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Horace Mayhew                                     1845-1926
Horace was born about 1845, the son of John Mayhew and Elizabeth Rapley, at Waltham Abby, Essex. He first married Mary Helena Dixon. After her untimely death, he married Mabel Eleanor Joyce.
Mary Helena Dixon                                 1848-1887             (1st Wife)
Mary was born about 1848, at Liverpool, Lancashire.
I have identified the following children.
  Edith Born abt 1872   Westhoughton, Lancashire  
Horace Dixon Born 11 Jun 1874   Hindly, Lancashire  
Jessie Dixon Born abt 1881   Wigan, Lancashire  
Helena Dixon Born 30 Mar 1883   Wigan, Lancashire  
John Dixon Born abt 1884   Wigan, Lancashire  
Geoffrey Dixon Born abt 1886   Wigan, Lancashire Married Bertha Irene Short,
Rigmor Agnes Joan Morvaren Maclean

Birth of Parents
Horace Mayhew b: abt 1845               Waltham Abby, Essex       1845 3Q Edmonton 3 162
son of John Mayhew and Elizabeth Rapley

Mary Helena Dixon b: abt 1848         Liverpool, Lancashire

Marriage
abt 1870
Horace Mayhew
Mary Helena Dixon 		Yorkshire                 1870 2Q Keighley 9a 249

1871 Census RG10-3924 3 April 1871 Wigan, Lancashire
South View
Horace Mayhew (M)
Janet (Sister) (s)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 25
Age 20 		Mining Engineer Waltham Abby
Wigan 		Essex
Lancashire 		abt 1845
abt 1850

1871 Census RG10-3876 3 April 1871 North Meols, Lancashire
Stand Hill Cottages
John Woolley Heap
Richmyl (Wife)
Mary Wooler
Charles Robert
Herbert Reynolds
 Mary Helena Mayhew (Boarder)(M)
Frank Jones (Boarder)
 Plus 2 Servants 		Age 38
Age 35
Age 12
Age 10
Age 3
 Age 22
Age 24 		Lodging House Keeper

Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
 Lady
Florist 		Mottram
Newton
Matley
Staleybridge
Southport
 Liverpool
London 		Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire
Lancashire
 Lancashire Middlesex 		abt 1832
abt 1835
abt 1858
abt 1860
abt 1867
 abt 1848
abt 1846

Children
Edith Mayhew b: abt 1872               Westhoughton, Lancashire       1872 2Q Bolton 8c 286
daughter of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon
Horace Dixon Mayhew b: 11 Jun 1874  c: 15 Jul 1874             Hindly, Lancashire       1874 3Q Wigan 8c 105
son of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon

1881 Census RG11-3770 4 April 1881 Wigan, Lancashire
Bunk House
Horace Mayhew
Helena (Wife)
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 35
Age 32 		Mining Engineer Waltham Abby
Liverpool 		Essex
Lancashire 		abt 1845
abt 1848

1881 Census RG11-3758 4 April 1881 Standish With Langtree, Lancashire
Strickland House
Wm. Henry Hewlett
Janet (Wife) [Nee Mayhew]
Leonard
Gerald
Arthur
Norman
Ernest
Alfred
 Edith Mayhew (Niece)
Horace D. Mayhew (Nephew)
Plus 2 Governess'
Plus 5 Servants 		Age 34
Age 30
Age 8
Age 5
Age 4
Age 3
Age 1
Age 4 Mo.
 Age 9
Age 6 		Colliery Manager

Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar

 Scholar
Scholar 		Astley
Wigan
Wigan
Wigan
Standish
Standish
Standish
Standish
 Westhoughton
Hindly 		Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
 Lancashire
Lancashire 		abt 1846
25 Mar 1850
abt 1872
abt 1875
abt 1876
abt 1877
abt 1879
abt 1880
 abt 1872
11 Jun 1874

Jessie Dixon Mayhew b: abt 1881               Wigan, Lancashire         1881 4Q Wigan 8c 27
daughter of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon
Helena Dixon Mayhew b: 30 Mar 1883  c: 2 May 1883             Wigan, Lancashire       1883 2Q Wigan 8c 69
daughter of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon
John Dixon Mayhew b: abt 1884               Wigan, Lancashire       1884 4Q Wigan 8c 69
son of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon
Geoffrey Dixon Mayhew b: abt 1886               Wigan, Lancashire       1886 3Q Wigon 8c 74
son of Horace Mayhew and Mary Helena Dixon

Death
Mary Helena (Dixon) Mayhew Died 12 Apr 1887, Aage 38,         1887 2Q Wigan 8c 15

The Times, Friday, Apr 16, 1887                         DEATHS
  On the 12th inst., at Bank House, Wigan, after a short illness, Mary Helena, the wife of Horace Mayhew.


