This is what I have, and believe it's probably right... I just don't know if this lineage is correct.
John Stacy m. Mary (Polly) Baldwin George Stacy b? m Mary Hutchinson (no further info); George Stacy (was he a JR.?) b abt 1818 Vermont (other documentation says b 1824) m Sarah Allen abt 1843 (5 children: Stillman, Henry, Ethan Allen Charles and Imogene) George Stacy b 1864 Canada m. Annie McLean b sbt 1864 MA 2 Children Stillman George b 1890 Boston, MA m. Madeline (mattie) Loomis
I look forward to corresponding with you re the Stacys, etc.
Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Name: George B Stacy Birth Year: abt 1866 Birth Place: Montreal, Can Marriage Date: 26 Mar 1889 Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Age at Marriage: 23 Father: George Mother: Marguerite Spouse: Annie L McLane Spouse Birth Place: Rockport Spouse Age at Marriage: 25 Spouse Father: Samuel Spouse Mother: Annie F
1881 Census of Canada Name: George Stacy Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 60 Birth Year: 1821 Birthplace: USA Religion: Protestant Nationality: English Occupation: Manufacturer Province: Quebec District Number: 90 District: Montreal City Sub-District Number: H Subdistrict: St Antoine Ward Division: 14
George Stacy 60 Marguerite Stacy 48 Francoise Stacy 16 George Stacy 14 Ethen Stacy 32
I found this marriage and I think this was Ethan Allen Stacy's mother so Francoise Stacy 16 & George Stacy 14 in the 1881 census might be George & Marguerite's children or Marguerite's children from a previous marriage. I have not founda marriage for Marguerite and George yet.
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" Name: George J Stacy Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 17 May 1843 Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Sarah M Allen GS Film number: 27459 Digital Folder Number: 004542937 Image Number: 03161
"United States Census, 1850" Name: George Stacy Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Gender: Male Age: 30 Birthplace: Vermont Birth Year (Estimated): 1820 House Number: 275 Family Number: 360 Line Number: 21 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 923 GS Film number: 444922 Digital Folder Number: 004206186 Image Number: 00579
George Stacy M 30 Vermont Sarah Stacy F 26 Vermont Stilman Stacy M 5 Vermont Henry Stacy M 3 Vermont Ethan Stacy M 0 Vermont
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" Name: Stilman F Stacy Event Type: Death Event Date: 30 Oct 1850 Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States Gender: Age: 6 Birth Year (Estimated): 1844 Father's Name: George J Stacy Mother's Name: Sarah M Stacy Digital Folder Number: 004705281 Image Number: 01209
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" Name: Henry Stacy Event Type: Death Event Date: 30 Jan 1859 Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States Gender: Age: 11 Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Father's Name: George J Stacy Mother's Name: Sarah M Stacy GS Film number: 27696 Digital Folder Number: 004705281 Image Number: 01016
Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 Name: Sarah M Stacy Birth Date: abt 1824 Death Date: 5 Aug 1859 Elmwood cemetery Death Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA Death Age: 35 Father Name: Allen Husbands name: George J Stacy
So looking for a marriage btween George J Stacy and Marguerite ?????????????? after 1859
Wow! You are a whiz in Genealogy; thanks so much for your information!
This is what I have found from different sources: George (J or W?) Stacy was married to Sarah Allen (I thought Ethan was possibly by an earlier marriage) 2 of the children died and George (J or W?) moved to Montreal (?) Canada with the other 3 children where he married for the 2nd time to Marguerite Blair thus George Blair abt 1864-65 was born (who would be my Grandfather). I think there were (2?) other siblings.
Noggin, any information will be greatly appreciated. Are you related to the Stacy lineage?
