Stacy (aka W. K. Stacy or W. K. & F. Stacy): History

 

The Company

Although this firm only placed the word Stacy on some of the items they sold, the company’s official name at first was W. K. Stacy, later becoming W. K. & F. Stacy before reverting back to W. K. Stacy.  It was named after the owners who were two brothers, William King Stacy and Frederick Leatt Stacy.  In an 1882[1] London trade directory the company was listed as follows “Stacy William King & Frederick (late Greer), London made table cutler, carvers with the patent balance guard, pen, pocket & sportsman’s knives, scissors, shears, razors, corkscrews, skates &c.  (established 1780), 4 Newgate st EC”.  This trade directory indicates the firm was originally named Greer, was established in 1780 and only became Stacy at a later date.  In 1862[2]  James Greer a manufacturing cutler at 90 Newgate Street placed the advertisement pictured here in a London Exhibition Catalogue.  This advert includes the phrase “Established in 1780” near the bottom indicting the Greer company had been in existence for eighty-two years.  Eight years later in 1870[3] the James Greer firm was listed in a London trade directory as a cutler at both 23 and 90 Newgate Street.  By 1875[4] James Greer became a vestry clerk at 90 Newgate Street and William King Stacy was recorded as the cutler at Greer’s old address, 23 Newgate Street.  The only Stacy listed in earlier directories related to William King Stacy was his father, William Leatt Stacy, a printer.  Apparently, the Greer company was purchased by the father for his eldest son because his son was in his early twenties and probably did not have the resources to purchase a business.  William King Stacy was recorded as a cutler as early as 1871[5] and after he took over the Greer cutlery business, he renamed it by 1875[6] using his name as the company’s name.  By 1880[7] the business moved to 4 Newgate Street and William King Stacy continued to operate it until sometime between 1880 and 1882[8] when he was joined by his younger brother Frederick who was working as a cutler since at least 1881[9].  The firm then became known as William King & Frederick Stacy.   Frederick possibly joined the firm as early as 1881[10] as both brothers were listed as master cutlers in the census that year and William King Stacy was recorded as employing 2 men, 2 boys and one young lady. 

 

The two brothers continued the Stacy business until 1890[11] when their partnership was dissolved.  This was most likely done because their father retired and wanted each of his three sons to have a business of their own.  A notice placed in a London newspaper in May 1890[12] explains how the partnership businesses between the three Stacy brothers and their father were to be carried on.  The eldest son William King Stacy was to take over the cutler business at 4 Newgate near St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London, the second son Frederick Leatt Stacy was to be responsible for the family’s wholesale waste paper business in Southwark, Surrey, an area on the south side of the Thames River across from London Bridge, and the youngest son Henry Smyth Stacy was to carry on the printing business in Kingsland, Middlesex in north London.  Although the ownership of each of these businesses was now solely in the hands of one son, the names of the companies remained the same immediately after these partnership changes as indicated in the 1890[13] newspaper clipping shown here on the right. 

Within five years, by 1895[14], William King Stacy changed the name of his firm to reflect only his name.  He continued to run the cutlery business at 4 Newgate Street until sometime during 1900[15] when it moved down the road to number 19 Newgate. The October 1900[16] the advertisement seen below includes a list of items the company sold at their new address. Then sometime between 1905[17] and 1910[18], the business moved again this time to 98 Newgate Street possibly to obtain more space because its operations expanded to include cutlery, optician articles, and many other items.   By 1914[19] the cutlery firm became a limited liability company named Stacy Ltd at that address with William King Stacy acting as the managing director.  Now the company’s specialties included hand-forged table knives, pocket knives, scissors, razors & strops, American tailor’s shears, rubber tree tapping tools, nurses’ bags & wallets.  Stacy Ltd was listed on the 1930[20] London trade directory but they must have gone of business shortly thereafter because they were not listed in the 1940[21] directory. Today, most of the buildings along Newgate Street are less than 75 years old because much of this area of London was destroyed in 1940 during the Blitz[22] in World War II.

