George Mays was the first child of Joseph Mays & Amelia Stone born June 7th, 1865 & christened July 30th, 1865 at East Grinstead, Sussex.
In 1871 George, his 3 brothers & his parents were living at 3 Bridges, Worth, Sussex where his father was a coachman & his mother was a domestic servant.
At the time of the 1881 census George, aged 15, was found in Her Majesty’s Prison, Wandsworth Common, London. At that time he was described as a pageboy & domestic servant.
George married Paulina Christina Sauerland in Oct-December 1890 at Kensington. Paulina was born April 10th, 1869 at Mile End, London, the daughter of Ann & Alfred Stephan Sauerland, a shoemaker.
In 1891 George & Paulina were living at 22 Queens St, St Marylebone, London & George was a coachman (groom).
By 1901 George & Paulina had moved to 163 Walmer Rd, Kensington Town, London & George still worked as coachman & Paulina was a laundress with her own account. They had 3 children – Mary (9), George (5) & Joseph (2).
In 1911 the family were living at 15 Dulford St, Notting Hill, Kensington & George continued to be a coachman. Wife Paulina & daughter Mary were both described as laundresses working at home. Son George was a butcher boy & Joseph was also at home. They also had a lodger – Arthur Leed, a contractor carman.
Son George married Vera Maud Harvey in 1920 in Kensington & in 1939 they were still living in Kensington & George was a police constable.
Son Joseph married Winifred E Thain in Kensington in 1921.
The 1939 register shows George & Paulina (Pauline) living at 5 Dulford St, Kensington. George was now an ‘undertaker coachman-horse’. Son Joseph & his wife Winifred & family were living at Brewster Gardens, Hammersmith in 1939 & Joseph was an undertaker’s manager & coffin maker.
There is a death for George Mays, aged 81, in April-June 1947 at Kensington.
There is a death for Pauline Mays, aged 83, in Oct-December 1952 at Kensington.
The children of George Mays & Paulina Christina Sauerland were:
m.7.1.1.1 Mary Helene (Maria Helena) Mays born October 29th 1891 & christened November 22nd, 1891 at St Francis of Assisi, Nottinghill, North Kensington, London
m.7.1.1.2 George Joseph Mays born June 22nd, 1895 at Kensington, London;
m.7.1.1.3 Joseph Alfred Mays born April 25th, 1899 at Kensington, London; died Jan-March 1974 in Hitchin, Herts