1900 United States Federal Census Name: George B Stacy Age: 35 Birth Date: Aug 1864 Birthplace: Canada [Canada English] Home in 1900: Boston Ward 21, Suffolk, Massachusetts Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: Unkn Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Annie Stacy Marriage Year: 1888 Years Married: 12 Father's Birthplace: Canada English Mother's Birthplace: Canada, England
George B Stacy 35 Annie Stacy 35 Stillman S Stacy 10 Frances Stacy 3
1910 United States Federal Census Name: George B Stacy Age in 1910: 44 Birth Year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Canada [Canada English] Home in 1910: Cleveland Ward 22, Cuyahoga, Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1880 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Annie L Stacy Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
George B Stacy 44 Annie L Stacy 44 Stillman C Stacy 20
Looks like Annie died in 1916 AND GEORGE REMARRIED
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 Name: Annie L Stacye Death Date: 16 May 1916 County of Death: Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973 Name: George B Stacye Marriage Date: 9 Sep 1920 Form Type: Marriage Age: 54 Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1866 Birth Place: Canada Father's Name: George Mother's Name: Margaret Blair Spouse's Name: Ernestine Kramer Spouse's Age: 41 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1879 Spouse Father's Name: George Spouse Mother's Name: Rose Schiltz States both previously married
I stumbled across this conversation about the Stacy family this morning and I can add some information that might assist you. I do have the documentation for all of this but it is in storage in Salt Lake city. We lived there for many years but now live in the Atlanta area. I can assure you, however, that the information I have is factual. Feel free to contact me about any elaboration you would like. I think I may have corresponded with you several years ago. I am 71 years old and am a retired high school principal. After retirement I spent 5-6 days per week for several years at the Family History Center researching all of my lines. My mother is 93 years old, lives in Toronto, and is still active. Her maiden name was Stacey. She was born in Montreal in 1920 to Henry Stacy and Margaret (Maggie McRae). Maggie was my wonderful grandmother and she told me a lot of stories about the Stacy family, much of which meant little to me until I did my own research many long years later. Besides basic research I have visited Montreal, Vermont, and Massachusetts many times and have found graves, farms, town records, etc. Here’s an abbreviated version of my grandmother’s story. Her husband, Henry, was an alcoholic. He was well off and the family had a maid and a grand piano in the drawing room, etc. He was a loving person except when he was drunk. In desperation, my grandmother gathered her six children on New Year’s eve, 1925, while Henry was out celebrating, and took took them to Toronto on the train. She went from having a maid to being one but she raised the six children in a loving environment. She never divorced Henry and when he died in an accident a few years later she had his body brought to Toronto. She is buried in the same grave. She always told us that the Stacy family (my mother’s generation was the first to spell the name as Stacey) had been nail and spike manufacturers, and that Henry and his father Ethan Allen Stacy had both diminished the family fortune. Ethan Allen Stacy had “married” someone (Mary Anne Wells) who was considered beneath him. I put quotes around the “married” because I can find no evidence of a marriage and they didn’t always live together until later in life when we find Henry with Ethan and Mary Ann in the census (1901 or 1911, I can’t remember which). Mary Ann had worked at the nail and spike company and this is probably where they met. There is also evidence that Mary Ann was married to a “Hamilton” and had children by him. She actually married him twice, once in a catholic church even though they already had some children and she was not a catholic. She obviously lied to the church. A couple of years later they married again in a Presbyterian church ((her actual religion). They actually had the same witnesses at both weddings. She claimed to be a widow in a later census even though I found her husband living elsewhere in Montreal. He did die years later. At the same time Ethan was living with his father George and his stepmother Margaruite in the same census. He and Mary Ann were present at my grandmother’s wedding to Henry. She always suspected that Henry was illegitimate and the evidence seems to support this. Ethan’s father was George J. Stacy (I believe that the J. may have indicated Jr.). He was born in Vermont 1820. He was initially a printer and I have some publications and books that were printed by him in Burlington, Vermont. He married Sarah Melvina Allen (born 1824 in VT) in 1843. They had 5 children, Henry, Stillman, Imogene, Charles and Ethan. Stillman and Henry died in childhood and Sarah died in 1859 at the age of 35. The children then stayed with their father’s uncle Henry (Henry Baldwin Stacy), a gentleman farmer and former founder and owner of the Burlington Free Press. About the time that Henry Baldwin was appointed US counsel to Russia by President Lincoln, the children rejoined their father George Jr. and moved with him to Montreal where his father George Sr. had founded a very successful nail and spike manufactory on the Lachine canal. They employed about 60 people. George Sr. had several patents in Canada and in the US , one of which was for a machine that stamped out spikes from cold metal