George Stables (b. 1865 Street)
George was the son of George Stables, a descendent of Isaac Stables and Susannah Broom.
George Stables, b. 1865 Street, Yorkshire
+Mary Anne Hague b. 1880/1881 m. 1892 Hoyland, Yorkshire
├──Fred Stables b. 1906 Hoyland Yorkshire
│ +Annie Hocking b. 1912/1913 Nottingham m. 1934 Hoyland
│ ├──Margaret Stables b. 1934 Worsborough, Yorkshire
│ ├──Ronald Stables b. 1936 Worsborough, Yorkshire
│ │ +Valerie Booth b. 1945 Barnsley m. 1963 Morecambe
│ │ └──David Simon Staples b. 1966 Morecambe, Lancashire
│ │ +Sarah Jane Dobson b. 1969 Bradford─upon─avon m. 1994 Shaw
│ │ └──Susan Staples b. 2002 Crewe, Cheshire
│ ├──Maureen Stables b. 1936 Worsborough, Yorkshire
│ └──Cynthia Stables b. 1938 Worsborough, Yorkshire
└──Leonard Stables
+Avril ?
└──Muriel Stables
Family legend has it that George lost an eye in the Boer war which may explain why he was a surface worker at the mine. It is also rumoured that he won Best of breed at Crufts with an old English sheepdog, although I have been unable to find any evidence of this.
Both George and Leonard worked at Elsecar main colliery. Fred flew in the face of tradition by going to work at Alf Cooke Ltd. (Printers) in Leeds.
Although Ronald’s birth certificate says he is a Stables, he swears he has always been known as 'Staples' and so the family name appears to have mutated.
The four children of Fred and Annie were put into Street Lane orphanage, Leeds in 1940 and have not met since.
The information on this page was very kindly supplied by David Staples