When Roy Hayward was born on 17 May 1918, in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, his father, John Hayward, was 33 and his mother, Mary Catherine Hoiberg, was 29. He died on 17 May 1918, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Warwick General Cemetery, Warwick, Queensland, Australia.
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English:
occupational name from Middle English hayward ‘keeper of the hedges and enclosures’ (Old English hēgweard), a manorial officer in charge of the common fields who protected corn and hay from cattle, theft, or damage, and supervised the harvest.
occasionally a variant of Howard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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