Keith Hayward: Summary of Genealogy & Pedigree

Page last updated: 18 October 1997
More text and old photos to be added soon.
Comments, family introductions, and contributions to: hayward@farnborough.u-net.com

Photo taken about 1898 in Fox Glen.
On the right, my granmother Myra Hayward (nee Armitage), with my father and uncle Len in the pram. In the centre is my great-aunt Ada.

For notes on histories and origins of the various families click here

Pedigree:

William Keith Hayward (1941).
Father: Charles William Hayward, Mother: Nellie Rolfe.

Parents:

Charles William Hayward 1896-1969 (72). Born Stocksbridge. had a taxi, radio, motorcycle, filling-station business in the 1920's, but went bust. Steelworks Foreman. Twice married.
Father: Charles Edward Hayward. Mother: Myra Armitage.

Nellie Hayward (nee Rolfe) 1906-1996 (89). Born Stocksbridge. 2 children (William Keith, Gillian Margaret). Housewife, Shop assistant.
Father: Thomas Frederick Rolfe. Mother: Susan Ada Pembleton.

Grandparents

Charles Edward Hayward 1872-1959 (86). Born Penistone (Yorkshire), but built a house in Stocksbrige shortly after he was married. Was breadwinner for his mother after his father died at age 44 leaving a large family. Toolmaker, Steelworks foreman, Church Sidesman, Newspaper Correspondent. I remember him well, a stern Victorian with a curly waxed moustache. He had a heated stove greenhouse full of tropical plants (just like me).
Father: William Hayward. Mother: Harriet Shortland

Myra Hayward (nee Armitage) 1875-1956 (81). Born Stocksbridge; 7 children (Charles William, Leonard, Harry, Edith, Albert, Ernest, Doris).
Father: Charles Armitage. Mother: Ada Ridal.

Thomas Frederick Rolfe 1866-1946. Born Read (Suffolk), moved to Stocksbridge as a child. Boilerman in steelworks factory. Methodist Lay preacher.
Father: John Thomas Rolfe. Mother: Ann Sophia Gude.

Susan Ada Rolfe (nee Pembleton) (1874-1930). Born Mansfield (Derbyshire). 13 children (Polly, Gertie, Walter, Ada, Percy, Jimmy, Albert, Nellie, Arthur, Winifred, Kenneth, etc).
Father: Richard Pembleton. Mother: Mary Ann Hind.

Great-grandparents

William Hayward 1848-1893 (44). Born Bamford (Derbyshire), moved to Stocksbridge as a child. Engineer, toolmaker, blacksmith. Died suddenly of viral pneumonia leaving a large family. I have some of his tools, and 2 photos of him.
Father: William Hayward. Mother: Ann Cardin.

Mary Harriet Hayward (Nee Shortland) 1850-1931 (80). (Illegitimate). Born Lutterworth (Leicestershire), moved to Stocksbridge as a child. 11 children (Sarah, Charles, Ida, Wilfred, Colin, Thomas, Rosie, Frank, Susie, Joseph William, etc). I have several photos of her.
Mother: Susanna Shortland (later Cobley).

Charles Armitage 1848-1889 (41). Coalminer. Died of coalminer's lung disease.
Father: William Armitage. Mother: Hannah Hinchcliffe

Ada Armitage (nee Ridal) 1852-1939 (87). 10 Children: Sarah, Myra, Harry, Abner, Laura, William, James William, Edith, Ada, Edna. Following the early death of her husband, she founded and ran a school in the village. I have her family bible in which the birth of each child is recorded in her own hand, and also the death of her husband. Her own death is recorded in a different hand. I have several photographs, her will, and her obituary.
Father: James Ridal. Mother: Ann Grayson

John Thomas Rolfe 1833-1907 (74). Coachman. Born Depden (Suffolk), moved to Stocksbridge.
Father: Harry Rolfe. Mother: ?

