| NLR Service |
| Driver. Age 62. Appointed about Oct 1865. Service 43 years, 6 months. Good Conduct Retiring Allowance 15s.0d (on taking over management of NLR by LNWR, their rules applied and drivers were retired at 60). [RAIL 529/83, 16 Mar 1909 Offr’s Mtg Min 37.] |
| BMD |
| Amusing |
| Birth Dec qtr 1848, Male Ayres. [GRO. Huntingdon, 14, 186.] |
| Parents |
| Death Sep qtr 1850. Edward Ayres. [GRO. St Ives, 14, 149.] Robert’s father. |
| Marriage Dec qtr 1860. Edward Peacock and Jane Ayres (Robert’s widowed mother). [GRO. Huntingdon, 3b, 606.] |
| Robert Ayres and Mary Ann Levis |
| Birth Mar qtr 1853. Mary Ann Levice. [GRO. Huntington, 3b, 222.] |
| Marriage Sep qtr 1870. Robert Ayres and Mary Ann Levis. [GRO. Huntingdon, 3b, 361.] |
| Death Jun qtr 1931. Robert Ayres, 84. [GRO. West Ham, 4a, 281.] |
| Children |
| 1911 Census states twelve children, two of whom died. Ten are listed in censuses. Approximate year of birth also shown: |
| Emma J, 1871 |
| Edward, R, 1876 |
| Minnie H, 1878 |
| Daisey A, 1880 |
| Wallis, 1883 |
| Maud, 1886 |
| Ivy, 1888 |
| George, 1890 |
| Hilda, twin, 1893 |
| Ivy, twin, 1893. |
| Census (page 1 of 2) | |||||||
| Name | Relationship | Status | M/F | Age | YOB±1 | Occupation | Born |
| 1851 Census [HO 107/1749, Folio 191, Page 5.] | |||||||
| Registration district: Saint Ives Parish: Somersham Address: High Street | |||||||
| William Bailey | Head | Married | M | 73 | 1778 | Ag Lab | Corby |
| Mary Bailey | Wife | Married | F | 66 | 1785 | Somersham, Hunts | |
| Jane Ayres | Daughter | Widow | F | 39 | 1812 | Charwoman | Somersham |
| Rebecca Ayres | Grand Daughter | F | 12 | 1839 | Scholar | Somersham | |
| John Ayres | Grand Son | M | 10 | 1841 | Emp In Ag | Somersham | |
| Robert Ayres | Grand Son | M | 4 | 1847 | Somersham | ||
| Emma Bailey | Grand Daughter | Single | F | 22 | 1829 | Dress Maker | Somersham |
| Robert Ayres | |||||||
| 1861 Census [RG 9/977, Folio 38, Page 32.] | |||||||
| Registration district: St Ives Parish: Somersham Address: Fen | |||||||
| Edward Peacock | Head | Married | M | 36 | 1825 | Blacksmith | Haddenham, Cambs |
| Jane Peacock | Wife | Married | F | 46 | 1815 | Somersham | |
| Caroline Peacock | Daughter | F | 15 | 1846 | Ely | ||
| Mary Peacock | Daughter | F | 14 | 1847 | Field Work | Ely | |
| Robert Peacock | Son | M | 12 | 1849 | Field Work | Swavesey, Cambs | |
| Sarah Peacock | Daughter | F | 10 | 1851 | Field Work | Swavesey | |
| Read Peacock | Son | M | 17 | 1844 | Ely | ||
| Robert Ayres | Son In Law (actually stepson) | M | 15 | 1846 | Field Work | Somersham | |
| Mary Ann Levis | |||||||
| 1861 Census [RG 9/971, Folio 125, Page 16.] | |||||||
| Registration district: Huntingdon Parish: St Mary, Ramsey Address: Heron(?) Grove | |||||||
| Ruben Levis | Head | Married | M | 37 | 1824 | Agricultural Labourer | Huntingdonshire |
| Mary Levis | Wife | Married | F | 38 | 1823 | Cambridgeshire | |
| William Levis | Son | Single | M | 12 | 1849 | Ramsey | |
| Rachel Levis | Daughter | Single | F | 10 | 1851 | Ramsey | |
| Mary Ann Levis | Daughter | Single | F | 8 | 1853 | Ramsey | |
| Emma Levis | Daughter | Single | F | 6 | 1855 | Ramsey | |
| Sarah Levis | Daughter | Single | F | 3 | 1858 | Ramsey | |
| Ruben Levis | Son | Single | M | 2 | 1859 | Ramsey | |
| 1871 Census [RG 10/570, Folio 85, Page 12.] | |||||||
| Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bromley St Leonard Address: 15 Grace Street. | |||||||
| Robert Ayres | Head | M | 24 | 1847 | Hatter(!) | Huntingdon | |
| Ann Ayres | Wife | F | 18 | 1853 | Dressmaker | Huntingdon | |
| Emma Ayres | Daughter | F | 3/12 | 1871 | Bromley | ||
| 1881 Census [RG 11/495, Folio 89, Page 7.] | |||||||
| Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bromley Address: 39 Orwell Road | |||||||
| Robert Ayres | Head | Married | M | 34 | 1847 | Engine Driver On Rly | Somersham |
| Maria A Ayres | Wife | Married | F | 28 | 1853 | Somersham | |
| Emma J Ayres | Daughter | Single | F | 10 | 1871 | Scholar | Bromley |
| Edward R Ayres | Son | Single | M | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Bromley |
| Minnie H Ayres | Daughter | Single | F | 3 | 1878 | Bromley | |
| Daisy A Ayres | Daughter | Single | F | 1 | 1880 | Bromley | |