Person:William Mayo (38)

William Mayo was born on 11th February 1822 and baptised the following month at the Back Street Independent Chapel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He was the son of a brickmaker named Charles Mayo and his wife Sarah. The family clearly moved about a bit - one of William's sisters claimed to have been born in Digswell, a few miles south of Hitchin, whilst in the 1841 census the family was living at Cockernhoe, a few miles west of Hitchin.

In 1848, William married a girl called Sarah Smith in Luton, the town immediately west of Cockernhoe. The 1851 census finds William living at Nightingale Cottages in Hitchin with his parents. William had followed his father's trade and was also working as a brickmaker. Sarah was not with him on census night. She gave birth around the time of that census or shortly after to their first child, a son called George. Sadly he died the following year. Altogether, William and Sarah had seven children between 1851 and 1866, but four died as children.

In Hitchin, Sarah and William lived on the west side of town for the three censuses in 1871, 1881 and 1891, living in the adjoining streets of Bedford Street and Union Road / Union Street (later renamed Oughtonhead Way). Sarah was described as a bonnet sewer and straw plaiter. They then moved to the east side of town where they lived opposite Hitchin railway station at Benslow Lodge on Walsworth Road, which was a lodge house for Benslow House, where William appears to have worked as a gardener.

William died in 1896, aged 74. Sarah outlived him by about five years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Hitchin, Back Street Meeting (Independent or Paedobaptist Congregational), 1771-1837, in England. Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970. (Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857 held by The National Archives of the United Kingdom; Kew, Surrey, England: Ancestry.com )
   Class RG4; Piece 743.

   William, Son of Charles Mayo of [blank] and Sarah his wife, was born the 11th day of February 1822 and was baptized the 31st day of March 1822 by me Cha[rle]s Sloper

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 445; Book 12; Folio 34; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Cockernhoe Green, Offley, Hertfordshire
   Charles Mayo, male, 43 [1797/8], Brickmaker, born in county
   Sarah Mayo, female, 42 [1798/9], born in county
   William Mayo, male, 19 [1821/2], born in county
   Ann Mayo, female, 17 [1823/4], born in county
   George Mayo, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Elizabeth Mayo, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Hannah Mayo, female, 7 [1833/4], 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 1710; Folio 198; Page 37, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Nighting Gale [sic] Cottages, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Chas Mayo, head, married, male, 53 [1797/8], Brickmaker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarrah Mayo, wife, female, married, 52 [1798/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Mayo, son, male, 29 [1821/2], Brickmaker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Annah Mayo, daughter, female, 17 [1833/4], Paitter [sic], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 819; Folio 58; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Bedford Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mayo, head, widow, female, 62 [1798/9], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Mayo, daughter, unmarried, female, 26 [1834/5], Bonnet Sewer, b. Digswell, Hertfordshire
   ~second household at same address~
   William Mayo, head, married, male, 39 [1821/2], Brick Maker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mayo, wife, married, female, 32 [1828/9], Bonnet Sewer, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Emma E. Mayo, daughter, female, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Susan Mayo, daughter, female, 5 [1855/6], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Selina Mayo, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 1367; Folio 67; Page 26, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Union Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Mayo, head, married, male, 49 [1821/2], Brickmaker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mayo, wife, married, female, 42 [1828/9], Straw Plaiter, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Alice Mayo, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Kate Mayo, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 1418; Folio 55; Page 21, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Union Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Mayo, head, married, male, 59 [1821/2], Laborer, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mayo, wife, married, female, 53 [1827/8], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Kate Mayo, daughter, female, 14 [1866/7], Nurse Maid, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 1108; Folio 9; Page 11, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Lodge to Benslow House, Walsworth Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   William Mayo, head, married, male, 69 [1821/2], Gardener, employed, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mayo, wife, married, female, 62 [1828/9], b. Luton, Bedfordshire

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

   d. William MAYO, September Quarter 1896, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 312, aged 74 [1821/2]