sheets. Imogene married twice, both times to wealthy influential men, and amassed a fortune. She actually lent money to Lord Strathcona, founder of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and at one time the richest man in Canada. I have copies of the legal documents for the loan and for its discharge. This money was probably used, in part, to start construction on the railroad. My grandmother always said that Stacy spikes were used in the transcontinental railroads in the US and in Canada and this finding lends credence to that story. Charles was the good guy compared to my g grandfather Ethan. Ethan was initially listed as a manufacturer but later was simply an employee of the company. Charles seemed to be the boss. This fits with my grandmother’s always telling me that Ethan was given his inheritance and taken out of the company. He, and later my grandfather Henry, wasted this inheritance. Charles and his sister Imogene were baptized as Anglicans in Montreal as adults. This is probably because of their position in the community. Ethan, pointedly, was not. It is from their baptismal certificates that I discovered that Sarah M. Allen’s middle name was Melvina. Imogene and Charles were both listed in the Blue Book, a social register. George Sr. was born in 1795 in Windsor VT and was raised in Orange VT. At first I thought that his only wife was Mary Hutchinson. She died in 1840 and was too young to have been the mother of George Jr. She and George Sr. Had one child Emeline. Mary died shortly thereafter and Emeline herself married a “Skinner”, moved to Ontario and died while pregnant with her first child. George Jr. was born in VT about 1820. He had a sister Maria Eliza Stacy, born in 1818 in NY and a sister Clarissa (Clara) born sometime after George. Their mother was from NY . I found an obit in a Vermont paper for the wife of George Stacy of Montreal, dated 1833, that indicated that her first name was Eliza.I have been unable to get a last name. Maria Eliza Stacy married a “Fowler” I believe. He was from NY, was a land agent in Canada and was always listed as a “gentleman” in censuses. He was a widower with children. Maria never had children of her own. They both died of old age in Orillia, Ontario. Her death certificate erroneously said she was from England. She may have assumed a pretentious English accent, leading to this conclusion but this is just a guess on my part. I have found their grave. Clara was a teacher of French in a School for Young Women in Burlington Vermont and married somewhat later in life .No children. She died in Burlington. George Sr., as mentioned, established a manufacturing business in Montreal. He was a prominent man, a member of the American Presbyterian Church, and in later years lived in the American Eagle Hotel. He died in 1864 at his daughter’s home in Kingston, Ontario and was buried in Montreal. I have found his grave. I also found a large gravestone for George Jr. Charles, Imogene and spouses. Ethan is buried close by. His gravestone is much smaller. George Sr.’s parents were John Stacy and Mary Baldwin, as wonderful a couple as ever lived. I have copies of their portraits on my study wall. The originals are owned by the Vermont Historical Society and they are housed at the Smithsonian. John Stacy was born in Hopkinton, Mass, 1n 1760. He was orphaned as a young child and was raised by his father’s brother and his wife who was a cousin of John Adams. He joined the militia in Mass at the age of 16 and later the Continental Army. He was at Valley Forge. He was a sergeant, often on detached duty (spy behind enemy lines). I got this from an obit in a NY paper. I also got a lot of info from his eulogy by Rev. John Converse which was printed in a Vermont periodical of that day. Towards the end of the war he was appointed one of George Washington’s personal lifeguards. There was only a few of these and they accompanied the general and surrounded him on horseback. John was honorably discharged on New Year’s eve. 1883, by General Knox. He was in the last group to be discharged. I have copies of his promotion to Sergeant and of his discharge. John returned, married Mary (Polly) Baldwin, daughter of the firebrand Nathan Baldwin of Worcester, Mass. He was a friend of John Adams and is mentioned several times in Adam’s diaries. John moved first to Windsor VT, Then to Orange VT. He was town clerk for about 25 years, magistrate for 28 years and member of the legislature for over 20 years. He retired to Burlington in old age to be near his son Henry Baldwin and died in 1843. Mary died in 1843. They are buried in Elmhurst cemetery. The gravestones are gone but I was able to determine the location of the graves. This is the same cemetery where Sarah and her sons Henry and Stillman are buried. The stones are gone but the location can be determined.
My dead ends are Sarah Melvina Allen ( I have circumstantial evidence but the records for South Hero Island are missing), Eliza, the first wife of George Sr. and Mary Anne Wells, wife of Ethan Stacy. There is lots of info on the internet that will trace the family back through John Stacy and Mary Baldwin. You will find signers of the declaration, Mayflower passengers, and back through the aristocracy and royalty of England and Europe. From my perspective, this entire cornucopia of family history happened when I decided to investigate the antecedents of my grandfather Henry Stacy, the drunk. Incidentally, he died as somewhat of a hero. He tried to stop a team of galloping horses and was trampled to death but probably saved lives. I don’t know what his blood alcohol level was but since my grandmother so obviously loved him, I do too. Bet wishes, Kerry Jack Montgomery (your distant cousin).
