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| Husband: | Walter Robert Bayes (1870-1936) | |
| Wife: | Sarah Mayor (1874- ) | |
| Children: | Alfred Walter Bayes (1909- ) | |
| Roger Bayes (1909- ) | ||
| Marriage | 1905 | Preston, Lancashire |
| Marriage fact | 1905 | 1905 Sep Q, Preston, 8e/1376 |
| Name: | Walter Robert Bayes | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Albert Benjamin Bayes (1835-1916) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Ellen Foxcroft (1842-1912) | |
| Birth | 15 Apr 1870 | Todmorden, Yorks |
| Birth fact | 1870 (age 0) | 1870 Jun Qtr, Todmorden, 9a/235 |
| Census | 1881 (age 10-11) | Pupil at Friends' School, Ackworth, Yorkshire |
| Census | 1901 (age 30-31) | Newspaper report, 81 Rossall Road, Lytham |
| Census | 1911 (age 40-41) | Editor of newspaper, 48 Chesterfield Road, Blackpool |
| Death | 15 Mar 1936 (age 65) | Silverdale, Lancashire |
| Name: | Sarah Mayor | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1874 | Preston, Lancashire |
| Birth fact | 1874 (age 0) | GRO Reference: 1874 D Quarter in PRESTON Volume 08E Page 581 |
| Mother's maiden name = Collett | ||
| Census | 1911 (age 36-37) | Wife in household (married 5 years, 2 children, 2 living) |
| Name: | Alfred Walter Bayes | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1909 | Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Birth fact | 1909 (age 0) | 1909 S Quarter in FYLDE Volume 08E Page 636 |
| Census | 1911 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Name: | Roger Bayes | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1909 | Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Birth fact | 1909 (age 0) | 1909 S Quarter in FYLDE Volume 08E Page 636 |
| Census | 1911 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
BAYES Walter Robert of 3 Bankhouse Lane Silverdale Lancashire died 15 March 1936. Probate Manchester 26 May to Sarah Bayes widow and Alfred Walter Bayes textile technologist. Effects £1516 11s. 5d.
Walter Robert Bayes was educated at Friends School Ackworth. He joined the Institute of Journalists in 1894 and joined the National Union of Journalists Blackpool branch on 30 May 1908 transferring to Leeds (1915) and Manchester (1920). Address in 1891: 4 Parsonage Street, Brighouse, Yorks. In 1896: 14 Carter Street Wakefield. In 1898: Trent Street, Lytham, Lancs. In 1901: 81 Rossall Road, Lytham, Lancs. In 1906: 48 Chesterfield Road, Blackpool, Lancashire. In 1915: 94 Shepherd's Lane, Leeds; last known address: 3 Bank House Lane, Silverdale, Carnforth, Lancs.
Career: Was working as a reporter and letterpress printer in Yorks in 1891; Wakefield Herald, staff at 1896; Blackpool Herald, Lytham reporter from 1896 to 1898: staff at 1906; Daily News & Leader, Blackpool 1915-1916; Daily News, Manchester reporter in 1920.
Source: Scoop! biographical dictionary of journalists