Birth: 23 January 1841 116 Old Street, St Lukes, Middlesex, UK
Father: Henry Payne 1812-a1881
Mother: Mary Ann Kelly 1811-a1881
Christening: 21 February 1841 Saint Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: July-September 1861 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Frances (Fanny) Downes c1842-1877
Marriage: October-December 1879 Thanet, Kent, UK
Wife: Sarah Jane Gill 1854-1905
Death: 17 January 1926 Hill House, Minster, Kent, UK
With Frances
Mary Ann Payne [Dutton] 1861-a1901
George William Payne 1864-a1871
Henry Charles Payne 1867-a1881
Frederick Payne 1870-a1901
Charles Payne c1873-a1881
Emma Louisa Alice Payne [Cowles] 1874-1946
With Sarah
Alfred Payne 1892-a1920
Birth of George William Payne in FreeBMD in January-March 1841 in St Lukes (2 290). A copy of his entry of birth No. 158 in 1841 Old Street, St Luke, Middlesex gives his name as George William, birth on 23 January 1841 at 116 Old Street, St Luke, Middlesex, his father is given as Henry Payne, a carman, and his mother as Mary Ann Payne formerly Kelly. His mother was the informant and as she made her mark I assume she could not write.
Birth of George William Payne in the IGI on 23 January 1841 and christening on 21 February 1841 at Saint Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, parents Henry and Mary Ann Payne.
In the 1841 census as George Payne aged 4 months, born in Middlesex, and living with Henry and Mary A (parents?), and Mary A (sister?) in Brewer Street, Goswell Street, St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
In the 1851 census as George W Payne aged 10, born in St Lukes, Sussex (sic - in the index, Middlesex on the original), and living with his parents (Henry and Mary T), two brothers (Frederick and John H), and three sisters (Eliza E, Louisa and Mary A) at 4 Brewer Street, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
In 1861 census as George W Payne aged 20, born in London, Middlesex, unmarried, employed as a brass finisher and living with his parents (Henry and Mary A), five brothers (Alfred, Charles, Frederick, Edwin, and John H) and sister (Eliza E) at 4 Brewer Street, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
Marriage of George Payne and Frances Downs in FreeBMD in July-September 1861 in Clerkenwell (1b 747). Marriage of George Payne and Frances Downes in FreeBMD in July-September 1861 in Clerkenwell (1b 747). On the copy of entry of marriage number 379 George Payne married Frances Downs on 16 July 1861 in the parish church of St James Clerkenwell in Middlesex. He was a bachelor aged 20, employed as a brass finisher, living at 4 Brewer St, and his father was Henry Payne, a traveller?.
In 1871 census as George W Payne aged 30, born in St Luke, Middlesex, employed as a viceman (brass), and living with his wife (Francis), and three sons (Frederick, George W and Henry I) and daughter (Mary A) at 13 Tower Steet, St George, Southwark, Surrey (there were 4 families living at this address). I cannot find this in the London A-Z, but from the census it is close to Westminster Bridge Road near St George's Circus.
On a copy of the Entry of Birth No. 211 in 1874 in London Road, St Saviour, Surrey for Emma Louisa Alice Payne born on 30 April 1874 at 13 Tower Street, Southwark, George William Payne, a brass finisher, is her father.
His wife died in 1877.
Marriage of George William Payne and Sarah Gill in FreeBMD in October-December 1879 in Thanet (2a 1604).
In 1881 Census as George W Paine (sic - on original) aged 40, born in London, Middlesex, employed as a Brass Finisher and living with his wife (Sarah), three sons (Charles, Frederick and Henry J) and daughter (Emma L A) at 38 Clyde street, Deptford St Paul, Kent.
On the copy of the entry of marriage for his son Frederick Payne and Elizabeth Reed on 26 December 1890 his name is given as George Payne and his employment was a brass finisher.
In the 1891 census George William Ryon (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 50, born in St Luke, Middlesex, employed as a valve filter waste water maintainer, and living with his wife (Sarah) in 2 rooms at 142 Quinn Square, St George the Martyr, Southwark (this on the westside of Waterloo Road between Webber Row and Tower Street (which no longer exists)).
In the 1901 census as George Payne aged 60, born in London, employed as a fitter, and a patient at the Metropolitan Convalescent Institution at Bexhill on Sea, Sussex. His wife and son were living at 76 Oakley Street, Lambeth.
His wife died in 1905.
From information in his son's military records he was living at 9 Dorset Street, Newington Causeway, SE during the war. However he appears to have moved by 1922 as a postcard was returned returned to sender at Gloucester Buildings, Regents Park marked Gone Away.
Entry in FreeBMD for the death of George W Payne in January-March 1926 aged 84 in Thanet (2a 1344).
A copy of Entry of Death no 4 1926 in the sub-district of Minster in the district of Thanet, Kent gives the death of George William Payne aged 84, formerly a brass finisher engineer on 17 January 1926 at Hill House, Minster due to senility. His address is given as 49 Buckingham Road, Margate and the death was reported by the occupier of Hill House, Minster, A E Fussell, on 19 January 1926.
My father's records state he was an engineer, born 23 January 1841 and died at Margate in 1915.
Moved from St Lukes to Lambeth about 1865, to Southwark about 1867, to Deptford St Paul before 1881, but then moved back to Southwark. Buckingham Road is off the A254 Ramsgate Road just south of the railway line. Minster is some 6 miles SW.
George William Payne was my great grandfather.
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