William Mayes of Norwich bc1842 m 1879 Ellen Douglass
Hello,
Seeking any of the Mayes family who can identify William Mayes, dealer, bc1842, son of another William Mayes. Both probably born in Norfolk.
Ellen Elizabeth Douglass, b.c.1856 in Norwich, daughter of John Douglass and his second wife Mary Elizabeth Cory.In 1861 she is 5 yrs old.She is recorded aged 6 living with or visiting her grandmother Susannah Cory at Millgate, Aylsham.Also in Susannah Cory’s household are her unmarried daughters Lucy, 27 and Susan Cory, 30 and another granddaughter Caroline A. Cory, aged 12.On marriage in 1879 she was 24 and a weaver.(An Ellen Mayes, weaver, aged 31 is living at 13 Sardinian Court, Mancroft, Norwich, Eccles. Parish of St Stephen, in the 1891 census with a boarder, John Sloper, a gardener aged 45, born Hickling, Norfolk)
Married 17/04/1879 St James’ Pockthorpe, Norwich, William Mayes, dealer aged 37 and living in Lakenham upon marriage, son of William Mayes.Witnesses: John E. Lynch and Lilly Lynch.
Daughter:
Eliza Lucy Mayes, bapt. 15/03/1885 St James with Pockthorpe – d. Sept. qtr 1896 Norwich aged 14.She was aged 9 in 1891 living with maternal grandmother Mary Elizabeth Douglass(IGI: Her name is given as Mazes)
Thanks, Richard.