William Hayward
c1819 – 1895
Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans branch:
- Stationmaster at Springfield (later called Smallford), c1874.
Life Highlights:
- Born in about 1819 in Otterford, Somersetshire.
- Married Charlotte Thomas in 1844, in Taunton, Somerset.
- Died in 1895, in Nottingham.
Homes included:
- Puttocks Oak No 1, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
- St Albans Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
- Springfields Station House, Sleap & Smallford, Hertfordshire.
- Chain Lock House, Canal Side, Lenton, Nottingham.
He, his wife, 2 daughters and 2 sons are at Puttocks Oak No 1, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in the 1851 census: Gt Northern Railway Porter.
He, his wife, 1 daughter and 2 sons are at St Albans Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in the 1861 census: Railway Porter.
He and 1 daughter are at Springfields Station House, Sleap & Smallford, Hertfordshire, in the 1871 census: Station Master.
He and his wife are at Chain Lock House, Canal Side, Lenton, Nottingham, in the 1881 census: Canal Toll Collector.
Information gathered from:
- The Roger Taylor archive.
- Census returns.
- Marriage Index (also wife’s baptism found in Parish Register).
- Deaths Index.