Levi and Matilda Stanley

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Levi Stanley (1818? – 3 December 1908) and Matilda Jowles Stanley (1821? – 15 January 1878) were members of the Stanley family, of Romani heritage. They immigrated from England to Montgomery County, Ohio.

Their family was referred to as "Dayton's own Gypsies,"^[1] using a term for those of Romani heritage which is now considered offensive in North America.^[2] After the death of Levi's parents, the couple were sometimes referred to as "king" and "queen", both within the Romani community and to some gorgers (Angloromani: "non-Romani"). This term was sometimes applied at the time to heads of a Romani extended family group.^[1]