Hi, sometime ago a very nice person that lived in Salt Lake City, named Kerry Montgomery was kind enough to get me started in the Stacy history and I have forever been grateful to him for helping me. Most of the info I have came directly or indirectly from him... are you the same Kerry?
I put aside my genealogy for awhile and was doing it just hit-and-miss; now I'm ready to really do the research. Any info you will help me with is very appreciated.
Hi Kerry, I'm back on the trail again and would appreciate any help you may lend me. You mentioned you had backup info re: the Stacy family; would you share some of the info pertinent to our ancestors with me?
Thanks for the info you have already given me and look forward to hearing from you once again.
Hello, I have been researching a Hutchinson family based in Jericho, Vermont. (Jericho is just east of Burlington, VT) The book, The History of Jericho, Vermont, includes a short history of the family. It indicated that Mary Hutchinson, born about 1807, married a George Stacy. Looking around, I discovered a potential candidate family, that they may have moved to the Montreal area, and that Mary died in Montreal in 1840. I've found confirmation of a Mary Hutchinson Stacy's death in Montreal on 7 Sept 1840 at age 33.
From the Stacy research you have done, do you think my Mary married your ancestor George?
Thanks for what ever help you are able to provide.
Need a bit more Info. Do you have the names for all of the George's wives above or some of their children.
Are they related in any way ?
This is what I have, and believe it's probably right... I just don't know if this lineage is correct.
John Stacy m. Mary (Polly) Baldwin
George Stacy b? m Mary Hutchinson (no further info);
George Stacy (was he a JR.?) b abt 1818 Vermont (other documentation says b 1824)
m Sarah Allen abt 1843 (5 children: Stillman, Henry, Ethan Allen
Charles and Imogene)
George Stacy b 1864 Canada m. Annie McLean b sbt 1864 MA 2 Children Stillman George
b 1890 Boston, MA m. Madeline (mattie) Loomis
I look forward to corresponding with you re the Stacys, etc.
garouttep@yahoo.com (Pat)
George's parents were; Father: George: Mother: Marguerite
Annnie's parents were; Father: Samuel: Mother: Annie F
Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
Name: George B Stacy
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birth Place: Montreal, Can
Marriage Date: 26 Mar 1889
Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Marriage: 23
Father: George
Mother: Marguerite
Spouse: Annie L McLane
Spouse Birth Place: Rockport
Spouse Age at Marriage: 25
Spouse Father: Samuel
Spouse Mother: Annie F
George with parents
1881 Census of Canada
Name: George Stacy
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 60
Birth Year: 1821
Birthplace: USA
Religion: Protestant
Nationality: English
Occupation: Manufacturer
Province: Quebec
District Number: 90
District: Montreal City
Sub-District Number: H
Subdistrict: St Antoine Ward
Division: 14
George Stacy 60
Marguerite Stacy 48
Francoise Stacy 16
George Stacy 14
Ethen Stacy 32
Ethen Stacy 32 in census above so this might mean George as remarriedas wife is 48.
1891 Census of Canada
Name: Margaret Stacy [Marguerite Stacy]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 5 (on census it states 57)
Birth Year: abt 1886 (1834)
Birthplace: Quebec
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Religion: Roman Catholic
French Canadian: No
Spouse's Name: George Stacy
Father's Birth Place: Quebec
Mother's Birth Place: Quebec
Province: Quebec
District Number: 172
District: Montréal Centre
Subdistrict: Ste Anne Ward
George Stacy 71
Margaret Stacy 5
Ethan Stacy 45
There is another name but cannot read it
Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
Name: Ethan Allen Stacy
Event: Enterrement (Burial)
Burial Year: 1911
Burial Location: Montréal, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: Presbyterian Victoria
I found this marriage and I think this was Ethan Allen Stacy's mother so Francoise Stacy 16 & George Stacy 14 in the 1881 census might be George & Marguerite's children or Marguerite's children from a previous marriage. I have not founda marriage for Marguerite and George yet.