 

The only Avery style needle case found to date with the Stacy name is the Quadruple Golden Casket - Butterfly on Leaf.  It is unclear why Stacy licensed this design from William Avery of Redditch who patented it in 1868.  Possibly the firm’s workers used its needles to make some of the company’s products or maybe it was simply used as a way to advertise to their customers.    

The Stacy Owners

The parents of the Stacy brothers were William Leatt Stacy and Mary Ann King.  William was born in Shoreditch in 1823 and Mary Ann was born in 1826 in Bethnal Green, Towers Hamlets, both sections of northeast London.  They were married in 1846 in Shoreditch and had nine children between 1847 and 1867: Mary Ann, Jane Leatt, William King, Lucy, Frederick Leatt, James Speaight, Henry Smyth, Lizzie and Elinor Caroline.  Their son James Speaight died at age 2.  William, the father, worked as a letter press printer or master printer until he retired in the late 1880’s.  His firm was known as W. L. Stacy & Son.  The Stacy family lived in the Bishopsgate, Shoreditch and Hackney areas of north London.  William died in Hackney in 1891 of pneumonia at age 67 leaving a estate valued at £1,391 to his eldest son William King, and Joseph Double a hardware merchant.  After his death Mary Ann lived with the Joseph Double family in Essex for a number of years before she established a separate household with her widowed daughter Mary and two grandchildren in North Leyton, another section of northeast London.  Mary Ann died in 1917 in Chigwell, Epping, Essex at age 91.  Her estate of £102 was given to the same men as her husband’s was, their eldest son William King Stacy and Joseph Double. 

 

The eldest son William King Stacy was born on Skinner Street in Bishopsgate, a street about a mile north of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1851.  By age 20 in 1871, while living with his parents, he was working as a cutler.  Nine years later in 1880 he married his wife Adeleine Elizabeth Good in Axminster, Devon, the place where his wife was born.  Because Axminster is located approximately 150 miles west of London, it was probably an arranged marriage unless William meet his future wife while vacationing in the area.  This implies his father had reached a certain level of status to either arrange the marriage or to be able to afford to have his son vacation there.  William and Adeleine had four children born between 1881 and 1891: Adeleine Agnes, Nellie Adeleine, Alice Maud and Elfrida Good.  After their marriage they lived in the Stoke Newington area of north London for some years before moving to neighboring Hackney and then finally settling at Buckhurst Hill in the Chigwell section of northeast London.  The photographs[23] of William King Stacy and Adeleine seen here were taken during their middle age.  William spent his entire life as a cutler shopkeeper employer later adding optician work until his death in 1934 at age 83.  His estate of £7,234 was passed to his youngest daughter Elfrida.  Twelve years later in 1946 while living in neighboring Chigwell with her unmarried daughter Elfrida, Adeleine passed away at age 87 leaving her estate of £13,288 to the daughter.

 

Frederick Leatt Stacy, the second son of William Leatt Stacy and Mary Ann King was born in Shoreditch in 1858.  In 1881 at age 22 he was working as a master cutler, however by 1891 was listed as a waste paper merchant employer, a position he held for the remainder of his life.  He married Amy Mason Francis in Hackney in 1891 and they had two children: Frederick Francis and William Edward.  The family lived in Streadham in South London for at least 10 years before moving to Banstead a village 17 miles south of central London.  Frederick died at age 72 while in Liskeard, Cornwall in 1931, presumably while on vacation or visiting friends.  He left an estate of £8,831 to his two sons.  His wife remained in the Banstead area and died there twenty years later in 1951 at age 87 leaving an estate of £5,690 to her two sons who were both listed as retired company directors, possibly having carried on their father’s business after his death.

 

The third surviving son of William Leatt and Mary Ann Stacy was Henry Smyth Stacy, born in 1862 in Shoreditch.  At age 18 he was working as a compositor, “a person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine”[24] presumable in his father’s printing business.  He married Eliza Cooke Winny in Hackney in 1890 and they lived in Stoke Newington, Hackney where they had two children: Violet Winny and Norman Winny.  Henry took over his father’s printing business in 1890 and continued it until he retired and the family moved to Leigh-on-Sea, a town 38 miles east of London along the coast.  Henry died there in 1932 at age 69 and left an estate of £4,790 to his wife and children.  Twenty-one years later his wife died at the family home in Leigh-on-Sea at age 88 leaving an estate of £3,493 to her two children.

 

Stacy Ltd. (aka W. K. Stacy or W. K. & F. Stacy): Images

 

Quadruple Golden Casket - Butterfly on Leaf Avery style needle case with the Stacy name.

 

Quadruple Nickel Silver - Plain with no decoration.

 

Quadruple Golden Casket - Butterfly on Leaf Avery style needle case with the Stacy name.

 

Quadruple Nickel Silver - Plain with the Stacy name stamped on the endcap.

 

Newgate Street at the intersection with Old Baily Street and Giltspur Street near where the Stacy Ltd. business was originally located, 2023.

 

Stacy Ltd. (aka W. K. Stacy or W. K. & F. Stacy): Genealogy

 

Generation 1:  William Leatt Stacy (1823-1891) and Mary Ann King (1826-1917)

·       Born:  May 9, 1823 61 Holywell Street, Shoreditch, St. Leonard, Middlesex and registered February 7, 1827 (S=England and Wales Non-conformist and Non Parochial Registers 1567-1936 available at ancestry.com).  Listed as William Leatt Stacy with parents William Smyth Stacy and Eleanor Stacy daughter of John & Hannah Leatt.  A brother John Leatt Stacy, who was born October 16, 1824, was registered on the same date.

·       1841 Census: not found.

·       Wife’s Baptism: October 29, 1826 St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, Towers Hamlets (S1c).  Listed as Mary Ann who was born September 10, 1826 with parents Thomas and Caroline King of Christopher St. where her father was a cooper.

·       Marriage:  April 23, 1846 Holywell Mount Chapel, Storeditch, Middlesex (S8m).  Listed as William Leatt Stacy a bachelor, printer & bookseller who resided at No. 85 High Street in Shoreditch whose father was William Smyth Stacy a cabinet maker and Mary Ann King a spinster.

·       1851 Census: 25 Skinner St., Botolph Bishopsgate, London (S4).  Listed as William L Stacey age 27 a printer (letter press) born in Storeditch with wife Mary A. age 24 born in Shoreditch and 3 children: Mary A., Jane L. and William K.

·       1861 Census: 27 Hoxton Sq., Shoredtich, St. Leonard, Middlesex (S4).  Listed as William Leatt Stacey age 37 a letter press printer/man born in Storeditch with wife Mary Ann age 34 born in Bethnal Green, 4 children: Mary Ann, Lucy, Frederick Leatt and James Spreight and a brother-in-law Frederick King a printers press man and a sister-in-law Lucy King.

·       1871 Census: 27 Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, Hackney (S4).  Listed as William L. Stacy age 47 a printer & binder born in Shoreditch with wife Mary Ann age 44 born in Bethnal Green, a sister-in-law Lucy King and brother in-law Frederic King who was a printer’s assistant and 8 children: Mary Ann, Jane, William K, Lucy, Frederick Henry, Lizzie and Ellen and 2 lodgers.      

·       1881 Census: 235 Queens Road, St. John Hackney, London (S4).  Listed as William L. Stacy age 57 a master printer born in Shoreditch with wife Mary A. age 54 born in Shoreditch, 4 children: Frederick L., Henry S, Lizzie and Nellie, and a sister-in-law Lucy King and brother-in -law Frederick King who was a printer’s assistant.

