Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Stanley was born about 1483, in Lathom, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Stanley I 9th Baron Strange of Knockin, was 24 and her mother, Joan Le Strange Baroness Strange of Knockin, was 21. She married Sir Robert Sheffield of Butterwick in 1502, in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1557, in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Lady Jane Stanley - Government record: birth-name: Jane Stanley
- spouse and son, and she was the King (Edward VI) second cousin
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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