| Little is known of the early
Hayhoe / Heyhoe family of Norfolk. The International
Genealogical Index (IGI) shows about 400 hundred marriages
and christenings the England during the 1700's and 1800's.
The family trees have been deduced from the IGI entries.
It should be safe to assume that the Hayhoe entries for North
Elmham are all of the same family. We can
be confident about the marriage of James Hayhoe to Mary
Buck as the maiden name carried on through the next few
generations. We can safely assume the family were farm
workers as were more than half the population in those
days.
The spelling seems to have changed from generation to generation. Hayhow is another spelling. |
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Charles Hayhoe ( thanks to Dianne Neilsen for bringing this to my attention, I cannot find a family connection but looking) |
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Esther Ross, with brother Alexander Ross came to Australia as assisted immigrants. They left behind their life in the troubled highlands of Scotland. They came from around Tain in Ross & Cromarty, near Inverness. The previous generations had experienced the tragedy of the Highland Clearances where rich landlords evicted thousands of crofters (tenant farmers) often because running sheep was more profitible. Esther's death certificate shows Esther McKay Davidson, born Edderton, Ross, parents Alexander & Margaret Ross, farmers and the informant was Alexander Ross, brother. The IGI shows Esther McKay Ross christened at Kincardine 29 Jan 1824, parents Alexander Ross and Margaret Munro. The names Ross and Alexander were very common and thus it is difficult to draw any conclusions from further pursural of the IGI. The birth certificate of her daughter Margaret gives Esther's place of birth as Tain. The three towns are not far apart. Esther
and Alexander arrived in Geelong aboard "Aurora" in
1848. Esther worked for Mr Holmes of Barrabool Hills,
just out of Geelong, as a dairymaid. She married Ross
Davidson in 1849, bears four children of which three
survive childhood and in 1858, dies of puerperal
fever. The family had moved from Geelong to Hamilton
in the intervening time. The children were sent to the
care of other family members, probably Esther's
brother Alexander.
Mr Holmes is mentioned with respect to the "Black Thursday fires Feb 1851, see Trove for detail. Alexander Ross, married Elizabeth Hutchinson in 1853, in Hamilton, Victoria and went on to head a large family. Ross
Davidson, born Port Glasgow, may have
been a conditional exile. A Ras
Davidson arrived Williamstown,
Victoria on the Stratheden 26 Jan 1846,
Conditional exiles had completed a part of their goal
term and then sent to Australia as free men so long as
they did not return to England until their original
sentence was up. His occupation is mentioned as Gold
Digger, Blacksmith, Nailer and Miner. After Esther's
death he remarried Mary Lowrie in 1873 and died in
Hamilton in 1887. Little more is known. WikiPedia
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Robert Buck Hayhoe & Margaret Anne Davidson |
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The youngest son of
James Buck Hayhoe and Susan Whatley was Robert
Buck Hayhoe. He married Margaret Anne
Davidson the youngest daughter of Ester Ross and
Ross Davidson. Robert & Margaret settled in
Penshurst, in Western Victoria not far from
Hamilton. He was mentioned as a blacksmith and
wheelwright. Later he is noted as a Hotel Keeper of the
Victoria Hotel, Penshurst.   Christopher Andrews suggests this was the Victoria Hotel at 100 Bell Street, Penshurst, Victoria. Recently renovated and now (2021) operating as "The Penny Wine Bar". Thank you Chris and Google A tragic accident occurred to Robert in 1891. It seems he was either kicked by a horse or hurt when a horse drawn "Junker" tipped over. Serious head injuries occurred and Robert was admitted to the Ararat hospital where he was to remain for the rest of his days. Margaret and the children remained in Penshurst for a while then moved to Ballarat when her youngest daughter Veronica gained a scholarship to the Sacred Heart College. Margaret operated a boarding house for some years at 113 Lyons Street Ballarat. Later she moved with the family to 5 Canterbury Road, Albert Park. The children Robert Buck Hayhoe was
a gardener and at times worked at Ripponlea and Mt.