·       1891 Census: 18 Darville Rd, St. John Hackney, London (S4).  Listed as William Leatt Stacy age 67 a retired printer born in Shoreditch with wife Mary Ann age 64 born in Bethnal Green, 1 son: Fredk Leatt, a sister-in-law Lucy King and a servant.

·       Death:  May 2, 1891 West Hackney, Hackney, London (S8d).  Listed as William Leatt Stacy a retired master printer who died at 18 Darville Road of pneumonia at age 67 with his son H. S. Stacy in attendance.   May 2, 1891 18 Darville-road, West Hackney, Middlesex (S6).

·       Probate: July 4, 1891 Principal Registry (S6).  Listed as William Leatt Stacy formerly of 235 Queen’s-road Hackney but late of 18 Darville-road, West Hackney with a personal estate of £1,391 proved by William King Stacy of 35 Benthal-road, West Hackney the son a cutler and Joseph Double a hardware merchant the executors.

·       1901 Census:  251 Algers Road, Loughton, Essex (S4).  Listed as Mary Stacey age 74 a visitor and widow living on own means born in Shoreditch living in the household of Joseph Double a wholesale hardware factor employer.

·       1911 Census:  31 Fillebrook Road, Leytonstone, North Leyton (S4).  Listed as Mary Stacy age 84 a widow who had 10 children of which 6 were still living with no occupation born in Bethnal Green, London, 1 daughter Mary Bruton age 64 a widow, 2 Bruton granddaughters, a sick nurse and a servant.

·       Wife’s Death:  December 16, 1917 Chigwell, Epping, Essex (S8d).  Listed as Mary Ann Stacy age 91 the widow of William Leatt Stacy a printer master who died at High Road, Buckhurst Hill with her daughter-in-law A. E. Stacy present at her death.   December 16, 1917 (S6).

·       Wife’s Probate: December 5, 1918 London (S6).  Listed as Mary Ann Stacy of 31 Fillebrooke-road Leystonstone, Essex a widow with Effects £102 to William King Stacy a butler and Joseph Double a merchant (Note: the word butler seems to be a transcription error and should be cutler).

·       Children:

1.     Mary Ann Stacy (1847-??).  Born: 2nd QTR 1847 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as Mary Ann Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1851, 1861 and 1871 Censuses: with parents (S4).

2.     Jane Leatt Stacy (1849-??).  Born: 1st QTR 1849 1 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as Jane Leatt Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1851, 1861 and 1871 Censuses: with parents (S4).

3.     William King Stacy (1851-1934) – See Generation 2.

4.     Lucy Stacy (1855-??).  Born:  4th QTR 1855 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as Lucy Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1861 and 1871 Censuses: with parents (S4).

5.     Frederick Leatt Stacy (1858-1931) – See Generation 2.

6.     James Speaight Stacy (1860-1863).  Born:  4th QTR 1860 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as James Speaight Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1861 Census: with parents (S4).  Died: 2nd QTR 1863 Shoreditcch (S5d), listed as James Speaight Stacy.

7.     Henry Smyth Stacy (1862-1932) – See Generation 2.

8.     Lizzie Stacy (1865-??).  Born:  2nd QTR 1865 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as Lizzie Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).

9.      Elinor Caroline Stacy (1867-??).  Born:  2nd QTR 1867 Shoreditch (GRO Online index).  Listed as Elinor Caroline Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.  1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).

 

Generation 2:  William King Stacy (1851-1934 and Adeleine Elizabeth Good (1859-1946)

·       Born:  January 29, 1851 St. Botolph, East London (S8).  Listed as William King Stacy who was born at 25 Skinner Street, Bishopsgate with parents William Leatt Stacy a printer and Mary Ann Stacy formerly King.

·       1851 Census: with parents (S4).  Listed as William K. Stacy age 3 months born in Bishopsgate.

·       1861 Census: not found.

