Jane (Martin) Payton (1829 - 1900)

Born 1829 in Acock's Green, Worcestershire, England

Wife of James Payton — married 15 May 1859 in St Edburgha's Church, Yardley, Birmingham, England.

Died 1900 at about age 71 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Jane was born in 1829 in Acock's Green, Worcestershire, England. She is the daughter of John Martin and Charity Parkhouse. ^[1]

Baptism

Jane Martin was baptized on 12 April 1829. Her father was a labourer and they were living in Yardley. Marston.^{[2] [1]}

1841 - Jane is 12 years old, she is living in Flint Green, [1] Yardley, Worcestershire, England. Jane is living at home with her parents and her younger siblings, William Martin (age 9), Henry Martin (age 7), Robert Martin (age 4), John Martin (age 2) and there is a 1 year old toddler named George Corbett. ^[3]

1851 - Jane, age 22, is living in Warwick St, Solihull, Yardley, Worcestershire, England with her father John Martin (age 53) and many of her siblings, William Martin (age 19), John Martin (age 11), Anne Martin (age 9). Her mother was often away nursing people. Jane is employed as a Laundress. ^[4]

Marriage

1859 Jane married James Payton In the Parish of Yardley, Church of England, St Edburgha. ^[5]

Jane is missing from the 1861 Census as is husband James if anyone finds out where they were please add it here. I can find no record of them in or leaving the UK."

1871 - Jane and James are living at 42 Warwick Rd, Yardley, just down the street from James parents and his brother Thomas Nathaniel Payton and his family. They have no children but have taken in boarders. ^[6]

1881 - Jane and husband James are still living at Warwick Rd, Yardley, Jane has started her own laundry business and they have 2 girls living with them, working as her assistants. Mary Beckworth Carter Sykes (18), Salley Parker (14). They also have Sarah Ann Francombe (9) recorded as Child of sister and orphen. ^[7]

1891 - Jane and her husband James have moved to a cottage in Shirley Rd, they are both in their early 60's and James was noted to be an invalid, but later recovered. They still have 2 girls with them, one a servant and Jane's namesake, Jane Martin (neice, age 24). ^[8]

Death

Jane Payton (nee Martin) passed away in early 1900.^[9] They may have taken her to the Workhouse Infirmary, which was a closest thing to a hospital in those days, because she is recorded as dying at Solihull, Warwickshire. In truth it was to become Solihull Hospital only a few years later. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptism: "Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
   Yardley, Marston > 1813-1859 > image 21 of 75
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Martin
2. ↑ Baptism "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NF6K-9F2 : 23 March 2020), Jane Martin, 1829.
3. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 1198; Book: 20; Civil Parish: Yardley; County: Worcestershire; Enumeration District: 13; Folio: 27; Page: 15; Line: 8; GSU roll: 464209
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8978 #11473657 (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Martin (12) in Solihull registration district. Born in Worcestershire, England.
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2071; Folio: 68; Page: 26; GSU roll: 87335
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #9432305 (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Martin (22) daughter in household of John Martin (53) in Solihull registration district. Born in Yardley, Worcestershire, England.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937"
   Reference Number: DRO 51; Archive Roll: 539
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4994 #52730029 (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Martin marriage to James Payton on 15 May 1859 in Yardley, St Edburgha, England.
6. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3188; Folio: 103; Page: 9; GSU roll: 839251
   Ancestry Record 7619 #24173394 (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Payton (42), wife, in household of James Payton (35) in Solihull registration district. Born in Yardley, Worcestershire, England.
7. ↑ "1881 England Census" "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-547P : 12 December 2017), Jane Payton in household of James Payton, Yardley (Worcs), Warwickshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 59, Piece/Folio 3084/122, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,866.
8. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
   The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 2463; Folio: 36; Page: 11; GSU roll: 6097573
   Ancestry Record 6598 #20378810 (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Jane Payton (62), wife, in household of James Payton (56) in Solihull registration district. Born in Acock's Green, Worcestershire, England.
9. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales Death Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 12 April 2022)
   Payton, Jane (Age at death: 70).
   GRO Reference: 1900 Jan-Feb-Mar in Solihull Volume 6d Page 465.
10. ↑ The Workhouse, (accessed 21 Aug 2019).