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Record #16589
Name :
: George Henry PAYNE (1876 - 1936)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 Mar 1876

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 17 Jun 1936   Notes : Prostate Cancer
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Chelsea
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Lady Minto Hospital, Cochrane
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Apr 1893
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Vancouver

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Fegan Homes for Boys
NotesParents: William Payne and Amelia Purvor, married 1871, London, Middlesex, England.

My grandmother (George's daughter) never spoke about her family. What I know I have gathered from available public records. George's mother died in 1881 and his father died in 1889 when George was 13. His eldest sister was 17 and working as a servant. His youngest sister had already been sent to live with her aunt in Oxfordshire after her mother died. George and his older brother James were left alone.

In 1893, George Payne, 17, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 62 Fegan boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

There are few records until his marriage to my great-grandmother (Mary Goater) in Toronto in 1907. The marriage was arranged as she only arrived in Canada a few months prior specifically to marry George. George and Mary were first cousins.

On October 19, 1907, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between George Henry Payne, 31, painter, born in England to James Alfred Payne and Amelia Purves; and Mary Goater, 24, born in England to John James Goater and Eliza Purves.

At least 5 children were born of this marriage: John William Payne, born May 4, 1908, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, died April 6, 1926, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; Rosa Mary Payne, born February 1, 1910, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, died June 6, 1980, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; George Payne, born July 12, 1914, in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, died April 15, 1920, in Orilla, Ontario, Canada; and James Alfred Payne, born October 6, 1918, in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, died January 11, 1987, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

Mary died in 1919, followed shortly after by their son George in 1920, both dying of influenza.

On July 1, 1919, at Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, Mary Payne, 34, born in London, England, died of pneumonia myocarditis, 4 weeks duration.

George was left with 5 children, 2 of whom were in institutions. He moved to Vancouver with 3 children, eventually leaving his 2 daughters in Vancouver and returning to Ontario with his youngest son. George died in 1936 in Cochrane, Ontario of prostate cancer.

On June 17, 1936, George Henry Payne, 60, painter, died of carcinoma of prostate with secondary metastases, at Lady Minto Hospital, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. His informant was his son, James A. Payne, who stated that he was born in Oxford, England; that he was widowed, and that he had lived in Canada for 44 years. George Payne was buried in Cochrane Protestant Cemetery on June 19, 1936.

I believe that his older brother James also came to Canada, but we can find no record of him. We do have some pictures of a man in a railway uniform which we believe is him. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-08-13 17:22:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-23 22:33:32 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3399 PAYNE, Albert1896ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
18898 PAYNE, Beatrice1896ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18606 PAYNE, Clara1885ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4599 PAYNE, Dorothy Mary1907ENG,     Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
5710 PAYNE, Francis M G1897ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23534 PAYNE, Frederick William1892ENG,    , London Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos EileenPayne  
6249 PAYNE, George1889ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
15020 PAYNE, George1882ENG,     Jan 1899 : Parisian CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
3788 PAYNE, George Edward1910ENG, MDX, Paddington, London Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
16589 PAYNE, George Henry1876ENG, MDX, Chelsea Apr 1893 : Vancouver CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19302 PAYNE, Hector Albert1902ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3957 PAYNE, James1908ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Aug 1926 : Pakeha AUS Dreadnought Scheme  
6023 PAYNE, James 1899ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
18391 PAYNE, John1894ENG,     Jul 1902 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
6300 PAYNE, John Ernest1897ENG,    , London Jun 1909 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes EileenPayne  
3309 PAYNE, John Frederick William1908ENG, MDX, Marylebone, London Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
10002 PAYNE, Joseph1906ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12222 PAYNE, Kathleen M1924ENG,     Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
10600 PAYNE, Laura1915ENG,    , Wellington Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
27703 PAYNE, Richard1909ENG, LEI, Market Harborough May 1922 : Melita CAN  Tom Tramp  
25079 PAYNE, Violet1897 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
19120 PAYNE, Violet Maud1900ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
27293 PAYNE, William Vernon1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Jun 1929 : Largs Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes