HUDSON – Stan’s Paving owner George W. Stanley got into the business through his father, the late Cornelius Stanley, and established his own company in 1993, state business records show.

His silver trucks with “Stan’s” emblazoned in yellow on the side, sit alongside Route 102 in Hudson, near the Litchfield line.

Stan’s Paving is one of dozens of paving companies in New Hampshire owned by members of the extended Stanley family. George W. Stanley also has rights to the name Stanley Paving in New Hampshire, mainly to keep competitors from poaching on his good name, he’s said.

Stan’s Paving is an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau, with an A+ rating, and The Telegraph could find no record of complaints or lawsuits against the company. Its reputation appears smooth and spotless.

Contacted in 2009, after Joseph C. Stanley, the son of one of his cousins, was charged with running paving scams and claimed to work for Stanley Paving, George Stanley disavowed the youth, saying, “I don’t know him, and he doesn’t work with me … I have no affiliation with him whatsoever.”

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George W. Stanley has had other fallings-out with family members, court records suggest. In 1997, he filed a series of restraining orders against various members of his extended family, all of whom were involved in the asphalt business.

One petition was filed against Joshua J. Stanley, of 18 Cross St., Salem, whom George Stanley identified as a “first cousin.” In it, George Stanley wrote, “his wife left him and he’s taking it out on me… he and all his brothers.”

He also filed a petition against Richard W. Stanley, also of 18 Cross St., Salem, writing, “He said he’s going to shoot me because I’m going out with his wife,” and Joseph C. Stanley, of 18 Cross St., Salem.

At the same time, George Stanley also filed petitions against Cornelius V. Stanley, owner of CVS Paving, then of 18 Hamilton St., and now of 32 Yarmouth Drive in Nashua; Sam W. Stanley of 189 Rockingham Road, Derry; Esau “Ace” Stanley, of 189 Rockingham Road, Derry; and George Washington Stanley, of 6 Silver Drive, Salem.

George Stanley claimed that his cousins had threatened to beat him up, confronted him at a local asphalt plant and that he’d also received threatening phone calls.

A judge granted his request for a restraining order against Richard W. Stanley after a hearing on April 4, 1997.

Court records indicate that police were unable to serve notice of the order, however, and all of the other petitions were dismissed in short order, for lack of evidence, court records show.

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While his company’s reputation has been beyond reproach in southern New Hampshire for quite some time, George W. Stanley has gotten into spots of trouble elsewhere, public records show.

Some were for motor vehicle violations, including reckless driving, speeding and driving with an expired license in Connecticut and North Carolina.

Other records show George W. Stanley, born in July 1970, no address given, was cited Jan. 11, 2000, and April 19, 2000, in Virginia for misdemeanor charges of working without a business license. Both cases were disposed Aug. 21, 2002, but it’s not clear how.

Another reveals George W. Stanley, born July 1970, of 284 Derry Road, Hudson, was convicted on a theft charge in Middlesex County, N.J., on June 14, 2005.

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Public records show that George W. Stanley has a quirky habit of varying his birth dates, Social Security number, and the address of his home and company. That peculiar habit seems to run in the family.

George W. Stanley’s exact age is uncertain. When he filed a series of restraining orders against several cousins in 1997, he wrote that his date of birth was July 16, 1970. In documents filed in Hillsborough County Probate Court, he gave his birth date as Jan. 12, 1974, and in a 1997 child support case in Hillsborough County Superior Court, he gave Jan. 12, 1973. In each case, the document was filled out by George W. Stanley of 284 Derry Road, Hudson, of Stan’s Paving.

George W. Stanley used both that home address and a post office box in Hudson when he first established Stan’s Paving in 1993, according to the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office.

The property is near the Litchfield line, and public records show that Stanley has at times used the same street address, 284 Derry Road, but claimed it to be in Litchfield. In fact, according to the Litchfield Tax Assessor’s office, there is a 284 Derry Road, Litchfield, but it is a different property, owned by Joanne Worth of 282 Derry Road, Litchfield. Stan’s Paving also has an address at 4 Bud Way, Nashua.

George W. Stanley’s parents, the late Cornelius C. and Barbara J. Stanley, bought the property at 284 Derry Road, Hudson, from Margaret Hubert in 1978, with a $31,900 mortgage, Hillsborough County property records show.

They put the home in his sister Sophie’s name in 1986, and then later transferred it to the Stanley Realty Trust, not to be confused with an entity owned by a local construction company. A dispute over ownership of the property was settled in Hillsborough County Probate Court in 2009, leaving the property in the name of George W. Stanley.

The proceedings, and various other court cases involving the same individuals, reveal much about the family.

Cornelius C. and Barbara J. Stanley were married in 1969 in Maine. They died in 2000 and 1989, respectively, leaving three surviving children: George W. Stanley of Hudson, Sophie J. Stanley of Manchester, and Cornelius C. Stanley Jr. Two other children, Joseph C. Stanley and William Stanley, were killed in a car crash March 27, 2005.

In a document filed with the county registry of deeds, titled, “Declaration of Trust of the Stanley Realty Trust,” the parents gave three of their five children equal shares in the property at 284 Derry Road: George W., Sophie J. and the late Joseph C. Stanley.

Joseph and William Stanley each left several children of their own, although in at least one case, it was unclear which of the two brothers was the father, according to a report filed in the case by attorney Nicholas Frasca, who was appointed to look after the interests of potential heirs of the 284 Derry Road property.

Similar confusion existed regarding the children of Cornelius and Barbara Stanley, Frasca reported, with some family members asserting that each of them had children from other relationships, and others disputing it.

In his divorce case filed in Hillsborough County Superior Court, George Stanley’s brother, Cornelius C. Stanley, identified himself using what appears to be his father’s Social Security Number and date of birth, Jan. 23, 1942.

He had married Tina (Megna) Stanley, then of 194 Falcon St., East Boston, in 1993, and they had no children at the time of their divorce the following year. In that case, Cornelius C. Stanley listed his mother as Martha H. Cooper.

Despite the use of what appears to be his father’s birth date and Social Security Number, there is no question that the Cornelius C. Stanley Jr., who married and divorced Tina Megna, is a brother of George W. Stanley. His date of birth is Aug. 27, 1972, according to the records of the New Hampshire State Prison, where he has been incarcerated since 2000. He will become eligible for parole in 2016.

Similarly, public records show that both Cornelius V. Stanley Sr. and his son, Cornelius V. Stanley Jr., born in 1983, have also used the same Social Security Number, which was issued in Massachusetts in the early 1980s.

His father used the number when he was arrested for failing to show up for a court date in December 2009. In a 1997 child support case, Cornelius V. Stanley Jr. used a Social Security Number that was never issued to anyone, according to public records.

Andrew Wolfe can be reached at 594-6410 or awolfe@nashua telegraph.com.