Walter Senior Stansfield

  Research Notes:

Name came up in will of Charles Henrey Bentley and Martha Bentley sent by Sue Rylands.
10/21/09 Added Birth year and place from 1911 census, then added quarter from FreeBMD.
In the 1911 census Eliza Senior, an aunt is living with them.
In note from Phil HJ they believed he was a wool merchant.
He had a patent:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=PYBQAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=%22high+trees%22+wyke+stansfield+bradford&source=bl&ots=a6typNxZQ7&sig=9okJrjH5DpFtGyZo5qeGFScrgUQ&hl=en&ei=twYRTdjPNoO0lQeN7IzaAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwADge#v=onepage&q=%22high%20trees%22%20wyke%20stansfield%20bradford&f=false

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1871 Census Leeds Stansfield William: Walter Senior Stansfield, son aged 1, born Leeds Yorkshire, 2 Apr 1871, 2 Belle View Terrace, Leeds West. ⁸⁵⁶

• 1881 Census Horton Stansfield: Walter Stansfield, son aged 11, born Leeds, Yorkshire, 3 Apr 1881, 71 Princeville Street Horton in Bradford, Yorks. ⁸⁵⁷

• 1891 Census Horton Stansfield: Walter S Stansfield, son aged 21, stuff dyer born Leeds, Yorkshire, 5 Apr 1891, 71 Princeville Street Horton in Bradford, Yorks. ⁸⁵⁸

• 1901 Census Clayton Stansfield Wlliam: Walter S. Stansfield aged 31, Woollen? dyer, born Leeds, 31 Mar 1901, 7 Larchmont, Clayton, Shipley. ⁸⁵⁹

• 1911 Census Bradford Stansfield: Walter Senior Stansfield aged 41, head Manager of Dye works (dresses), born Leeds, 2 Apr 1911, High Trees, Wyke, Bradford, Yorks. ⁵¹¹

• Patent given in USA: Method of treating and finishing Fabrics -paten 1,273,551, 23 Jul 1918, Washington DC. ⁸⁶⁰

Walter married Lilly Bentley, daughter of Charles Henry T. Bentley and Martha Baldwin, about Sep 1899 in N. Bierley, Yorks England. (Lilly Bentley was born in Dec 1876 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England ⁵⁰⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

Info from FreeBDM site