See also

James Riches Mayhew (1865-1926)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • post office clerk then a confectioners assistant4 5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1865

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk, England1 8 4 5 6 7

  • Baptism:

  • 7 May 1865 (age 0)

  • St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of James Marsden Mayhew (baker) and Eliza of Stowmarket

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Bury Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • grandson attending school and living with his aunt Caroline Codd. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk (note that his grandmother Rebecca Codd was temporarily absent from the property)

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son working as a post office clerk and living with his parents James and Eliza, brothers Eldred, George, William and Frederick, sisters Caroline and Fanny, and a servant. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 26)

  • Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a Post Office Clerk and living with his parents James and Eliza, brothers Eldred, William and Frederick, and sisters Caroline, Annie and Fanny. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • Tavern Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son as Richard working as a Post Office clerk and living with his widowed mother Eliza, brother Fred, and sister Fanny. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 46)

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  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 57 yrs 5 mns)

  • 12 Seaside, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England7

  •  

  • unmarried brother-in-law working as an assistant in his brother-in-laws retail confectionary business and living in nine rooms with his brother-in-law Richard Sapeid, his sister Annie, nieces Dorothy and Myra, and nephew Cecil. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1926 (age 61)

  • Hampstead "Registration District", London, England3

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1865 quarter:1 volume:4a page:545. Cit. Date: 8 April 2018.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary baptisms entry:1486. Cit. Date: 7 August 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hampstead 1926 quarter:2 volume:1a page:694. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1851 folio:10 page:14 schedule:58. Cit. Date: 7 August 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1457 folio:48 page:10 schedule:51. Cit. Date: 7 August 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1762 folio:30 page:17 schedule:96. Cit. Date: 7 August 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4710 registration district:71 sub-district:2 enumeration district:12 schedule:232. Cit. Date: 1 November 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1734 folio:79 page:10 schedule:53. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.