The HAYWARD side of the family.
This page is about the whole of the Hayward side of the family. Starting with me: my parents were John Hayward [1910-1994] and May Lee [1920-2017].
Below are three generations of each side of the family. Detail about John Hayward and the direct line of HAYWARD ancestry is on the HAYWARD page, and the others are covered on pages as they are developed.
May Lee, my mother, wrote about her experience of WW2 for a BBC project. This can still be found on the BBC site as May’s story: nursing in Bolton by Joan_Harvey at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a8158953.shtml . Oddly enough, the BBC categorised it under London. 158953 is the article number, and it was contributed in 31 December 2005, and can still be found. It is repeated in full, along with a comment from someone who read it, at Lee, May’s story.
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LEE-side surnames and origins
LEE. All of these I have so far are from Lancashire, but this surname could possibly be from anywhere.
ROBERTS this name goes back to Fallowfield, south of Manchester and thence to Flintshire so probably originally a Welsh name in origin as Roberts usually is.
HAGUE. Probably originates from around Manchester.
WHALLEY. this name also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know. It is almost certainly a Lancashire surname.
PARKINSON: son of Parkin? Could be from Lincolnshire Yorkshire, Lancashire or Durham.
PARKER. probably an occupational name.
BAMBER. this name goes back into northern Lancashire, possibly in the area around Bamber Bridge.
BALL. I have got this name back to Southport so far but dont know its origins.
ECKERSLEY. this side also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know so is a Lancashire surname.
MAGEE. No proof of anything so far, but looks northern Irish. There are a number of spelling variants which dont help, such as McGhee.
LOMAX. Probably originates in the Bury area. so a Lancashire surname.
STONES. Possibly has anglo-Saxon roots, but could be from anywhere.
RIDYEARD - surname distributions suggest mostly from the area around Greater Manchester.
DEVENPORT- possibly a locative surname emanating from Cheshire.
HAYWARDs-side surnames and origins.
HAYWARD this side stays in Lancashire certainly as far back as the mid 1700s. Middle English ‘keeper of the enclosures and hedges - so a manorial officer
HASLAM. this side also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know. It is a Lancashire surname.
ENTWISTLE. this side also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know. It is a Lancashire surname.
NUTTALL: possibly from in or around Bury, so a Lancashire surname.
SAXON: could be locative [Saxton, Sexton, Saxon etc] , or could mean the settlement [tun] of the Saxons.
BOWICK/ BOWACK. a rare name. this side goes back to the Angus Glens and Forfarshire in Scotland. in 1881 a few in Midlothian, but not many
ROBIE. this side goes back to the Angus Glens and Forfarshire in Scotland. In the past, some from Stirling, Dumfries, Aberdeen and the borders.
OGILVIE. this side goes back to the Angus Glens and Forfarshire in Scotland.
TURNER: someone who fashioned objects of wood, metal or bone on a lathe is a possibility, so coudl be from anywhere
THORNLEY this side also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know. It is a Lancashire surname.
FLETCHER: anglo-norman in origin, from French ‘flechier’ meaning arrow maker.
KIRKPATRICK. this side goes back through Cumbria and into Dumfriesshire in Scotland.
HAMER. this side also stays in Lancashire as far back as I know. It is a Lancashire surname.
GARGATE: possibly from Co Durham.
WHITE: possibly at one time described someone of fair hair colour.
WRIGHT: old english woodworker or woodshaper, term later broadened to mean any occupational worker
COLLINGE: in 1891 about 86% of recorded Collinges were in Lancashire.