Ann Sophia Rolfe (nee Gude) 1841-1885 (44). I have one photo.
Father: Charles Gude. Mother: Frances Clarke

Richard Pembleton (1835-?). Born Farnsfield, Derbyshire. Potter.
Father: Theopilus Pembleton. Mother: ?

Mary Ann Pembleton (nee Hind) 1835-?.
Father: Henry Hind. Mother Elizabeth Glazebrook

Great-great-grandparents

William Hayward ?-1889. Labourer (dry stone waller?)
Father: Joseph Hayward. Mother: ?

Ann Hayward (nee Cardin) 1815-1887 (72). Born Tansley (Derbyshire).
Father: ?. Mother: ? (Ireland?)

Susanna Cobley (nee Shortland) 1829-1911 (82). Born: Lutterworth (Leicestershire). I have one photo of her.
Father: Samuel Shortland. Mother: Mary Morby.

William Armitage 1810?-?. Farmer.
Father: Israel Armitage. Mother: Julia Fretwell

Hannah Armitage (nee Hinchcliffe) 1818?-?. Born Penistone (Yorkshire).
Father: William Hinchcliffe. Mother: Elizabeth Woodcock.

James Ridal 1824-1901 (77). Farmer, builder, merchant, coke Burner. A great eccentric. I would dearly like to know more about him, and get his photo. I have his will.
Father: James Ridal. Mother: Sarah Hawksworth

Ann Ridal (nee Grayson) 1824?-1906 (82?). 3 children (Keziah, Ada, Edna). I believe I may have her photo.
Father: Joseph Grayson. Mother: Sarah Helliwell

Harry Rolfe

Charles Gude 1810-1885 (75).

Frances Gude (nee Clarke) 1816? -?
Father: William Clarke. Mother Phoeby Wright.

Theopilus Pembleton 1804-.

Henry Hind. Tailor. Twice married. I have his will.

Elizabeth Hind (nee Glazebrook)

Great-great-great-grandparents

Joseph Hayward 1782-1875 (82). Born Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Father:William Hayward. Mother: Mary Longden .

Mary Hayward (nee Bridge) 1784-. Christened at Edensor, Derbyshire.
Father: John Bridge. Mother:Sarah ? .

Samuel Shortland. Framework knitter

Mary Shortland (nee Morby) 1819?. Christened 1819
Father ?. Mother: Rachel Morby.

Israel Armitage 1775.

Julia Armitage (nee Fretwell) 1781?.
Father: Joshua Fretwell. Mother: Martha Senior.

William Hinchcliffe 1791.

Elizabeth Hinchcliffe (nee Woodcock) 1791.

James Ridal 1775-?. I have his will: he clearly didn't trust his son, leaving everything in the hands of trustees.
Father: John Ridal. Mother: Ann Morton .

Sarah Ridal (nee Hawksworth). The Hawksworths were an important family at Midhope, owning the mill.

Joseph Grayson 1784?-1844.
Father: Joseph Grayson. Mother: Elizabeth Murfen

Sarah Grayson (nee Helliwell) 1798-1871 (73)
Father: George Helliwell. Mother: Sarah Buckley.

Great-great-great-great-grandparents

William Hayward

Mary Hayward (nee Longden)

John Bridge

Rachel Bridge (nee Morby)

Joshua Fretwell

Martha Fretwell (nee Senior)

James Hinchcliffe

Mary Hinchcliffe (nee Thorpe)

John Ridal

Ann Ridal (nee Morton)

Joseph Grayson

Elizabeth Grayson (nee Murfen)

George Helliwell

Sarah Helliwell (nee Buckley)

Notes on family names and history.

