Family of Walter Robert Bayes and Mary Eleanor Chapman
Husband: Walter Robert Bayes
| 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 |
Wife: Mary Eleanor Chapman
| Name: |
Mary Eleanor Chapman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
1865 |
Grange over Sands, Lancashire |
| Birth fact |
1865 (age 0) |
GRO Reference: 1865 D Quarter in ULVERSTONE Volume 08E Page 557 |
|
Mother's maiden name = Askew |
| Census |
1901 (age 35-36) |
Wife in household |
| Death fact |
1903 (age 37-38) |
1903 Mar Q, Fylde, 8e/442 (aged 36) |
| Death |
1903 (age 37-38) |
Fylde, Lancashire |
| Name: |
Margaret Eleanor Bayes |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1893 |
Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| Birth fact |
1893 (age 0) |
GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in WAKEFIELD Volume 09C Page 57 |
| Census |
1901 (age 7-8) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1911 (age 17-18) |
Shop assistant artist's materials, living with father & stepmother |
| Name: |
Jessie Alice Bayes |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
William Maxwell McKie (1867-1959) |
| Birth |
9 Apr 1895 |
Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| Birth fact |
1895 (age 0) |
GRO Reference: 1895 J Quarter in WAKEFIELD Volume 09C Page 62 |
| Census |
1901 (age 5-6) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1911 (age 15-16) |
Living with father & stepmother |
| Death |
28 Aug 1961 (age 66) |
Hutton, Preston, Lancashire |
| Name: |
Ada Alberta Bayes |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
William Roylance (1896-1963) |
| Birth |
4 Sep 1897 |
Lytham, Lancashire |
| Census |
1901 (age 3-4) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1911 (age 13-14) |
Living with father & stepmother |
| Death fact |
1976 (age 78-79) |
1976 Dec Q, Dewsbury, 4/1319 (aged 79) |
| Death |
25 Dec 1976 (age 79) |
Dewsbury, Yorkshire |
Note on Husband: Walter Robert Bayes (1)
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.
Note on Husband: Walter Robert Bayes (2)
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