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Name: George J Stacy
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 May 1843
Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Sarah M Allen
GS Film number: 27459
Digital Folder Number: 004542937
Image Number: 03161
"United States Census, 1850"
Name: George Stacy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birthplace: Vermont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
House Number: 275
Family Number: 360
Line Number: 21
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 923
GS Film number: 444922
Digital Folder Number: 004206186
Image Number: 00579
George Stacy M 30 Vermont
Sarah Stacy F 26 Vermont
Stilman Stacy M 5 Vermont
Henry Stacy M 3 Vermont
Ethan Stacy M 0 Vermont
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Name: Stilman F Stacy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Oct 1850
Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States
Gender:
Age: 6
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Father's Name: George J Stacy
Mother's Name: Sarah M Stacy
Digital Folder Number: 004705281
Image Number: 01209
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Name: Henry Stacy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Jan 1859
Event Place: Burlington, , Vermont, United States
Gender:
Age: 11
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
Father's Name: George J Stacy
Mother's Name: Sarah M Stacy
GS Film number: 27696
Digital Folder Number: 004705281
Image Number: 01016
Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
Name: Sarah M Stacy
Birth Date: abt 1824
Death Date: 5 Aug 1859 Elmwood cemetery
Death Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Death Age: 35
Father Name: Allen
Husbands name: George J Stacy
So looking for a marriage btween George J Stacy and Marguerite ?????????????? after 1859
Wow! You are a whiz in Genealogy; thanks so much for your information!
This is what I have found from different sources: George (J or W?) Stacy was married to Sarah Allen (I thought Ethan was possibly by an earlier marriage) 2 of the children died and George (J or W?) moved to Montreal (?) Canada with the other 3 children where he married for the 2nd time to Marguerite Blair thus George Blair abt 1864-65 was born (who would be my Grandfather). I think there were (2?) other siblings.
Noggin, any information will be greatly appreciated. Are you related to the Stacy lineage?
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: George B Stacy
Age: 35
Birth Date: Aug 1864
Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Home in 1900: Boston Ward 21, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: Unkn
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annie Stacy
Marriage Year: 1888
Years Married: 12
Father's Birthplace: Canada English
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, England
George B Stacy 35
Annie Stacy 35
Stillman S Stacy 10
Frances Stacy 3
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George B Stacy
Age in 1910: 44
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Home in 1910: Cleveland Ward 22, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annie L Stacy
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
George B Stacy 44
Annie L Stacy 44
Stillman C Stacy 20
Looks like Annie died in 1916 AND GEORGE REMARRIED
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Annie L Stacye
Death Date: 16 May 1916
County of Death: Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
Name: George B Stacye
Marriage Date: 9 Sep 1920
Form Type: Marriage
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birth Place: Canada
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret Blair
Spouse's Name: Ernestine Kramer
Spouse's Age: 41
Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1879
Spouse Father's Name: George
Spouse Mother's Name: Rose Schiltz
States both previously married
Mother's Name: Margaret [Marguerite] Blair
JUST SEEN YOUR POST; NOT RELATED IN ANYWAY.
I cannot find a birth for George J Stacy in 1821 so do not know parents names. If you can find his death it might list his parents names.
According to the 1850 census George was living in: Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States.
Around George's birth the heads of house hold were:
Asahel Stacey residence: 1820 Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont
John Stacey residence: 1820 Shelburn, Chittenden, Vermont
unfortunately the 1820 census only shows the head of house.
I don't think I can help much more.
Your help has been pricelss...thank you so very, very much for the info you have provided me and the time spent in my favor.
Again, thanks.
I stumbled across this conversation about the Stacy family this morning and I can add some information that might assist you. I do have the documentation for all of this but it is in storage in Salt Lake city. We lived there for many years but now live in the Atlanta area. I can assure you, however, that the information I have is factual. Feel free to contact me about any elaboration you would like. I think I may have corresponded with you several years ago.
I am 71 years old and am a retired high school principal. After retirement I spent 5-6 days per week for several years at the Family History Center researching all of my lines.
My mother is 93 years old, lives in Toronto, and is still active. Her maiden name was Stacey. She was born in Montreal in 1920 to Henry Stacy and Margaret (Maggie McRae). Maggie was my wonderful grandmother and she told me a lot of stories about the Stacy family, much of which meant little to me until I did my own research many long years later. Besides basic research I have visited Montreal, Vermont, and Massachusetts many times and have found graves, farms, town records, etc.
Here’s an abbreviated version of my grandmother’s story. Her husband, Henry, was an alcoholic. He was well off and the family had a maid and a grand piano in the drawing room, etc. He was a loving person except when he was drunk. In desperation, my grandmother gathered her six children on New Year’s eve, 1925, while Henry was out celebrating, and took took them to Toronto on the train. She went from having a maid to being one but she raised the six children in a loving environment. She never divorced Henry and when he died in an accident a few years later she had his body brought to Toronto. She is buried in the same grave.
