Sarah Jane Payne (1875 - 1953)

Born 1 Oct 1875 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Archibald John Taylor — married 4 Jun 1904 in Hendon, London

Descendants

Died 27 May 1953 at age 77 in Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography of both Sarah Jane Payne and her husband Archibald John Taylor

ARCHIBALD JOHN TAYLOR was the second child of William Henry Taylor by his first wife Caroline Palmer. He was born on 17th May 1881 at 69 Cambridge Road South, Willesden ^[1]. As his mother died so young when he was only five years old, he may have only had a good memory of his step mother, Jessie Hepburn. He was christened on 23rd Mar 1891, at the same time as his brothers and sister, at St Luke the Evangelist, Kilburn, Middlesex ^[2]. On the 1891 census he is living with his father and stepmother, Jessie, at Fernbank, Paddington, Middlesex and is described as a scholar ^[3]. By the 1901 census he is living at 68 Myddelton Square, Clerkenwell, London with his brother, William, and working as a bailiff’s man ^[4]. By this time he would have already met his future wife SARAH JANE PAYNE as she was pregnant with his first daughter at the time of the census. Sarah was born on 1st Oct 1875 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, the daughter of William and Annie Payne ^[5]. She was christened on 5th Mar 1876 at St Nicholas, South Kilworth ^[6]. At the time of the 1881 census she was living with her parents and siblings in Welford Road, South Kilworth and is described as a scholar ^[7]. By 1891 she’d gone into service and was working for a school master at a private school as a kitchenmaid in Ellen Lodge, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire ^[8]. In 1901, and now pregnant, Sarah was still working as a general domestic servant but now at 10 Corona Road, Lee, Kent ^[9]. The couple married on 4th Jun 1904 at the Register Office in Hendon, Middlesex and they were living together at 26 Burrows Road, Willesden at the time and Archibald was working as a plumber ^[10]. At this stage they had already had their first two children and Sarah was once again pregnant with their third child. By the 1911 census they were living at 54 Eastbournia Avenue, Lower Edmonton where Archibald is described as a plumber’s mate ^[11]. They had a son in 1911 who they gave up for adoption to Archibald’s brother, Albert Palmer Taylor, and his wife, who until then had remained childless ^[12]. Archibald did military service in 1915 in Brentford for the duration of the first world war ^[13]. I am unsure if the military service changed him at all, but he tended to be a bit distant especially around children, but he may have been like this before the war too ^[14]. From at least 1923 the couple were living at 101a Station Road, Chingford, Essex ^[15]. Kelly’s register has Archibald still living at 101a Station Road, Chingford, Essex in 1925 ^[16]. In the electoral register for 1925 they are registered at this address but it has their abode as being 30 Wood Street, Walthamstow. In 1928 Archibald is described as an electrician on his son, Sid’s, marriage certificate ^[17]. On the 1939 register they are living at 71 Chingford Road, Walthamstow and Archibald is described as an electrical wireman, whilst Sarah is performing unpaid domestic duties ^[18]. Their grandson, Bob, who like his brother Ron before him, used to shop for them twice a week to supplement his pocket money, (including trips to Wood Street, where Archibald, Sarah and their family had lived earlier, for meat from a butcher they had known then), remembers that Archibald always smelt of lighter fuel and tobacco, while Sarah was a very gentle person and talked with a soft, high-pitched voice, but remembers no accent. Archibald died on 9th Jan 1950 from lymphosarcoma in Langthorne Hospital in Leytonstone ^[19]. He was buried at Chingford Cemetery on 13th Jan 1950 ^[20]. His burial stone reads ‘IN LOVING MEMORY OF ARCHIBALD JOHN TAYLOR DEPARTED THIS LIFE 9TH JANUARY AGED 68 YEARS’ ^[21]. He left £58 to his widow, Sarah ^[22]. Sarah died on 27th May 1953 whilst still living at 71 Chingford Road from hypertension and cirrhosis of the liver ^[23]. She was buried along with Archibald in Chingford Cemetery on 30th May 1953 ^[24]. She left £126 10s 9d to her son Bertram ^[25]. Archibald and Sarah had eleven children together, Dorothy Edna Taylor, Frederick Archibald Taylor, Albert Sidney Taylor, Leonard Charles Taylor, Harry George Taylor, Ivy Edith Taylor, Ernest Harold Neville Palmer Taylor, John Stanley Taylor, Frank Edward Taylor, Leslie Taylor, and Bertram Cecil Taylor.

