Birth: July-September 1869 Brighton, Sussex, UK
Father: Friend Paine (Payne) 1843-1926
Mother: Ann Mathis 1843-1913
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1888 Uckfield, Sussex, UK
Wife: Naomi Leeves 1866-1953
Death: April-June 1946 Brighton, Sussex, UK
Elsie Constance Payne [Merritt] 1893-a1915
Arthur Payne 1897-a1901
Phyllis Emily Payne 1903-a1911
Norman Friend Payne 1904-1992
Birth of Henry Friend Payne in FreeBMD in July-September 1869 in Brighton (2b 250).
In the 1871 census as Henry F Payne aged 1, born in Brighton, and living with his parents (Friend and Ann), and brother (William) at 9 Russell Square, Palace, Brighton.
In the 1881 census as Henry F Payne aged 11, born in Brighton, and living with his parents (Friend and Ann), and brother (William) at 15 Castle Street, Palace, Brighton.
Marriage of Henry Friend Payne and Naomi Leeves in FreeBMD in October-December 1888 in Uckfield (2b 254).
In the 1891 census as Henry Friend Payne aged 21, born in Brighton, employed as a domestic gardener, and living with his wife (Naomi), and (step)son (Harry Payne (sic - should be Leeves)), in Lyndhurst Road, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex.
In the 1901 census as Henry F Payne aged 31, born in Brighton, employed as a market gardener, and living with his wife (Naomi), son (Arthur), daughter (Elsie C), and stepson (Harry Leeves) at Alexander Cottage, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, Sussex.
In the 1911 census as Henry Friend Payne aged 41 living with Naomi (wife?), Arthur, Elsie, Norman and Phyllis Emily (children?) in East Preston, Sussex.
Entry in Registry of Deaths for Henry Payne in April-June 1946 aged 76 in Brighton (2b 260).
Martyn Agate and Sandra Hollingsbee have entries in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Henry Friend Payne born in 1869 in Worthing, his marriage to Naomi Leeves in 1888 in Uckfiwld, three children (not Phyllis), and his death in 1946 in Brighton.
There are six entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Henry Friend Payne. One gives his birth in 1869 in Brighton, and his marriage to Naomi Leeves. Another gives his birth in 1870 in Brighton, parents Friend Payne and Ann Mathis. Another gives his birth in 1869 in Brighton, parents Friend and Ann Payne, his marriage to Naomi Leeves, and three children (Harry Leeves plus Elsie C and Arthur). Another gives his three children Elsie C, Arthur and Norman Friend. The last gives all four children including Harry Leeves whose father is unknown.
Henry Friend Payne was my ninth cousin twice removed.
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