Notes from conversation with George Edward Hayward    Midsummer event at NRC 19^th June 2024 “Find a Grave”

George was researching his paternal great grandfather John Charles Hayward, born 10^th of June 1847, at Bethnal Green Middlesex. He was baptised the Roman Catholic on the 9^th of July 1847 At St Mary’s Moorfields Westminster. His occupation was a plasterer.

In the 1851 census Harriet is shown as living at 45 Dean Street Soho Middlesex,

in 1861 census at Silver Street Reading Berkshire

In 1871 census at 5 west Leyes Rugby Warwickshire.

John is shown in the 1851 census in Ford St, Stratford Le Bow Middlesex

Iin the 1861 census 19 Ford Road Bow Middlesex

George was married to Harriet Simmonds, a barmaid, (born Reading) on the 6^th of February 1876 at St Giles Reading.

In  1881 they are at the Robin Hood Newbury .

In 1891 as living at Wentworth Cottage Rosebury Place Newbury.

He died at Stroud Green in May 1898 and was buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, after a  service at St John’s, on the 11^th of May 1898.  He is buried in consecrated ground but there is no memorial.

After John died Harriet is shown in the 1901 census at 21 Westbourne Terrace Newbury

 and in the 1911 census 1 Colne villas Springfield Road Clewer.

In 1913 Harriet is living at 8 Goswell Road Speenhamland.  She died in in spring 1913 and had a burial service at St Mary’s Speenhamland. She is not shown as buried in Newtown Road Cemetery or at Shaw Cemetery. (Which in fact opened in July 1913).  (At St Mary’s the only burials were in the crypt and here were about 840 memorial services at St Mary’s during the life of the church but it is believed that only just over 100 were actually buried in the crypt of the church .  Around 1973/4 the church was demolished , all the remains were taken from the crypt to Reading crematorium and the ashes scattered there.

so possibly Harriet was buried elsewhere or she could have been cremated.

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