Mabel Eleanor Joyce                             1870-1941                       (2nd Wife)
Mabel was born about 1870, the daughter of John Barnett and Ellen Roberta Joyce, at Whitchurch, Shropshire. Mabel comes from the Joyce family that is still world famous for making turret clocks. She married Horace Mayhew in 1889.
I have identified the following children.
  Arthur Joyce Born 21 Nov 1889   Hawarden, Flintshire Married Theodora Brenda Hedley

Birth of New Wife
Mabel Eleanor Joyce b: abt 1870         Whitchurch, Shropshire                 1871 1Q Whitchurch S 6a 797
daughter of John Barnett Joyce and Ellen Roberta ?

Marriage
abt 1889
Horace Mayhew
Mabel Eleanor Joyce 		London                 1889 1Q St George Hanover Square 1a 607

Children
Arthur Joyce Mayhew b: 21 Nov 1889               Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales         1890 1Q Chester 8a 428
son of Horace Mayhew and Mabel Eleanor Joyce

1891 Census RG12-2869 6 April 1891 Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
The Elms
Horace Mayhew
Mabel E. (Wife)
Edith
Horace D.
Jessie D.
Helena D.
John D.
Geoffrey D.
Arthur J.
Plus 6 Servants 		Age 40
Age 20
Age 19
Age 16
Age 9
Age 8
Age 6
Age 4
Age 1 		Colliery Owner, J.P. Waltham Abby
Whitchurch
Westhoughton
Hindly
Wigan
Wigan
Wigan
Wigan
Hawarden 		Essex
Shropshire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Flint 		abt 1845
abt 1870
abt 1871
11 Jun 1874
abt 1881
30 Mar 1883
abt 1884
abt 1886
21 Nov 1889

Judith Mayhew b: abt 1891               Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales         1891 3Q Chester 8a 425
daughter of Horace Mayhew and Mabel Eleanor Joyce

By 1901, The Elms became a Girl's Finishing School

Cecil William Mayhew b: abt 1896               Boughton, Flintshire, Wales         1896 1Q Chester 8a 430
son of Horace Mayhew and Mabel Eleanor Joyce

1901 Census RG13-3377 1 April 1901 Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
Broughton Hall
Horace Mayhew
Mabel Eleanor (Wife)
Horace Dixon
Helena Dixon
Judith
Cecil William
Plus 7 Servants 		Age 55
Age 30
Age 26
Age 18
Age 9
Age 5 		J.P., Dep. Lieut. Flintshire

Capt. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 		Waltham Abby
Whitchurch
Hindly
Wigan
Hawarden
Broughton 		Essex
Salop
Lancashire
Lancashire
Flintshire
Flintshire 		abt 1845
abt 1870
11 Jun 1874
30 Mar 1883
abt 1891
abt 1896

1911 Census RG14-54 3 April 1911 Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
Broughton Hall   (24 Rooms)
Horace Mayhew
Mabel (Wife)
Arthur
Judith
Plus 8 Servants 		Age 65
Age 41
Age 21
Age 19 		Colliery Owner

Mining Engineer 		Waltham Abbey
Whitchurch
Hawarden
Hawarden 		Essex
Salop
Flintshire
Flintshire 		abt 1845
abt 1870
21 Nov 1889
abt 1891

Death
Horace Mayhew Died 15 Aug 1926, Age 81,               1926 3Q Chester 8a 363

The Times, Monday, Aug 16, 1926                         Death
  MAYHEW, - On Sunday, the 15th Aug., at Cartse, Westminster Park, Chester, Horace Mayhew, J.P., D.L., in his 82nd year.   Funeral Wednesday next, at Broughton Church, near Chester, at 2:30 p.m.
CHESTER   18 November 1926                         Probate
MAYHEW, Horace, of Cartre Westminster Park, Chester, died 15 August 1926, Probate Chester, 18 November to Mabel Eleanor Mayhew, widow, John Dixon Mayhew, retired lieutenant-colonel H.M. Army, Geoffrey Dixon Mayhew, and Arthur Joyce Mayhew, mining engineers.   Effects £40,118 5s.

Death
Mabel Eleanor (Joyce) Mayhew Died 6 Mar 1941, Age 70,               1941 1Q Chester 8a 1048

The Times, Friday, Mar 7, 1941                         Death
  MAYHEW, - On March 6, 1941, at 5 Curzon Park, Chester, Mabel Eleanor, widow of Horace Mayhew, J.P., D.L., formerly of Broughton Hare, Chester.   Service and Interment, Broughton Church, Monday, 12 o'clock.
CHESTER   28 May 1941                         Probate
MAYHEW, Mabel Eleanor, of 5 Curzon Park, Chester, widow, died 6 March 1941, Probate Chester, 28 May to Arthur Joyce Mayhew, mining engineer, and Judith Granger, (wife of Hugh Rupert Granger).   Effects £7,088 7s. 7d.