Elias Hayes

The 1890 Argus Annual and the 1891 Cape Almanac both mention an E. Hayes, messenger, living at Poet's Corner, Woodstock.

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According to Elias Hayes's son, George, baptism record, Elias was working as a barman in 1900.

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Elias became blind at some point in his life. (Source: Sophie Dryden's Estate Papers) According to Elias' 1924 Civil Death record he went blind in c.1907. (Source: FamilySearch.org)

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Elias and his wife, Sophie Dryden, lived at 30 Regent Street, Woodstock. A Miss Sally Hayes was living with them, either his daughter or sister.

Source: Sophie Dryden's Estate Papers

Elias is mentioned in Alfred Dryden's Estate Papers: "Sophy the wife of Alise Hayes"

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Elias Hayes may have taken out a mortgage bond in 1890

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DESCRIPTION MORTGAGE BOND. ELIAS HAYES.

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Elias Hayes may have been involved in some kind of legal dispute with Emile Henry van Noorden in 1892

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DESCRIPTION RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF PROVISIONAL CASE. EMILE HENRY VAN NOORDEN

          VERSUS ELIAS HAYES.                                                  

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