·       1871 Census: with parents (S4).  Listed as William K. Stacy age 20 a cutler born in St. Botolph Bishopsgate. (Note: the census index incorrectly lists William’s middle initial as R when it is a K).

·       Wife’s Birth:  1st QTR 1859 Axminster, Devon (S5b).  Listed as Adeleine Elizabeth Good (Note: this was the only birth on ancestry.com with this name).

·       Marriage:  February 12, 1880 Chard Street Chapel, Axminster, Devon (S8m).  Listed as William King Stacy age 29 a bachelor and cutler who resided at 27 Hoxton Square, London whose father was William Leatt Stacy a printer and Adeline Elizabeth Good age 21 a spinster.

·       1881 Census: 79 Stoke Newington Rd, Stoke Newington, Hackney, London (S4).  Listed as William King Stacy age 30 a master cutler employing 2 men, 2 boys and 1 young lady born in Bishopgate with wife Adeline Elizth age 22 born in Devonshire and 1 servant.

·       1891 Census: 35 Benthol Rd, St. John Hackney, West Hackney, London (4).  Listed as William King Stacey age 40 a cutler employer born in London with wife Adeline E. age 32 born in Seaton, Devon, 2 daughters: Nellie Adeline and Alice Maud, and 1 servant.  (Note:  William King Stacy’s age is incorrectly listed in the census index as 46 when it should be 40).

·       1901 Census: 35 Benthal Rd, Hackney, London I(S4).  Listed as William K. Stacy age 50 a shopkeeper cutler optician employer born in Bishopgate with wife Adelaide E. age 42 bon in Seton Devon and 3 daughters: Nellie A., Alice M and Alfreda G. and 1 servant. (Note: the census index incorrectly lists William’s middle initial as R when it is actually a K and daughters name as Willie when it actually is Nellie).

·       1911 Census: Woodthorpe, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex (S4).  Listed as William King Stacy age 60 a cutler & optican shopkeeper employer born in London and wife Adeleine Elizabeth age 52 who was married 31 years and had 4 children of which 3 were still living who was born in Seaton, Devon, 3 daughters: Nellie Adeleine, Alice Maud and Elfrida Good, 1 visitor and 1 servant.

·       Death:  March 15, 1934 Chigwell, Epping, Essex (S8d).  Listed as William King Stacy age 83 a laundry and cutlery company directory who died at 20 High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell of bronchitis with his daughter N. A. Stacy present at his death.  March 15, 1934 (S6).

·       Burial: March 17, 1934, Essex (S7).  Listed as William King Stacy age 83.

·       Probate:  May 23, 1934 London (S6).  Listed as William King Stacy of Woodthrope 20 High-road Buckhurst Hill, Essex with Effects £7,234 to Elfrida Goad Stacy spinster.

·       1939 Register:  2 High Rd, Chigwell, Essex (S9).  Listed as Adeleine E. Stacy a widow born February 7, 1859 independent with 2 single daughters: Nellie born February 23, 1883 and Elfrida G. born November 3, 1891 director secretary of Stacy’s acme laundry, and 1 servant.

·       Wife’s Death: August 6, 1946 (S6).

·       Wife’s Probate: November 27, 1946 London (S6).  Listed as Adeleine Elizabeth Stacy of Woodthrope 2 High-road Buckhurst Hill, Essex a widow with Effects £13,288 to Elfrida Good Stacy spinster.

·       Children:

1.     Adeleine Agnes Stacy (1881-1882).  Born: 3rd QTR 1881 Hackney, London (S5b and GRO Online Index), listed as Adeleine Agnes Stacy with mother’s maiden name Good.  Death: 2nd QTR 1882 Hackney, London (S5d), listed as Adeleine Agnes Stacy age 0.

2.     Nellie Adeleine Stacey (1883-??).  Born: 1st QTR 1883 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Nellie Adeleine Stacy with mother’s maiden name Good.  1891, 1901, 1911 Censuses and 1939 Register: with parents (S4).

