Person:William Haywood (8)

William Haywood was baptised on 2nd November 1834 at East Stoke in Nottinghamshire, son of Ann Haywood, formerly Bonser, and her husband William Haywood, a shoe maker. It seems likely that young William was a few weeks old when baptised, as it would appear that his mother had died two months earlier - possibly giving birth to him or shortly afterwards. His father had also died whilst his mother was pregnant with him, having been buried in July 1834. Young William was therefore left orphaned from a very early age.

William was brought up by his mother's parents, William and Elizabeth Bonser, who lived at East Stoke. The 1841 census finds William living at East Stoke with his grandparents and his two half-siblings (his mother's children from before her marriage).

By 1851 William was working as a general servant in the neighbouring village of Elston. Back in East Stoke, William's grandfather died in 1853 and his grandmother in 1856.

On 14th May 1859, aged 24, William married Hannah Beeson at Cotham, about three miles south-east of East Stoke. After their marriage they lived for the first few years at Long Bennington in Lincolnshire, about three miles south-east of Cotham. They appear there in the 1861 census, when William was working as an agricultural labourer, and they had two sons were born there in 1861 and 1866.

By 1871 the family had moved to Shelton in Nottinghamshire, about two miles south-west of Cotham, where William worked as a gamekeeper. William was still working as a gamekeeper ten years later, when he and Hannah were living at Staunton, another village in the same area.

Hannah died at the age of 55. She was buried at Cotham on 3rd October 1890.

The 1891 census finds William living alone at Asherton Hill in Long Bennington, and working again as an agricultural labourer.

William died at the age of 60. He was buried at Cotham on 18th March 1895.

1. ↑ East Stoke (St Oswald), in Nottinghamshire Family History Society. Nottinghamshire Baptisms Database.

   ch. 2 Nov 1834 / William son of / William & Ann / HAYWOOD / Shoemaker / East Stoke

   Needs to be confirmed at Nottinghamshire Record Office.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 867; Book 1; Folio 6; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Will[ia]m Bonser, male, 70 [1766-71], Shoe M[aker], born in county
   Elizabeth Bonser, female, 60 [1776-81], not born in county
   Eliza Bonser, female, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   George Bonser, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Will[ia]m Haywood, male, 6 [1834/5], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2134; Folio 109; Page 24, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Elston, Nottinghamshire
   Nathaneal Rose, head, married, male, 52 [1798/9], Farm 65 acres employin[g] one man, b. Bassingham, Lincolnshire
   Catharine Rose, wife, married, female, 53 [1797/8], b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   William Minkly, servant, unmarried, male, 52 [1798/9], General Serv[ant], b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   William Haywood, servant, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], General Serv[ant], b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Hargrove, servant, female, 13 [1837/8], b. Boston, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2481; Folio 65; Page 45, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Agr[icultural] Lab[ourer], b. Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 26 [1834/5], b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire
   William Muxlow, boarder, widower, male, 61 [1799/1800], Bricklayer, b. Bennington, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3547; Folio 4; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Shelton, Nottinghamshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 36 [1834/5], Game Keeper, b. Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 36 [1834/5], b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire
   Edward T. Haywood, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Long Binnington, Leicestershire
   Henry Haywood, son, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Long Binnington, Leicestershire
   Betsy A. Haywood, servant, female, 13 [1857/8], Housemaid, b. Newton, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3378; Folio 95; Page 4, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: The Folly, Staunton, Nottinghamshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 46 [1834/5], Gamekeeper, b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], Gamekeeper wife, b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2715; Folio 40; Page 1, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Asherton Hill, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   William Haywood, head, widower, 56 [1834/5], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire

8.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. William HAYWOOD, March Quarter 1895, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 324, aged 61 [1833/4]

9. ↑ England. National Burial Index.

   bur. 18 Mar 1895, Cotham, Nottinghamshire: William Haywood, 61 [1833/4]