Name: George Robert Payne

Date of Birth: 29th August 1840

Baptised: 4th October 1840

Birth Location: Islington, England

Also Known As: George Jnr

Date of Death: 31 October 1895

Age: 52 Years

Death Location: Capel, Western Australia

Date of Burial: 1st  November 1895

Denomination: Anglican B

Row/Grave: Row 11 Grave #139

Grave Transcription:

               IN LOVING MEMORY OF

OUR DEAR PARENTS

G.R PAYNE                           E.A PAYNE

DIED 31ST OCT 1895        DIED 23RD APRIL 1884

AGED 52 YEARS                AGED 32 YEARS

PEACE PERFECT PEACE

Father:

George Robert Payne Snr, born 6th December 1817, Orpington, Kent UK. Died 5th November 1892, Capel, Western Australia. Buried at Picton Churchyard 7th November 1892

Married: 6th October 1840 at Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London, UK

Mother:

Julia Hawkins nee Horne born 10th October 1811, Eton Buckinghamshire, UK. Died 7th June 1878 at Capel aged 70 years– Buried at Picton Churchyard next to her husband (see below Trove Article)

Trove Newspaper Article – George Payne Snr – 30 November 1892

Trove Newspaper Article – Julia Payne – 6 July 1878

Grandparents (father): Robert and Catherine Payne

Grandparents (mother): John Horne  and Mary Newell

Siblings:

Julia Payne, born 1843 Australind. Died before 1869 (possibly 14 Dec 1866). Married James Brown Travis in 1861. Had two children James Foster Travis and Maude May Travis

Mary (Minnie) Payne, born 13th February 1846 at Australind, Died 11th July 1936, Greenbushes, Western Australia. Married 1874 to William Knapton (registration number 711 BDM)

Alfred William Payne, born 1848, Collie River. Died 1921, Donnybrook. Married Sarah Ann Hough in 1875 at Australind. (Twin)

Albert Charles Payne, born 1848, Collie River. Died 1927, Donnybrook. Married Mary Ann Hough in 1871 at Australind. (Twin)

Arthur Lewin Payne, born 1850 born at Mr Pleasant, Capel.  Died 1936, Bayswater, Perth. Married Elizabeth Helen Knapton in 1874 at Bunbury

Step Sibling: Frederick Hawkins – born 18th September 1833 – Son of William Hawkins and Julia Horne.  William was a Lawyer and died 1834.

First Spouse: Elizabeth Hough

Second Spouse: Lucy Hurst

Children:

George Payne and Elizabeth Hough had eight children together:

George William Frederick Payne, born 1869, Capel, Western Australia. Died 12 January 1953, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B Section, Row 11, Grave # 137. Married Mary Ann Jackson, born 1869, the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Catherine Lyons.

Ernest Albert Payne, born 1870, Capel, Western Australia. Died 6 February 1956, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B, Row 10, Grave #121.

Arnott James Payne, born 1872, Capel, Western Australia. Died 13 March 1939, Boyanup, Western Australia. Buried Boyanup Cemetery.  Married Sarah Ellen Hurst, born 1874, the daughter of Thomas Hurst and Elizabeth Ann Ecclestone, granddaughter of Abraham Hurst and Ann Howlett.

Raymond Alfred Payne, born 1875, Vasse, Western Australia. Died 5 April 1955, Boyanup, Western Australia. Buried Boyanup Cemetery.  Married Mary Matilda Hurst, born 1878, the daughter of Thomas Hurst and Elizabeth Ann Ecclestone, granddaughter of Abraham Hurst and Ann Howlett.

Bertha Fanny Christina Payne, born 1877, Vasse, Western Australia. Died 12 November 1962, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A, Row 3, Grave #21.  Married Walter James Hutton, born 1877, the son of John James Hutton and Ann Alice Jackson

Laura Marie Payne, born 1879, Capel, Western Australia. Died 18 December 1947, Quindalup, Western Australia. Buried Dunsborough Cemetery.  Married William John Harwood, born 1870, the son of John Harwood and Mary Elizabeth Scott.

Herbert Edward Payne, born 1881, Capel, Western Australia. Died 1952 Blackwood, Western Australia. Married Alice May Thomas

Laurence Arthur Payne, born 1883, Happy Valley, Western Australia. Died 30 June 1960, Donnybrook, Western Australia. Buried Donnybrook Cemetery. Married Violet May Payne, born 1912, daughter of Aubrey William Payne and Violet Matilda Sophia Scott.

Children of George Robert Payne and Lucy Hurst:

Ethel Rosina Payne, born 1886, Happy Valley, Western Australia. Died 15 November 1960, Bunbury, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A Section, Row 1, Grave #8. Married Frederick Roland Henry Tucker, born 1888, the son of William Tucker and Rachel Williams

Marian Edith Payne, born 1887, Capel, Western Australia. Died 19 September 1955, Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B Section, Row 6, Grave #70. Married John Finlayson Gibson, born 1886, the son of Andrew William Gibson and Ann Campbell.

Ruth Evelyn Payne, born 1889, Capel, Western Australia. Died 25 February 1954, Donnybrook, Western Australia. Buried Donnybrook Cemetery. Married John Cross, born 1885, the son of John Cross Snr and Grace Kelly Pearce.

Justus Allan Payne, born 1891, Capel, Western Australia. Died 5 October 1960, Queensland. Buried Nundah Cemetery, Nundah Brisbane City, Queensland.

Cyril Thomas Payne, born 1893, Capel, Western Australia. Died 2 November 1916, Flers, Somme, Picardie, France. WW1

Occupation: Farmer

Military Service:

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