HAYWARD. Around 1844, Joseph Hayward moved from Hathersage (Derbyshire) to Stocksbridge (South Yorkshire), to take up employment with his friend/acquaintance Samuel Fox who had moved from Derbyshire to start a factory at Stocksbridge in 1841. He was joined shortly (before 1851) by his brother William (my great-great-grandfather), and their elderly father Joseph. Joseph Hayward (the younger) became well known in the community both as the inventor/designer of the steel umbrella frame (Fox "Paragon") on which Samuel Fox built his fortune, and as the founder of the local Co-operative Society. I believe he had various business interests, and was also a co-founder of the Hoyland & Hayward Ltd umbrella factory at Eckland Mill, Penistone, but eventually retuned to Fox's, though the Eckland Mill factory continues to this day. One anecdote about Joseph, is that a workman at Fox's factory saw him with his head in his hands, apparently asleep, and reported this to Samuel Fox, who sent the person away with the remark: "He's worth more to me asleep than thou art wakken" (you have to imagine the Yorkshire/Derbyshire accent). Joseph had a very large family. His picture appears in several local history books, and oil-painting portraits of him and his wife Elizabeth are in existence. I own one of his products, a metal comb stamped with his name. At least 5 generations of the Hayward family (including me) have worked at Samuel Fox & Co Ltd. I left to go to university, and never went back. There is a very strong tradition of mechanical engineering in the Hayward family.

ROLFE. The Rolfe family came from Depden in Suffolk and were of agricultural labouring stock. They were probably economic migrants to South Yorkshire. It is family lore that the original Rolfe to come to Yorkshire was a coachman in the service of the Wharncliffe family in Wortley. Census records show that several families of Rolfe, and other families, came from the same area of Suffolk around the same time. It is rumoured that the family has some connection with the John Rolfe who was married to the red indian Princess Pocohontas. Other rumour has it that the family is of German descent.

RIDAL. A family name of long-standing in the Bradfield/Bolsterstone/Deepcar areas of South Yorkshire. They owned farmland over mineral deposits (coal, ganister, building stone), and became relatively well-to-do. Jimmy Ridal (the younger) was an eccentric with many renowned exploits. For example his wife, Ann, once announced that she would be glad when he was "under the sod", at which Jimmy was seen around the village wearing a sod of earth on his head! My father remembered that his wife smoked a clay pipe. They had 3 daughters, the eldest of whom, Keziah, met a tragic end. A story that I heard as a child was that the Fox Glen was haunted by a beautiful young woman who committed suicide there, her bones being found after many months in an old coal mine: the rats had eaten her flesh, and she was recognised by her long blond hair. The truth, which we have discovered from contemporary newspaper reports, is no less strange. One snowy night in January 1877 Keziah Beal (she was married with a young child, and had been deserted by her husband) escaped from the Wadsley Lunatic Asylum, where she was an inmate, and disappeared. The asylum was 9 miles from her parent's home, and she just about made it, because her remains were found 6 months later in a drift mine (ie a horizontal mine shaft) at Fox Glen near where her father lived, and she was identified by her asylum clothing. She was aged 28, and these days would probably be said to be suffering from post-natal depression, but the coroner instructed the inquest jury to bear in mind that she was a lunatic!. I would very much like a photograph of Jimmy Ridal (he died in 1901). A relation, Amos Ridal, was a builder and railway contractor, and built many bridges and buildings in the area, including Sheffield Wicker Arches, and retired to Torquay (Devon). Family lore is that the Ridals came from Scotland at the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie, but no evidence has yet been found. If anyone knows of a Ridal family in Scotland in the 1700's will they please contact me.

SHORTLAND. Appear to have been poor Framework-Knitters in Lutterworth (Leicestershire), and were economic migrants to South Yorkshire, several families from that area making the move.

GRAYSON. A very big family of farmers in this part of South Yorkshire, many of whom seem to be called Joseph or Ann. It makes for great confusion when searching the records. In 1828, a close relation of Ann Grayson (her Uncle John Grayson) ran away after a fight in a pub, was caught housebreaking many miles away in Lecestershire, was sentenced to death, later commuted to Transportation For Life, and deported to Van Dieman's Land (now Tasmania). He had used the alias William Butterworth, and no-one knew what had happened to him, even his wife. After 12 years he began writing letters home, and these letters remain in existence and are both very sad and very interesting (to be added to this site later). As William Butterworth he remarried and became a prosperous miller, and his descendants continue to live in Tasmania.