Macedon Fred Hayhoe,
a jockey, died from injuries in a fall during a
steeplechase at Caulfield racecourse in 1908. He was
riding the favorite Envoy Stephen Hayhoe (also a jockey) perished at Poperinge, Belgium, Oct. 1917 during WW1. See the Australian War Museum site for more detail Roland Adhelm Ignatius (Bob)
Hayhoe was a drover and horse breaker
and later a gang member with the Victorian Railways at
Ravenswood. He married Rubina Exon in 1914 Veronica see
below.. Reginald Eugene
Hayhoe ..mentioned
in Trove |
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 Veronica and
George Holland (centre and left) on their honeymoon at
Narbethong, Victoria
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| Veronica won a scholarship to Sacred Heart College in Ballarat. The family moved to Ballarat and Susan operated a boarding house. Veronica went on to marry one of boarders, George Richard Holland. |
| Hi Found your web site through the norfolk Surname list. I have HAYHOE/HAYHOW on my tree from a different part of Norfolk and have hit a brick wall. My family is from West Dereham. This is what I have. Thomas HAYHOW married 3 times....(i) Sarah WOODS (ii)Jemima LAMBERT and (iii) Maria-------.This last marriage is the one that is my line. From the West Dereham Parish Registers I note that they had a family of girls...Mary(b. 1791) Elizabeth(b.1800) Sarah(b.1806) Maria(b.1808) [and also my GG grandma Ann(b, 1811) but not in the registers.] Also Mary died aged 20, Sarah died aged 14,James(a son?) died aged 19......leaving just Elizabeth,Maria and my Ann. My Ann lived to the end of the 19th century and produced 9 offspring with her husband Edward BRUCE. I'm really pleased to finally be in touch with other HAYHOW offspring. Maybe you have info to help me? Look forward to hearing from you Sheila in Walsingham Norfolk |
| Hi!
I have found your information
on the Hayhoe family by chance, and am related to
Charles Heyhoe the convict, which is quite
unfortunate, but provides a colouful history! He was
actually born in 1811 of parents Robert Heyhoe, and
Susannah (nee Mayhew). The village he was born at was
not Chifdam, but Shipdham, near Norwich....I know
because I live near there, and that is the correct
name, and could quite easily become mis
transcribed. I am actually going to drive out there
tomorrow, as I have found a relative in Tucson Arizona
who is also interested in the roots of the Hayhoe
family, and I want to take some photos for her.
I would like to know how
Charles fits into the tree of the Hayhoe family which
you have. I also have detailed the same family with
the thought that Robert, Charles father could have
been a brother of the original Hayhoes, having been
born in 1775.
Of our branch, half stayed in
Norfolk, and half moved to another county in
England..more details if you are interested..and are
you related in some way???
Hope to hear from you,
Vivien |
| And from Maggie,
April 2013 ...This is of interest to us because of
the cross-reference ROBERT HEYHOE with SUSANNAH MAYHEW
which appears at the top of an inherited Geneology
Chart on my Father’s side.
and ...Just to say a big thank you for
putting me in touch with Vivien re the Heyhoe family
tree. It turns out we do have strong links as her tree
extends out from my great grandmother's oldest
brother. We're still working on the whole thing but
I'll let you know if anything crops up which is of
interest to you.
