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William Benjamin Hayward
1857 –1941
William Benjamin Hayward
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Unmarked grave William Benjamin Hayward (1857-1941)
William was born on Christmas Day 1857 in Pimlico to William and Esther (née Batt) Hayward. His father was a gardener, born in Standon in Hertfordshire, and in 1871 the family were living at Mill End Cottage in the village. It seems that at some point William snr was working in London, as both William Benjamin and their next son were born there. After that they returned to Standon where three more sons and a daughter were born.
The 1881 census reveals that William and his younger brother Charles were living in Paddington with their widowed aunt Mary Hayward. William was working as a coachman and Charles was a groom.
William married Sarah Ann Harris (born 1854 in Swinford, Leics) in 1883 in the Lutterworth, Leics, district.
They were to have two children: Daughter Florence Mary, born 1884 in Marylebone and William Henry born 1887 in Paddington.
In 1891 the family were living at 1, Cambridge Mews, Paddington, just off the Edgware Road. William was described as a “cab proprietor and driver”, probably meaning that he owned his own cab which, with the horse, would be kept at the mews.
By 1901 they had moved to 147, Miles Buildings off Penfold Street in the Marylebone district of London. This flat was part of a series of tenement buildings put up in 1885 by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company to provide better housing for working people. William was still a cab driver, but is described as a “worker”, implying that he now worked for a cab company, rather than still owning his own vehicle and horse. There was certainly nowhere nearby for him to have stabled them.
The 1911 census records the family at 262, St Albans Road, Watford. William was by then a tobacconist and they were living “over the shop”. Florence was a dress maker employed by a “court dressmaker” and William jnr was a “timber yard man”.
By 1921 things appear to have taken a turn for the worse for William. Aged 64, he was now a builder’s labourer employed by a Mr Lee. The family were living at 101, St John’s Road, Boxmoor and William jnr. had left home. (He served in the Royal Field Artillery as a sergeant and later married). Florence was employed as a dressmaker by “Madam Armes” (possibly the same court dressmaker she had been working for in 1911) in Great Portland Street, London
By 1930 the Haywards had moved to Berkhamsted and the 1939 Register records William as “Gardener retired”. Unmarried daughter Florence Mary was still living with her parents at “Lanarth”, 7, Kitsbury Road.
William died in February 1941 aged 83. Sarah survived him until 1945, remaining at Kitsbury Road.
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Unmarked grave William Benjamin Hayward (1857-1941)
William was born on Christmas Day 1857 in Pimlico to William and Esther (née Batt) Hayward. His father was a gardener, born in Standon in Hertfordshire, and in 1871 the family were living at Mill End Cottage in the village. It seems that at some point William snr was working in London, as both William Benjamin and their next son were born there. After that they returned to Standon where three more sons and a daughter were born.
The 1881 census reveals that William and his younger brother Charles were living in Paddington with their widowed aunt Mary Hayward. William was working as a coachman and Charles was a groom.
William married Sarah Ann Harris (born 1854 in Swinford, Leics) in 1883 in the Lutterworth, Leics, district.
They were to have two children: Daughter Florence Mary, born 1884 in Marylebone and William Henry born 1887 in Paddington.
In 1891 the family were living at 1, Cambridge Mews, Paddington, just off the Edgware Road. William was described as a “cab proprietor and driver”, probably meaning that he owned his own cab which, with the horse, would be kept at the mews.
By 1901 they had moved to 147, Miles Buildings off Penfold Street in the Marylebone district of London. This flat was part of a series of tenement buildings put up in 1885 by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company to provide better housing for working people. William was still a cab driver, but is described as a “worker”, implying that he now worked for a cab company, rather than still owning his own vehicle and horse. There was certainly nowhere nearby for him to have stabled them.
The 1911 census records the family at 262, St Albans Road, Watford. William was by then a tobacconist and they were living “over the shop”. Florence was a dress maker employed by a “court dressmaker” and William jnr was a “timber yard man”.
By 1921 things appear to have taken a turn for the worse for William. Aged 64, he was now a builder’s labourer employed by a Mr Lee. The family were living at 101, St John’s Road, Boxmoor and William jnr. had left home. (He served in the Royal Field Artillery as a sergeant and later married). Florence was employed as a dressmaker by “Madam Armes” (possibly the same court dressmaker she had been working for in 1911) in Great Portland Street, London
By 1930 the Haywards had moved to Berkhamsted and the 1939 Register records William as “Gardener retired”. Unmarried daughter Florence Mary was still living with her parents at “Lanarth”, 7, Kitsbury Road.
William died in February 1941 aged 83. Sarah survived him until 1945, remaining at Kitsbury Road.
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