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Haywards From Loders Dorset
John Hayward (1813) came from Loders in Dorset and settled in this area of Wallingford, of Benson, Bradfield, Englefield and married local girl Mary Anne Kitchen. His son Robert James eventually farmed Uxmore Farm at Ipsden, near Stoke Row in Berks/Oxon. I am collecting a photographic record of the Hayward family in these areas for a family tree.
Ingrid Wilson
Hi Ingrid Wilson,
Apologise reply to your query - windows - Francis Frith site got problems connecting, my reply cancelled several times. If I can contact you direct I can give you info about the Hayward family tree free, so far as I have got. You are welcome to assist with further research.
yoga-prakash saraswati
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Wallingford During The Second World War
I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was stationed at Benson with the army, had arranged for us to take a room in The Lamb, I believe it was, to get us out of London and away from the bombs. It did not take mother long to get us some rooms in a house in St Mary's Street, number 18, where we stayed with a lovely old lady named Mrs Naish. Her son was the local signwriter. Next door to her little cottage was the chemist shop and a garage car showroom where I used to peer in the window at the lovely old cars.
I started at St John's School and vividly remember walking to school down the lane by the post office, and at the end was a large recreation area like a small... Read more
Ingrid Wilson
Hi Ingrid Wilson, pleased this site put us in contact re Hayward family tree.
Contact me at lunarorange2002@yahoo.com.au and I can send info for free. I have brother George in the UK who is up-to-date with UIK cousins more than me, and be pleased to help. He knows some of your relies etc.
yoga prakash saraswati
Ingrid Wilson - Memories of Wallingford
Hi Ingrid Wilson again,
You can find more info on the Hayward family tree if you visit LODERS in Dorset on this site. Thanks for contact via this site. I have yet to visit Wallingford - it is on my list to visit if I ever get back to the UK again.
yoga-prakash saraswati lunarorange20022@yahoo.com.au--new email
sfrancesten@gmail.com--new email
27 10 09 hi ingrid wilson again-think you met my brother george in uk we are 2nd cousins i think--like hear from you sometime
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