Sources

1. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Archibald John Taylor, 17 May 1881. Application Number COL597071. General Register Office
2. ↑ Baptism of Archibald John Taylor, 23 Mar 1891. St Luke the Evangelist, Kilburn, Middlesex Parish Register
3. ↑ 1891 Census Return for Paddington, Middlesex. PRO RG12/9, Folio No. 126, p88
4. ↑ 1901 Census Return for Clerkenwell, Middlesex. PRO RG13/254, Folio No. 33, p58
5. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Sarah Jane Payne, 1 October 1875. Application Number COL772008. General Register Office
6. ↑ Baptism of Sarah Jane Payne, 5 March 1876. St Nicholas, South Kilworth, Leicestershire Parish Register
7. ↑ 1881 Census Return for South Kilworth, Leicestershire. PRO RG11/3117, Folio No. 34, p12
8. ↑ 1891 Census Return for Woodhall, Lincolnshire. PRO RG12/2598, Folio No. 198, p10
9. ↑ 1901 Census Return for Lee, Kent. PRO RG13/547, Folio No. 139, p51
10. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Archibald John Taylor and Sarah Jane Payne, 4 June 1904. Application Number COL567397. General Register Office
11. ↑ 1911 Census Return for Edmonton, Middlesex. PRO RG14/7381, Registration District 132, Sub District 5, Enumeration District 31
12. ↑ Information provided by their grandson Robert Taylor
13. ↑ Attestation of Short Service for Archibald John Taylor. Card No. 36/57 9A1113 A2322
14. ↑ This information has been provided by my father, their grandson, Ronald Taylor
15. ↑ Information from electoral registers for Chingford, Essex
16. ↑ Kelly’s Register 1925
17. ↑ Information taken from Albert Sidney Taylor’s marriage certificate. See reference there
18. ↑ 1939 Register, TNA RG101/1133G/005/27 Letter Code CDJK
19. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Archibald John Taylor, 9 January 1950. Application Number COL903166. General Record Office
20. ↑ Burial of Archibald John Taylor, 13 January 1950. Grave No. C/R51817, Cemetery Section G.14., Chingford Mount Cemetery, Waltham Forest, London Register
21. ↑ Recorded by the author
22. ↑ Probate for Archibald John Taylor, 12 Apr 1950, London. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar
23. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Sarah Jane Taylor, 27 May 1953. Application Number XB537465. General Record Office
24. ↑ Burial of Sarah Jane Payne, 30 May 1953. Grave No. C/R51817, Cemetery Section G.14., Chingford Mount Cemetery, Waltham Forest, London Register
25. ↑ Probate for Sarah Jane Taylor, 15 October 1953, London. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar

• Edith Hood
• Birth Certificate full information: Hendon, 1882, Willesden, County of Middlesex, 342, Seventeenth May 1881 69 Cambridge Road South U.S.D, Archibald John, Boy, William Henry Taylor, Caroline Taylor formerly Palmer, Insurance Clerk, M.A. Hardcastle Present at the birth 131 Cambridge Road South Twelfth May 1882, John Davis Registrar.
• Marriage Certificate full information: 1904, Register Office, Hendon, County of Middlesex, 188, Fourth June 1904, Archibald John Taylor, 24 years, Bachelor, Plumber, 26 Burrows Road Kensal Rise Willesden, William Henry Taylor, Commercial Clerk, Sarah Jane Payne, 27 years, Spinster, Servant Domestic, 26 Burrows Road Kensal Rise Willesden, William Payne (Deceased), Labourer, Witnesses: George Pearce, Mary Burgin.
• Death Certificate full information: Essex South-Western, 1950, Leyton, County of Essex, 297, Ninth January 1950 Langthorne Hospital U.D., Archibald John TAYLOR, Male, 68 years, of 71 Chingford Road Walthamstow U.D. A retired Electrician, 1(a) Lymphosarcoma 11 Gastric Ulcer haematemesis P.M. Certified by T. Radula M.B., J.S. Taylor Son 71 Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Eleventh January 1950, A Diaper Registrar.

• Edith (Hood) Taylor
• Birth Certificate full information: Lutterworth, 1875, Lutterworth, Counties of Leicester, Warwick & Northampton, 409, Seventh October 1875 South Kilworth U.D., Sarah Jane, Girl, William Payne, Ann Payne formerly Liggins, Road Laborer, Ann Payne Mother South Kilworth, Eighth November 1875, Jas. Lee Registrar.
• Marriage Certificate full information: 1904, Register Office, Hendon, County of Middlesex, 188, Fourth June 1904, Archibald John Taylor, 24 years, Bachelor, Plumber, 26 Burrows Road Kensal Rise Willesden, William Henry Taylor, Commercial Clerk, Sarah Jane Payne, 27 years, Spinster, Servant Domestic, 26 Burrows Road Kensal Rise Willesden, William Payne (Deceased), Labourer, Witnesses: George Pearce, Mary Burgin.
• Death Certificate full information: Essex South Western, 1953, Walthamstow, County of Essex, 139, Twenty Seventh May 1953 71 Chingford Road, Sarah Jane Taylor, female, 71 years, Widow of Archibald John Taylor Journeyman Electrician, Ia Haematemesis, b Hypertension, II Cirrhosis of Liver Certified by B Press M.B., J.S. Taylor Son Present at the death, 71 Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Twenty Seventh May 1953.