Sophia Stapley 6
- Born: 15 Jul 1820, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England 384
- Christened: 15 Jul 1821, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England 125
- Marriage (1): Robert Stone Gransden on 8 May 1843 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 381
- Marriage (2): Isaac Hoadley on 16 Jun 1839 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, England 386,387
- Died: 5 Oct 1905, March, Orange, New South Wales, Australia at age 85 385
- Buried: 7 Oct 1905, March, Orange, New South Wales, Australia 384
 Cause of her death was Senile Decay.
Ancestral File Number: 1QH7-T7S.
General Notes:
Cause of Death- Senile Decay. Last saw a doctor on the 1st October 1905.
Name:Sophia Hoadley
Birth Year:abt 1823
Age:16
Arrival Date:1 Dec 1839
Vessel Name:Mary
Occupation: Servant
Native Place: Lalinbourg
Religion: Protestant
Reads only
State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2134; Item: [4/4784]
Mother- Samuel Stapely, farm labourer.
Mother Hannah, maiden name unkown.
Informant- Henry Gransden, son of the deceased..
66 years in Australia- came on the Merchant Wales?- Not very clear. Probably arrived in 1839- as mentioned in the obituary below.
Two marriages.
1st marriage Issac Hoadley- Three children Elizabeth J, Emma A and one son deceased.
2nd Marriage Robert Gransden- Three children Henry, Robert and one daughter- Matilda, deceased.
The.deatb occurred at her daughter's residence, -March, thia morning of Mrs. Gransden, relict of the late Mr. R. Gransden. The deceased, who was a native of Woalhurst, England, came to the State in 1839 and settled in Sydney for a few years after which she came to live at Raglan with her husband who carried on farming pursuits there for some years. The deceased who was 85 years of age died from senile decay and, leaves the following grown up family, viz., Mr. R. Gransden (Canowindra), Mr, H. Gransden (Toogong), Mrs. J. F. Auberson, March, near Orange, and Mrs. Bosworth of Raglan. There are also 25 grandchildren and 34 great grand children. The remains will be interred in the Churcb of England cemetery, March, this afternoon.
1905 'ORANGE PEELINGS', National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), 7 October, p. 2. , viewed 24 Jan 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157322010
The Leader- Orange. Oct 6 1905
Death of MRS GRANSDEN. The death ocurred yesterday morning of the above-mentioned lady, relict of the late Mr R. Gransden, at the ripe old age of 85 years, the cause of death being senile decay. The deceased came to the State in 1839, with her husband, and after residing in Sydney for a few years, settled in Raglan, following agricultural pursuits. For some years she has been residing at Toogong, but recently lived with her daughter Mrs F. J. Auberson, March, where her death ocurred. She leaves two sons (Mr R. Gransden of Canowindra, and Mr H. Gransden, of Togoong) and two daughters (Mrs F. J. Auberson, of March, and Mrs Bosworth of Raglan), 25 grand-children and 34 great-great grandchildren. Her remains will be interred in the Church of England cemetery, March, this afternoon at 2.30. Mrs M. A. Hale will conduct the funeral arrangements.
Sophia married Robert Stone Gransden, son of Robert Wood Gransden and Mary Anne Stone, on 8 May 1843 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.381 (Robert Stone Gransden was born in Portsmouth, England 382,383, christened on 24 Aug 1813 in St John, Portsea, Hampshire, England,301 died on 4 Oct 1868 in Carlton, Westmorland, New South Wales, Australia 382 and was buried on 6 Oct 1868 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 382.). The cause of his death was Heamoptsysis 3 weeks.
Marriage Notes:
Witness Henry Stapely of Ralph's Plains and Thomas Hore of O'Connell Plains
Sophia next married Isaac Hoadley, son of Isaac Hoadley and Unknown, on 16 Jun 1839 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, England 386.,388 (Isaac Hoadley was born about 1818 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, England 386 and died in 1842 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 389.)
Marriage Notes:
Married Female Immigrant
Sophia Hoadley
A Native of Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Stapley, Labourer.
Calling: Servant
Age 15 years
Character and Person certifying same: Very Good. Certified by John Renolds?
Persons Certifying Registry of Baptism Reverend R. B. Grant?
State of Bodiy health, strenght and probably usefulness. Good Health
Religion: Episcopalian
Remarks: Reads
https://www.ancestry.com.au/media/viewer/viewer/ca2420d7-64c4-4454-9994-7a38976e8cac/18821949/2027311643?destPersonId=350054647794&destTreeId=106839347&_phsrc=cEw396&_phstart=default
Name:Sophia Stapley
Gender:Female
Age:21
Birth Date:1818
Marriage Date:16 Jun 1839
Marriage Place:Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Father:Samuel Stapley
Spouse:Isaac Jun. Hoadley
FHL Film Number:1894334
Reference ID:17
Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538'961973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014
Name:Isaac Hoadley
Registration Year:1839
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:Ticehurst
Parishes for this Registration District:View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County:Sussex
Volume:7
Page:649
Records on Page:
Name
James Akehurst
Isaac Hoadley
Elizabeth Morris
Sarah Sellens
Emma Seymour
Henry Stapley
Richard Stapley
Sophia Stapley
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
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