Sarah Gayleard 1815 – 1868
“… after living in the hospital for about 12 years…” ~ Wilfred Gayleard There is a letter I have that has Mary Ann Gayleard, Aunt Polly, writing to my great grandfather and father about my aunt’s upcoming birth. In it she says how excited her father would be to have her named after his favorite…
At Last
“…he went to sea as a Fishing Boy at an early age.” ~ Wilfred Gayleard It’s taken me awhile of searching to finally find it but at least I found it. One of those records that seems to have illuded me was the record of George Gayleard for his ticket as a Merchant Navy. A…
The Gayleard Connection
“For years, I tried finding where he disappeared to, and did he have family?” ~ Wilfred Gayleard So what has this all brought me to so far. After many years of off again and on again research I come to a workable theory. So here’s the pitch, all the people with the correct spelling of…
Those missing Gayleards
In 1837 in England they started to record Birth, Marriage and Death records from across the country often referred to as the BMD records…Previous to this you are looking at church records for Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. ~ Wilfred Gayleard So the hard part of putting together genealogy in the family tree is many names…
Henry Gayleard 1820-1865
“…although she goes by her married name Holmes and her second husband gets caught married to two women…” ~ Wilfred Gayleard Not a lot is known about Henry Gayleard outside of his maritime records and the birth of his daughter Sarah Elizabeth Gayleard. I was actually contacted quite awhile ago by a lady in England…
William Henry Gayleard 1857-1930
“During all my genealogy research I have found only one set of families named Gayleard in Canada so far.” ~ Wilfred Gayleard William Henry Gayleard was born on July 13, 1857 to George Gayleard, mariner, and Ann Pearce in Portsea, Hampshire, England. As on the previous post or page, William can be found in the…
George Gayleard and Ann Pearce 1807-1900
“…and of course the name is spelled Gaylard or Gayland… .This time it is spelled Gailer… .Gaylard, Gayland, Gaylord” ~ Wilfred Gayleard Here is the main family group from the mid 1800’s that I can find, it has the most records and can be found in the census records from 1851 to 1891 in Hampshire.…
William Gayleard 1804 to 1871
Wandsworth is a workhouse and at this time they took in people who were sick or broke. ~ Wilfred Gayleard William Gayleard was born in Portsmouth was married twice and moved to the London area and had 1 daughter. At this point I cannot find records for either of his marriages. This is William Gayleard…
William Gayleard 1753 to 1840
“So what happened to the rest of the family?” ~ Wilfred Gayleard The first evidence I can find of Gayleards in Portsmouth is William Gayleard listed as a saddler. I find him marrying a Elizabeth Ashford around 1803. Although the spelling is often different, I do find him spelled Gayleard in the Portsea Island rate…
Gayleard Genealogy 