Edmund John Haywood (1870 - 1956)

Born 21 Dec 1870 in Aller, Abbotskerswell, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mahelia Elizabeth (Smith) Haywood — married 1903 in Chelsea Registration District, London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 1956 at about age 85 in Plympton Registration District, Devon, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Haywood Name Study.

Edmund was born in 1870, ^[1] the first son and eldest child of John Haywood and Johanna Murch. ^{[2] [3]}

He had fair hair and blue eyes, and was 5' 5" tall. On his naval service record he states his birth date is 21 December 1872, ^[4]but on the 1939 register he gives his date of birth as 23 October 1870.^[5]

Although as a child and young man, Edmund worked as a tile and brickmaker, (like his father) ^[6] as soon as he was 21 Edmund made a career of being a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy from 1891 to 1903, mostly as a stoker on ships including Indus, Anson, Empress of India, Crescent, Orlando, Diana, Monmouth, Gibraltar, Challenger, and Vivid I and II. ^[7]

The Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport (adjacent to Plymouth) was built in the late 1800s and at the time the Commander in Chief of the area had an official yacht HMS VIVID. He decided that the new barracks should take the designation HMS VIVID. It was customary for satellites of shore establishments to take the "ship name" of their parent with I or II and so on added. HMS VIVID I was the signals centre associated with the Devonport Barracks but not actually inside the perimeter. HMS VIVID II and III would have been shore units, part of the Devonport barracks, probably not actually within the perimeter but certainly within the general area of Plymouth Naval Base. ^[8]

In 1903, Edmund married Mahelia Elizabeth Smith in the Chelsea Registration District of London, England (she came from Tottenham). ^[9] The couple had two boys and four girls: Philip, Sissie, Elsie, Millie, Edith, and Edmund (who died aged 6 months).

Edmund John took some breaks in his career, but always rejoined (in 1901, from gaol!). He signed on to the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1909 for a period of five years, but actually served throughout World War One. (The Royal Fleet Reserve was a body of trained men who could serve in an emergency situation - and a World War qualified...)

Edmund died in 1956, aged 86.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales birth registration: Newton A [district], Volume 5b, Page 136, December quarter 1870, mother's maiden name MURCH
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5TK-6HT : 25 April 2019), Edmund J Haywood in entry for John Haywood, 1871.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q276-T476 : 12 December 2017), Edmund Haywood in household of John Haywood, Bovey-Tracey, Devon, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 48, Piece/Folio 2158/89, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,767
4. ↑ Service record held by Ros Haywood
5. ↑ 1939 Register: "1939 England and Wales Register"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/6885a; Line Number: 14; Schedule Number: 139; Sub Schedule Number: 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61596 #29808476 (accessed 23 November 2022)
   Edmund J Haywood (born 23 Oct 1870), married, Brick Maker Retired, at 8, Plympton St Mary, Devon, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WXY4-PT2 : 4 May 2019), Edmund Haywood in household of John Haywood, Maker, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Cornwall county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ Service record held by Ros Haywood
8. ↑ Edmonds (2006), http://www.maritimequest.com
9. ↑ England & Wales marriage registration: Chelsea [district], Volume 1a, Page 821, June quarter 1903
10. ↑ England & Wales death registration: Plympton [district], Volume 7a, Page 691, December quarter 1956

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