3.     Alice Maud Stacy (1886-??).  Born: 2nd QTR 1886 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Alice Maud Stacy with mother’s maiden name Good.  1891, 1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).

4.     Elfrida Good Stacy (1891-??).  Born: 4th QTR 1891 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Elfrida Good Stacy with mother’s maiden name Good.  1901, 1911 Censuses and 1939 Register: with parents (S4).

 

Generation 2:  Frederick Leatt Stacy (1858-1931) and Amy Mason Francis (1864-1951)

·       Born:  4th QTR 1858 Shoreditch (GRO Online Index).  Listed as Frederick Leatt Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.

·       1861 Census: with parents (S4):  listed as Frederick Leatt Stacey age 2 born in Shoreditch.

·       1871 Census: with parents (S4):  listed as Frederick Stacy age 12 a scholar born in Shoreditch.

·       1881 Census:  with parents (S4):  listed as Frederick L. Stacy single age 22 a master cutler born in Shoreditch.

·       1891 Census: with parents (S4):  listed as Fredk Leatt Stacy single age 32 a waste paper merchant employer born in Shoreditch.

·       Wife’s Birth: 2nd QTR 1864 Shoreditch, London (S5b).  Listed as Amy Mason Francis.

·       Marriage: November 7,1891 Lower Clapham Church, Hackney, London (S8m).  Listed as Frederick Leatt Stacy age 33 a bachelor and wholesale waste paper merchant who resided at 18 Darville Road, Stoke Newington whose father was William Leatt Stacy deceased a printer  and Amy Mason Francis age 27 a spinster.

·       1901 Census: 29 Kempshott Rd, Streatham, Wandsworth, London (S4).  Listed as Frederick L. Stacey age 41 a wastepaper merchant employer born in Shoredicth with wife Amy M. age 36 born in Shoreditch, 2 sons: Frederick F. and William E, a servant and a visitor.

·       1911 Census: 29 Hampstead Road, Streatham Common, Wandsworth (S4).  Listed as Frederick Leatt Stacy age 52 a wholesale wastepaper merchant employer born in Shoreditch with wife Amy Mason age 46 who was married 19 years and had 2 children both still living who was born in Shoreditch and 2 sons: Frederick Francis and William Edward.

·       Death:  3rd QTR 1931 Liskeard, Cornwall (S5d).  Listed as Frederick L. Stacy age 72.  June 19, 1931 at Hannaford West Looe Looe Cornwall (S6).

·       Burial: July 24, 1931 Banstead, All Saints, Surrey (S7).  Listed as Frederick Leatt Stacy age 72 of 29 Glenfield Road, Banstead.

·       Probate: September 10, 1931 London (S6).  Listed as Frederick Leatt Stacy of 29 Glenfield- road Banstead, Surry with Effects £8,831 to Frederick Francis Stacy and William Edward Stack manufacturers. (Note: the Stack surname of the son William Edward appears to be a transcription error and should be Stacy).

·       1939 Register: 29 Glenfield Road, Banstead, Surry (S9).  Listed as Amy M. Stacy a widow born April 25, 1864 living on private means living with a companion.

·       Wife’s Death: 2nd QTR 1951 Surrey Mid-eastern, Surry (S5d), listed as Amy M. Stacy.  May 26, 1951 Surrey (S6).

·       Wife’s Probate: July 27, 1951 London (S6).  Listed as Amy Mason Stacy of Lynton 29 Glenfield-road, Banstead, Surrey a widow with Effects £5,690 to Frederick Francis Stacy and William Edward Stacy, both retired company directors.

·       Children:

1.     Frederick Francis Stacy (1893-??).  Born: 3rd QTR 1893 West Ham (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Frederick Francis Stacy with mother’s maiden name Francis.  1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).

2.     William Edward Stacy (1895-??).  Born: 1st QTR 1895 Wandsworth (S=GRO Online Index), listed as William Edward Stacy with mother’s maiden name Francis.   1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).

