery, as none of them appear in
any of the regular directories. They could possibly have been in
Ireland or further afield but this is pure conjecture.
We do know that they had returned to Kings Cliffe by the time
of the 1891 census with a large family of six children, plus
grandfather Eli who was now living with them. William was
working as a platelayer for the L&NW Railway and the family
were all living on Park Street.
The family in 1891 consisted of: –
William Stanger aged 39
Marianne (sometimes Mary Anne) Stanger aged 34
Eli Stanger aged 68
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