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| Hayhows of
Shipdham, Norfolk Hello Peter, My maiden name is Hayhoe, so I discovered and read the site page about your Hayhoe forebears with great interest and would love to hear how your branch of the family tree ties in with my own. I am a descendant - the great great great granddaughter - of John Hayhow (born circa 1803 in Shipdham, Norfolk), who I believe to have been the son of Robert and Susanna Heyhoe (née Mayhew). John moved to the adjacent county of Lincolnshire fairly early in his adult life, marrying a Lincolnshire lass (Mary Ann Grasley) in Holbeach in 1829 and settling there to raise his family. I also discovered that, interestingly, another Hayhow - William (born circa 1802 in Shipdham) was living close by at Leake, near Boston, in Lincolnshire at that same time. I think that they were most likely brothers, and Robert and Susanna Heyhoe did indeed also have a slightly older son of that name. Unlike John though, who remained in Lincolnshire his whole life, William and his family very soon emigrated to New York in America, where he founded a new dynasty of the Hayhoe family. Do let me know if any of this information is of interest to you. I would love to find out more and be in contact with other Hayhoes researching the Robert and Susanna Heyhoe branch of the family, and so would be extremely grateful if you could also pass on (if possible) my information to Vivien and Maggie. Hope to hear from you, With kind regards, Sharron |
| STEBPLECHASING
FATALITY. F. HAYHOE KILLED. The racing at Caulfield on Saturday did not, unfortunatly', pass off without a seri- ous accident, which resulted in tho death ol the jockey Frederick Hayhoe. He resided at Penshurst, and arrived in Melbourne a week or two ago to ride Envoy, a mare owned by Mr. A. Olle. Envoy was successful in the steeplechase at Sandown-park last Wednesday. She had no previoUN public practice as a steeplechaser (thins being her first race over fences), but the Sandown-park course is a mild one, and' she easily got round, winning with lengths to spare. On the strength of her form there she was made favourite at Caulfield, and had just completed a round of the journey when she fell at the log», the last obstacle of the treble In front of tho stand. The accident took place in full view of the spectators. Envoy was. not interfered with in any way, but blundered into the obstacle, mid, coming down awk- wardly, rolled over her rider. The fall looked a very bad one, and when Hayhoe was seen to be stretched out on the ground motionlesss the gravest fears were entertained. These proved to be too well grounded, tis, on being carried into the castittlity-room, the Unfortunate jockey ex- pired. His chest was badly crushed and his head was also injured. V The body was later on removed to the Morgue. An inquiry into the circuiw)-inces con- nected With the iletith of the jockey will he held by tho coroner to-day. Ifnyhoo was a single man, 23 years of age, and was an experienced horseman, having ridden several winners in the Western district. He met with a serious accident borne lime tigo, his spine being injured, and it wns some time before he could resume riding. His brother', Stephen Hayhoe, who had a mount on Tattiemoor in Hie Hurdle, Race, earlier in the day, was a witness of the accident. The ileceascd's relatives reside nt Ballarat, und were without delay com- municated with by telegraph, and they ar- rived in Melbourne bv the evening train on Saturday. VICTORIA. DANGERS OF STEEPLECHASING. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — During an inquiry concerning the death of Frederick Hayhoe, the jockey who was' killed at Caulfield on Saturday, Coroner Cole expressed the opinion that if the length of steeplechase races was made greater it would tend to minimise the speed of tho race, which was very fast. He found that death was accidental. |
| Melbourne,
November 1. (1891) At Warrnambool, yesterday, Samuel Hayhoe, a boy, was accidentally shot dead by David Heltmore, another lad. The Latter works in the gunshop of his brother, and seeing Hayhoe passing the window he playfully pointed a rifle at him with fatal results. |
| HORSEMAN'S NECK
BROKEN. 1 April 1911 PENSHURST, Thursday. John Hayhoe, 71 years of age, had his neck broken to-day owing to his horse falling. Hayhoe was riding after stock when the accident occurred. He leaves a widow and grown-up family. ------------------------------------ OBITUARY. 'Mr..William Joseph Hayhoe, of Robert Street, South Bundaberg, Queensland, parsed away on January 13th, at the age of 71 years. Mr. Hayhoe, who resided in Morwell for a number of years, went to Mt. Perry in the Northern State, where he managed a mine in the boom days. He later took up residence in Bundaberg, and for twenty-five years conducted a dairy at Rubyanna, from which business he retired in 1942,due to ill-health. Mr. Hayhoe, a veteran of the South African war, is survived by his widow, two daughters and four sons, two of whom are in the A.I.F. Mrs. C. J. McFarlane, Latrobe Road, Morwell, is a sistrr of the deceased. The late Mr. Hayhoe went to the South African war with the late Mr, George Bolding, of Morwell. It will be of interest to Morwell people to know that one of his sons was associated with Bruce Vary during the present war. -------------------------- HAYHOE. - Officially reported, after being wounded four times, died October 23, 1917, at 10th Casualtv Clearing Station of gunshot wounds penetrating chest, after 2 years and 3 months' active service in Egypt and France. Driver Stephen Hayhoe, beloved brother of Bob, Rowl, Reg (on active service, wounded) and Vera, and loving daddy of little Vesie. Queensland papers please copy. His happy smile and pleasant ways Arc pleasant to recall; He always had a pleasant word. And died a noble hero. - (His sorrowing mother Ballarat |
