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Personal history I was born in Kansas City in 1956 and lived in Kansas until I was 4 years old. My family moved to Immanuel Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northern Arizona in 1961. The high desert plains, washes, and mountains were my playground until we moved to Snowflake, Arizona, in 1973. I graduated from Snowflake Union High School in 1974 and attended the California Center for Biblical Studies in the Los Angeles area the following year. Returning home, I served as the town librarian for one year and then headed to Chicago for training with International Teams. Language and Bible studies prepared me for assisting a church in Grenoble, France, where I spent two years (1977-79). I absolutely fell in love with Europe. (Here's another Grenoble site.) Upon my return to the States, I found a job at the University of Arizona in Tucson late in 1979 and have lived here since that time. I've worked in several different departments within Facilities Management; most recently moving to Grounds Services in 1991.
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Essays on life at the mission:
Riding the Bus to High School
Picture Night
Recent Projects:
Lately I've had the privilege of compiling some family history projects which were the result of research done by my cousin Jeff Staley.
| STALEY FAMILY HISTORY |
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My brother, Timothy Luke Staley, has taken over this information on his wonderfully new and improved website: 
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| LETTERS HOME FROM WORLD WAR I |
| Letters from Lloyd M. Staley to Mary B. Gray August 1917 to July 1918 August to October 1918 October to December 1918 January to May 1919 and Epilogue Related Essays Bibliography Supplemental Resources |
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Arts & Entertainment's The History Channel featured a few of Lloyd's letters in their DEAR HOME production on Friday, November 10, 2000. You can purchase a VHS tape of the program in their online store. Also, for more info, see their press release. |
| MEMOIRS WRITTEN BY LLOYD M. STALEY |
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People Abraham Ephriam Staley - Lloyd's grandfather Arlonzo Edwin Staley - Lloyd's father May Belle (Lamb) Staley - Lloyd's mother Lloyd's Autobiography Mary Beatrice (Gray) Staley - Lloyd's wife |
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Life on the Farm in the early 1900s
A Day on the Farm Ice Harvest Apple Butter Time Butchering Time Threshing Time School Days Spring Planting Time |
| STALEY BIOGRAPHICAL WORKSHEETS |
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Moved to:
Abraham Stilley (Staley) (1768-1845)
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Genealogical Charts Moved to:
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| JOHNSON FAMILY HISTORY |
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Will include excerpts from the Rolf Johnson diaries,
covering the years 1875-1880. This book is currently available from Amazon.com: |
If you have any questions or comments regarding any of the above, please contact me at rstaley@u.arizona.edu.
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My cousin Jeffrey Lloyd Staley, who researched the Staley family history, also grew up at Immanuel Mission. He included an autobiographical chapter in his latest book, Reading With a Passion: Rhetoric, Autobiography, and the American West in the Gospel of John, which has some additional family history details. Click the book at right to view it or buy it at Amazon.com. You can also read an interview with Jeff conducted by Amazon.com. |
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For more genealogical research on the Staley name, this site might help: Miles Erdman Staley's website He also has information on Lamb, Grave, Coo, and Coe. |
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An excellent web clearinghouse for genealogical information is Cyndi Howells' List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet. |
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Some great books on WWI or Genealogy that I plan to read:
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