 

Generation 2:  Henry Smyth Stacy (1862-1932 and Eliza Cooke Winny (1865-1953)

·       Born:  4th QTR 1862 Shoreditch (GRO Online Index).  Listed as Henry Smyth Stacy with mother’s maiden name King.

·       1871 Census: with parents (S4):  listed as Henry Stacy age 8 a scholar born in Shoreditch.

·       1881 Census: with parents (S4):  listed as Henry S. Stacy age 18 a compositor born in Shoreditch.

·       Wife’s Birth:  3^rd QTR 1865 Mile End Old Town, London (S5b).  Listed as Eliza Cooke Winny

·       Marriage: February 22, 1890 Lower Clapton, Hackney, London (S8m).  Listed as Henry Smyth Stacy age 27 a bachelor and master printer who resided at 235 Queens Road, Salston whose father was William Leatt Stacy master printer and Eliza Cooke Winny age 24 a spinster.

·       1891 Census: 4 South Side Ter, St. John of Hackney, West Hackney, London (S4).  Listed as Henry Smyth Stacy age 28 a printer employer born in Shoreditch with wife Eliza Cook age 25 born in Mile End Rd, London.

·       1901 Census: 4 Stoke Newington Common, Hackney, London (S4).  Listed as Henry S. Staecy age 38 a printer employer born in Shoreditch with wife Eliza C age 35 born in Mile End, London and 2 children: Violet W. and Norman W.

·       1911 Census 4 Stoke Newington Common Hackney (S4).  Listed as Henry Smythe Stacy age 48 a master printer employer born in London with wife Eliza Cooke age 45 married 21 years and having 2 children both still living born in Mile End, London and 2 children: Viotet Winny and Norman Winny.

·       Death:  2nd QTR 1932 Rochford, Essex (S5d).  Listed as Henry S. Stacy age 69.  May 31, 1932 Essex (S6).

·       Probate: October 1, 1932 London (S6).  Listed as Henry Smyth Stacy of 30 Chalkwell Park-drive Leigh-on-Sea, Essex with Effects £4,790 to Eliza Cooke Stacy widow, Violet Winny Stacy spinster and Normand Winny Stacy printer.

·       1939 Register: 30 Chalkwell Pk Dr, Southend-on-Sea , Essex,  Listed as Eliza C. Stacy a widow born June 3, 1865 with occupation listed as unpaid domestic duties with one children: Violet W. Stacy born May 19, 1891 a printers secretary, and 1 retired teacher.

·       Wife’s Death: 2nd QTR 1953 Southend on Sea (S5d), listed as Eliza C. Stacy age 88.  June 6, 1953 Essex (S6).

·       Wife’s Probate: September 25, 1953 London (S6).  Listed as Eliza Cooke Stacy of 30 Chalkwell Park-drive, Leight-on-Sea, Essex a widow with Effects £3,493 to Norman Winny Stacy a company director and Violet Winny Stacy a spinster.

·       Children:

1.     Violet Winny Stacy (1891-??).  Born: 2nd QTR 1891 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Violet Winny Stacy with mother’s maiden name Winny.   1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).

2.     Norman Winny Stacy (1899 -??).  Born: 4th QTR 1899 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Norman Winny Stacy with mother’s maiden name Winny.   1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).

 

 

 

Avery style needle cases stamped with the “Stacy 4 Newgate St London” name and address:

1.     Quad Golden Casket - Butterfly on Leaf:  Mechanical patent #3517 registered November 19, 1868 by William Avery, needle manufacturer and Albert Fenton, machinist, from Redditch, UK (S=British Library - Business and Intellectual Property Centre, London).

2.     Quad Nickel Silver - Plain with no decoration:  Mechanical patent #3517 registered November 19, 1868 by William Avery, needle manufacturer and Albert Fenton, machinist, from Redditch, UK (S=British Library - Business and Intellectual Property Centre, London).