She always told us that the Stacy family (my mother’s generation was the first to spell the name as Stacey) had been nail and spike manufacturers, and that Henry and his father Ethan Allen Stacy had both diminished the family fortune.
Ethan Allen Stacy had “married” someone (Mary Anne Wells) who was considered beneath him. I put quotes around the “married” because I can find no evidence of a marriage and they didn’t always live together until later in life when we find Henry with Ethan and Mary Ann in the census (1901 or 1911, I can’t remember which). Mary Ann had worked at the nail and spike company and this is probably where they met. There is also evidence that Mary Ann was married to a “Hamilton” and had children by him. She actually married him twice, once in a catholic church even though they already had some children and she was not a catholic. She obviously lied to the church. A couple of years later they married again in a Presbyterian church ((her actual religion). They actually had the same witnesses at both weddings.
She claimed to be a widow in a later census even though I found her husband living elsewhere in Montreal. He did die years later. At the same time Ethan was living with his father George and his stepmother Margaruite in the same census. He and Mary Ann were present at my grandmother’s wedding to Henry. She always suspected that Henry was illegitimate and the evidence seems to support this.
Ethan’s father was George J. Stacy (I believe that the J. may have indicated Jr.). He was born in Vermont 1820. He was initially a printer and I have some publications and books that were printed by him in Burlington, Vermont. He married Sarah Melvina Allen (born 1824 in VT) in 1843. They had 5 children, Henry, Stillman, Imogene, Charles and Ethan. Stillman and Henry died in childhood and Sarah died in 1859 at the age of 35. The children then stayed with their father’s uncle Henry (Henry Baldwin Stacy), a gentleman farmer and former founder and owner of the Burlington Free Press. About the time that Henry Baldwin was appointed US counsel to Russia by President Lincoln, the children rejoined their father George Jr. and moved with him to Montreal where his father George Sr. had founded a very successful nail and spike manufactory on the Lachine canal. They employed about 60 people. George Sr. had several patents in Canada and in the US , one of which was for a machine that stamped out spikes from cold metal sheets.
Imogene married twice, both times to wealthy influential men, and amassed a fortune. She actually lent money to Lord Strathcona, founder of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and at one time the richest man in Canada. I have copies of the legal documents for the loan and for its discharge. This money was probably used, in part, to start construction on the railroad. My grandmother always said that Stacy spikes were used in the transcontinental railroads in the US and in Canada and this finding lends credence to that story.
Charles was the good guy compared to my g grandfather Ethan. Ethan was initially listed as a manufacturer but later was simply an employee of the company. Charles seemed to be the boss. This fits with my grandmother’s always telling me that Ethan was given his inheritance and taken out of the company. He, and later my grandfather Henry, wasted this inheritance.
Charles and his sister Imogene were baptized as Anglicans in Montreal as adults. This is probably because of their position in the community. Ethan, pointedly, was not. It is from their baptismal certificates that I discovered that Sarah M. Allen’s middle name was Melvina. Imogene and Charles were both listed in the Blue Book, a social register.
George Sr. was born in 1795 in Windsor VT and was raised in Orange VT. At first I thought that his only wife was Mary Hutchinson. She died in 1840 and was too young to have been the mother of George Jr. She and George Sr. Had one child Emeline. Mary died shortly thereafter and Emeline herself married a “Skinner”, moved to Ontario and died while pregnant with her first child.
George Jr. was born in VT about 1820. He had a sister Maria Eliza Stacy, born in 1818 in NY and a sister Clarissa (Clara) born sometime after George. Their mother was from NY . I found an obit in a Vermont paper for the wife of George Stacy of Montreal, dated 1833, that indicated that her first name was Eliza.I have been unable to get a last name.
Maria Eliza Stacy married a “Fowler” I believe. He was from NY, was a land agent in Canada and was always listed as a “gentleman” in censuses. He was a widower with children. Maria never had children of her own. They both died of old age in Orillia, Ontario. Her death certificate erroneously said she was from England. She may have assumed a pretentious English accent, leading to this conclusion but this is just a guess on my part. I have found their grave.
Clara was a teacher of French in a School for Young Women in Burlington Vermont and married somewhat later in life .No children. She died in Burlington.
