Walter Charles Mayhew was born 6th Oct 1860 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England and was the fifth of nine children. His father John Mayhew was an Agricultural Labourer and Walter was a General Labourer & Gravel Digger.
Walter married my 2nd Great Grandmother Elizabeth Finding on 12th Oct 1881 and they had 11 children together between 1881-1906. Four of these children died at ages (as born) 7, 1, 4 & 0, including their first child who was born just two months after they married.
Of their children, Albert died age 7, Walter married and had seven children in Leicester where he worked as a Sheet Metal Worker. My Great Grandfather Ernest married and had four children. Joseph died age 1. Rose married and had two children and died in 1932 age 42. Blanche married and had three children. Daisy died age 4. Frank joined the army as a Private in the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment and died 3rd Oct 1918 in Belgium during WWI age 19. Louise married and had two children. Arthur died at only a few month old. Evelyn married and had two children.
Elizabeth died 7th July 1920 age 59 at 1B King Street, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. Walter died 13th Nov 1943 age 83 at the same address, with his youngest daughter Evelyn present. Evelyn lived at this address until her own death in 1977.
PARENT (M) Walter Charles Mayhew | |||
Birth | 6 OCT 1860 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | DEC 1943 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Marriage | 12 OCT 1881 | to Elizabeth Finding at Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Father | John Mayhew | ||
Mother | Louisa Barker | ||
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Finding | |||
Birth | 1861 | Marston Moretain, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 12 OCT 1881 | to Walter Charles Mayhew at Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Father | Ebenezer Finding | ||
Mother | Eliza Barker | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Rose Elizabeth Mayhew | ||
Birth | JUN 1889 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | |||
Marriage | MAR 1912 | to Maurice Edward J P Inskip at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | |
M | Frank Edward Mayhew | ||
Birth | JUN 1899 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | 3 OCT 1918 | Belgium | |
F | Daisy Winifred Mayhew | ||
Birth | DEC 1896 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | |||
F | Blanche Ellen Mayhew | ||
Birth | DEC 1892 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | |||
Marriage | MAR 1918 | to Frederick Nichols at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | |
M | Ernest Benjamin Mayhew | ||
Birth | SEP 1885 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | 30 JAN 1961 | Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England | |
Marriage | JUN 1907 | to Amelia Elizabeth Cowley at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | |
Marriage | SEP 1938 | to Ida Mary Whittemore at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England | |
M | Walter Charles Mayhew | ||
Birth | 23 JUL 1883 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | 1 NOV 1951 | ||
Marriage | DEC 1905 | to Alice Day at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | |
M | Albert Frederick Mayhew | ||
Birth | 17 DEC 1881 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | |
Death | SEP 1889 | Kempston, Bedfordshire, England |