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Queen of the Gypsies Matilda Joles
Facts and Events
References
- Woodland Cemetery.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Burial of a Gypsie Queen. New York Times.
6 Sep 1878.
BURIAL OF A GYPSIE QUEEN.
—TWENTY THOUSAND PERSON PRESENT—THE SERVICES—CHARACTER AND HISTORY OF THE GYPSIES.
Special Dispatch to the New York Times September 6, 1878
A PDF format is available on the New York Times website.
Cincinnati, Sept. 15.—The funeral of Matilda Stanley, the late Queen of the Gypsies in the United States, took place at Dayton to-day in the presence of over 20,000 people. The programme of the services did not differ essentially from any Christian burial. If any exercises of a peculiar character took place, they were apart from the public demonstration. There was a long line of carriages, and the services in the cemetery were conducted by Rev. Daniel Bergher, of the United Brethren Church, of Dayton, assisted by a quartet from the church choirs of the city. The Gypsy Queen dies in Vicksburg last February, and her boy was embalmed in such a manner that it still retains the natural aspect of life. It was placed in a vault in the cemetery, and every day members of late Queen’s family have come with fresh flowers to sterw over her. To-day there were a dozen chiefs and their tribes in the city from different sections of the United States, to pay their last tribute to the dead Queen. The deceased was a plain, hardy-looking old woman, with a touch of Meg Merrilies in her appearance, and a manner indicative of a strong and pronounced character. There are stories told of her wonderful faculty of telling fortunes, when she pleased, and her remarkable powers as a mesmerist, both qualities being explained by the assertion they were handed down to her as the eldest daughter in the Stanley family, and were secrets possessed by her alone. She possessed a singular influence over her people that has not entirely ceased with her death. Her subjects came to America in 1856, and shortly after selected Dayton as their head-quarters for he Summer months, and it became the centre for the gypsies of the country. They are good neighbors, industrious and thrifty, contrary to the usually conceived idea. They have several large farms near the city. In the Winter they pack up for the South, to speculate and trade, leaving one or two of the tribe to look after their property at home. They are reverent church people, and the reigning King, Levi Stanley, and his son and heir, known as Sugar Stanley, are members of the I. O. O. F. in good standing. The grave of the Queen, in which the coffin will rest, is a box made of stone slabs, 2 feet deep and 10 by 4 in dimensions. Over the grave will be raised in the form of a monument a bowlder, 8 feet in diameter, surmounted by life-size figure of the Queen in white marble.
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1860 United States Federal Census
View 1860 United States Federal Census View blank form Name: Matilda Stanley Age: 40 Birth Year: abt 1820 Gender: Female Birth Place: England Home in 1860: Troy, Miami, Ohio Post Office: Troy Dwelling Number: 52 Family Number: 52 Occupation: Wanderer Household Members: Name Age Sarah Cromer 41 William W Cromer 21 Sarah A Cromer 19 Robert M Cromer 17 Mary J Cromer 15 John C Cromer 11 Dilia Cromer 4 Eugene Cromer 4 Henry Wecht 27 Benj Stanley 35 Mary Stanley 34 Gentelia Stanley 13 Levi Stanley 11 Samuel Stanley 8 Thomas Stanley 6 Matilda Stanley 4 Dillie Stanley 3 Levi Stanley 40 Matilda Stanley 40 Sarah Stanley 18 Paul Stanley 14 Adam Stanley 12 Missouri Stanley 4 Louisa Stanley 3 James Guy 30 Maria Guy 25 Halena Guy 5 Harriet Harrison 25 Edward Harrison 6 John Harrison 4 Henry Jeff 24 Phillie Jeff 25 William Jeff 2 Gentea Jeff 9/12 Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Troy, Miami, Ohio; Roll: M653_1011; Page: 258; Family History Library Film: 805011
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1851 England Census
View 1851 England Census View Map View blank form Name: Matilda Stanlick Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Levy Stanlick Gender: Female Where born: Halanton, Somerset, England Civil Parish: Sourton Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps: View related Ecclesiastical Parish County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Okehampton Sub-registration district: Bratton Clovelly ED, institution, or vessel: 2b Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 34 Piece: 1885 Folio: 319 Page Number: 15 Household Members: Name Age Levy Stanlick 32 Matilda Stanlick 32 Levy Stanlick 11 Paul Stanlick 3 Mary Stanlick 8 Adam Stanlick 4 Mo Source Citation Class: HO107; Piece: 1885; Folio: 319; Page: 15; GSU roll: 221034-221035
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
View New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Matilda Stanly Arrival date: 1 Jul 1854 Birth Date: abt 1818 Age: 36 Gender: Female Ethnicity/ Nationality: English Place of Origin: England Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Destination: England Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Try Search Ship Database: Search for the Try in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Source Citation Year: 1854; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 142; Line: 45; List Number: 828
Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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