George Sr., as mentioned, established a manufacturing business in Montreal. He was a prominent man, a member of the American Presbyterian Church, and in later years lived in the American Eagle Hotel. He died in 1864 at his daughter’s home in Kingston, Ontario and was buried in Montreal. I have found his grave. I also found a large gravestone for George Jr. Charles, Imogene and spouses. Ethan is buried close by. His gravestone is much smaller.
George Sr.’s parents were John Stacy and Mary Baldwin, as wonderful a couple as ever lived. I have copies of their portraits on my study wall. The originals are owned by the Vermont Historical Society and they are housed at the Smithsonian.
John Stacy was born in Hopkinton, Mass, 1n 1760. He was orphaned as a young child and was raised by his father’s brother and his wife who was a cousin of John Adams. He joined the militia in Mass at the age of 16 and later the Continental Army. He was at Valley Forge. He was a sergeant, often on detached duty (spy behind enemy lines). I got this from an obit in a NY paper. I also got a lot of info from his eulogy by Rev. John Converse which was printed in a Vermont periodical of that day. Towards the end of the war he was appointed one of George Washington’s personal lifeguards. There was only a few of these and they accompanied the general and surrounded him on horseback. John was honorably discharged on New Year’s eve. 1883, by General Knox. He was in the last group to be discharged. I have copies of his promotion to Sergeant and of his discharge.
John returned, married Mary (Polly) Baldwin, daughter of the firebrand Nathan Baldwin of Worcester, Mass. He was a friend of John Adams and is mentioned several times in Adam’s diaries. John moved first to Windsor VT, Then to Orange VT. He was town clerk for about 25 years, magistrate for 28 years and member of the legislature for over 20 years. He retired to Burlington in old age to be near his son Henry Baldwin and died in 1843. Mary died in 1843. They are buried in Elmhurst cemetery. The gravestones are gone but I was able to determine the location of the graves. This is the same cemetery where Sarah and her sons Henry and Stillman are buried. The stones are gone but the location can be determined.
My dead ends are Sarah Melvina Allen ( I have circumstantial evidence but the records for South Hero Island are missing), Eliza, the first wife of George Sr. and Mary Anne Wells, wife of Ethan Stacy.
There is lots of info on the internet that will trace the family back through John Stacy and Mary Baldwin. You will find signers of the declaration, Mayflower passengers, and back through the aristocracy and royalty of England and Europe.
From my perspective, this entire cornucopia of family history happened when I decided to investigate the antecedents of my grandfather Henry Stacy, the drunk.
Incidentally, he died as somewhat of a hero. He tried to stop a team of galloping horses and was trampled to death but probably saved lives. I don’t know what his blood alcohol level was but since my grandmother so obviously loved him, I do too.
Bet wishes,
Kerry Jack Montgomery (your distant cousin).
I should have said that John Stacy died in 1847 and Mary in 1853
Kerry
Hi, sometime ago a very nice person that lived in Salt Lake City, named Kerry Montgomery was kind enough to get me started in the Stacy history and I have forever been grateful to him for helping me. Most of the info I have came directly or indirectly from him... are you the same Kerry?
I put aside my genealogy for awhile and was doing it just hit-and-miss; now I'm ready to really do the research. Any info you will help me with is very appreciated.
Pat Stacy (cousin from down the line).
Pat,
Yes, that would be me.Like you, I put it aside because of my dead ends but every now and then I dabble again.
Good to hear from you,
Kerry
Hi Kerry, I'm back on the trail again and would appreciate any help you may lend me. You mentioned you had backup info re: the Stacy family; would you share some of the info pertinent to our ancestors with me?
Thanks for the info you have already given me and look forward to hearing from you once again.
Pat
garouttep@yahoo.com
Hello,
I have been researching a Hutchinson family based in Jericho, Vermont. (Jericho is just east of Burlington, VT) The book, The History of Jericho, Vermont, includes a short history of the family. It indicated that Mary Hutchinson, born about 1807, married a George Stacy. Looking around, I discovered a potential candidate family, that they may have moved to the Montreal area, and that Mary died in Montreal in 1840. I've found confirmation of a Mary Hutchinson Stacy's death in Montreal on 7 Sept 1840 at age 33.
From the Stacy research you have done, do you think my Mary married your ancestor George?
Thanks for what ever help you are able to provide.