Elizabeth Stainsby was the fourth child of Thomas Stainsby & Mary Lister born at Linthorpe & christened November 17th, 1848 at West Acklam, Yorks.
In 1851 & 1861 Elizabeth was at home with her parents, brothers & sisters at Linthorpe, Yorks.
In Oct-December 1871 Elizabeth married Charles Wesley Graham at Stockton. Charles was born at Middlesbrough in Jan-March 1841, the son of Thomasine & John Graham, a draper & druggist.
In 1881 Elizabeth & Charles were living at Linthorpe Rd, Linthorpe & Charles was a watchmaker & jeweler. They had a daughter Mary Emily aged 8. Living with them was Elizabeth’s 69 year old mother Mary Stainsby, & they had 2 servants –Sarah Burton & Annie Allan.
It appears Elizabeth died before the 1891 census & there is a death recorded Jan-March 1886 for Elizabeth Graham aged 36 in Middlesbrough.
The children of Elizabeth Stainsby & Charles Wesley Graham were:
sb.6.4.1 Mary Emily Graham christened April 6th, 1873 at West Acklam, Yorks
Charles could not be found in the 1891 census. Daughter Mary (18) was living with her Uncle John Stainsby & his wife Ann at ‘Broken Scar’, Darlington where John was clerk of building works. Also there was another niece Mary E Mills (13). It appears that Mary Graham continued to live with her aunt & uncle even after her marriage to John James Black (born c1873 at Barnard Castle) in 1897 as she was recorded there in the 1901 census with her children Alice M E (1) & Emily C (4 months). Her husband John was living in Barnard Castle at the time of the census & was a county school bursar’s clerk.
Charles remarried in April-June 1900 at Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire to Catherine Potts who was born in Hereford c1857. In 1901 Charles & Catherine were living at Linthorpe Rd, Middlesbrough – Charles was still a watchmaker & jeweler & Catherine was a stationer & tobacconist.
Charles died in Oct-December 1911, aged 70, at Middlesbrough.