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WilfredHaywood(1902–1938)WilfredHaywoodwasborninApril1902inPoolsbrookinDerbyshire.HisparentswereErnestHaywood(1879–1957)andEstherCotton(1878–1932).Onthe1911census,attheageofeight,hewaslivingwithhisparentsat112Poolsbrook.HewastheonlysurvivingchildofthefourchildrenborntoErnestandEsther,priorto1911.Hisgrandmother(ElizaMunslow)waslivingwiththem.WilfredmarriedEvelineFannyJamesinSeptember1925inStaveley.TheironlysonHarryJamesHaywoodwasbornin1926.WhenWilfredwaskilledintheMarkhamCollierydisasterof10May1938hewaslivingat16Poolsbook,DerbyshireandemployedasaRipper.HewasburiedinStaveleycemeteryon14May1938.AyearafterWilfredwaskilled,therelativesofWilfredplacedan“InMemoriam”noticeinthe‘DerbyshireTimesandChesterfieldHerald’“HetoiledsohardforthosehelovedAndleftustorememberFromhislovingWife,Son,Father,BrotherandSister”ParentsFather–ErnestHaywood(1879–1957)ThefatherofWilfredwasErnestHaywood,whowasborninBarlboroughin1879,buthisparents(GeorgeHaywood&ElizaMunslow)bothcamefromWoodsideinWorcestershire.WoodsideisjustsouthofDudley,nearBrierleyHill.DudleysitsontopoftheSouthStaffordshirecoalfieldandcoalisknowntohavebeenminedtherefrom,atleast,thethirteenthcentury.OneofthegreatadvantagesDudleyheldoverothercoal-miningareasinBritainwasthatoneofthebestcoalseamsinthecountry,theso-called‘TenYardSeam’,whichwasthirtyfeetthickinplaces,layatorverynearthesurface.Whileinotherareasitwasfrequentlynecessarytoexpendconsiderablelabourinminingadeepshafttoaccessthecoal,intheareaaroundDudley,pitswererarelydeeperthan500feet.The1870swereaboomtimeforminingintheDudleyarea,witharoundninemilliontonsofcoalminedin1872,butby1913onlythreemilliontonswerebeingminedannually.MiningfamiliesliketheHaywoodswereforcedtolookforworkinotherareas,likeDerbyshire,wellbeforetheturnofthecentury.Onthe1891censusErnestwaslivingat74WoodLaneinTreeton,nearRotherham.Hewas11yearsoldandstillatschool.Hisfather’soccupationwasshownascoalminer.In1901attheageof21hewasemployedasaminerinStaveley,stilllivingwithhisfatherandsiblings,butmarriedtoEsterLovell.

Mother-EstherLovell(1876–1932)Wilfred’smotherwasEstherLovell,whohadmovedtoStaveleyinthe1890sfromWoodside,Worcestershire,probablyafterthedeathofherfather.Herfather(BenjaminLovell1836–1892)wasaglassblower.EsthermarriedErnestonthe17March1900.Wilfredwastheirfirstchild.Theyhadtwomorechildren,Leslie(1912-1969)andViolet(1920-1983).StourbridgewhichisveryclosetoWoodside,wasatthetimeamajorcentreforthemanufactureofglass.ForcenturiesglasshadbeenmanufacturedintheStourbridgearea,reputedlystartedinthe17thcenturybyFrenchglassmakersfromtheLorraineregion,Theywereattractedtotheareabytherichnaturalresourcesofcoalandfireclayforliningfurnaces,makingitaperfectlocationfortheglassindustry.Wife–EvelineFannyJames(1905–1947)EvelineFannywasborninGrassmoor,Derbyshireon18September1905.HerparentswereWilliamJames(1862–1920)andMaryEllenCotton(1872–1959).HerfathercamefromMowCopinStaffordshire.MowCopissixmilesnorthofStokeonTrent,andhadalonghistoryofcoalmining.Williamisshowntobeacoalmineronthe1911censuswhenthefamilywaslivingat11RevellStreetinGrassmoor,whereEvelinehadbeenborn.Thefamily

hadmovedfromGoldenHillinStaffordshirebetween1902and1909.Eveline’smotherwasMaryEllenCotton(1872–1959).MaryEllencamefromTalko’th’Hill,orTalkeinStaffordshire.Herfatherwasacoalminer.ShemarriedWilliamJamesintheregistrationdistrictofNewcastleunderLymein1870.EvelineFannymarriedWilfredinSeptember1925.Evelinemarriedagainin1947.HersecondhusbandwasJosephHenryHickman(1894–1954).