James Payton (1834 - 1911)

Born 24 Dec 1834 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Martin) Payton — married 15 May 1859 in St Edburgha's Church, Yardley, Birmingham, England.

Husband of Rachel (Birks) Payton — married Apr 1901 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died Sep 1911 at age 76 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Biography

James was born on Christmas Eve, 1834 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He is the son of Frederick Payton and Ann (Downes) Payton. ^[1]

Baptism

1836 - James was Christened at St Phillips, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. ^{[1] [2]}

1841 - James, 6 years old, is recorded living with his parents Frederick Payton (age 40), and Ann (Downes) Payton (age 40), and 5 siblings, at Barretts Heath, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.^[3]

1851 - James, now 16 yrs old, is employed as a Brick Maker, like his father and older brother Samuel. He is living at home with his parents and siblings, but home is now 30 Saltey Rd, Aston, Warwickshire, England. His parents Frederick Payton and Ann (Downes) Payton are now both 50 years old, his siblings are all still living at home and he has a new little sister, Rachel (age 3). ^[4]

In 1952 sadly his little sister Rachel Payton passed away, age 5, which must have been a blow to the entire family.

1st Marriage

On 15 May 1859, James Payton married Jane Martin, in St Edburgha’s Church, Yardley. This is the oldest Church in the entire Birmingham area, with parts of the church dating from the 13th century. [1] James is recorded as being a Labourer, as is his father Frederick Payton, and the bride's father also, John Martin. The witnesses who signed the Register were siblings of the bride, Henry Martin and Anne Martin, who later married James younger brother Thomas Payton.^[5]

James and his wife are missing from the 1861 Census.

In 1871 he is 36 years old and living with wife Jane at 41 Warwick Rd, Yardley, Birmingham. They are not recorded as having any children but have taken in boarders. His now elderly parents are living at 49 Warwick Rd, and his brother Thomas N. Payton was living just up the road at 56 Warwick Rd, with his family.^[6]

In 1881 he is 46 and still living in Warwick Rd with wife Jane who has started her own business doing laundry, and has taken on 2 assistants who are staying with them. Also in the home is Sarah Ann Francombe, age 9, James niece, daughter of his sister Rachel.^[7]

In 1891 he is only 56 but is an invalid living with wife Jane in a cottage in Shirley Rd, Yardley, Worcestershire, Jane is still running her laundry business, and has a young girl from Glasgow living with them and helping with the laundry, and their niece, Jane Martin (24 years old, his wife's namesake) daughter of his wife's brother Henry Martin, is also there, possibly helping to care for him while her Aunt works. ^[8]

In Jan 1900 his wife Jane Payton (nee Martin) passed away. 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. ^{[9] [10]}

In 1901 James is 66 years old, a widower living alone. He is still living in Shirley Rd in a small Cottage and works as a Gardener (domestic). ^[11]

2nd Marriage

In 1901 James, age 66, married Rachel Birks, age 29. ^[12] Rachel was a domestic servant and a single mother. with a 9-10 year old daughter. Florence was living with Rachel's sister Clara, she would later take her stepfather's surname, Payton.

James and Rachel lived at 82 Walsingham Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. In spite of his age, he father's 3 children, with Rachel over the next 10 years.

• 1902 - James Arnold Payton - who became United Church of Canada Pastor.
• 1904 - Ida May Payton - married Rev Canon Robert Loughlin McLaren in 1925.
• 1907 - Walter Frederick Payton - who became the Venerable Walter Frederick Payton, Archdeacon Emeritus in the The Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan.

In the 1911 census James (age 76), Old Age Pensioner, was the married head of household at 82 Walsingham Street, Walsall, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. The household consisting of his wife and 3 children. His wife Rachel is taking in Washing (as his wife Jane used to do), to help financially support the family and his 2 eldest children. James and Ida are attending school. ^[13]

Death

James's death (age 76) was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1911 in the Walsall district, Staffordshire, England.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptism: "Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
   Library of Birmingham; Birmingham, England; Birmingham Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DRO 25; Archive Roll: M42
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4981 #2191395 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton baptism on 3 Oct 1836 (born 24 Dec 1834), child of Frederick Payton & Ann Payton, in Birmingham, St Philip, Warwickshire, England.
2. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   FamilySearch Record: NPV4-HBT (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton baptism on 3 Oct 1836 (born 24 Dec 1834), son of Frederick Payton & Ann, in St Philip, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
3. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 1197; Book: 22; Civil Parish: Kings Norton; County: Worcestershire; Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 30; Page: 15; Line: 14; GSU roll: 464208
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8978 #11447912 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton (6) in Kings Norton registration district in Worcestershire, England.
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2061; Folio: 780; Page: 7; GSU roll: 87317-87319; ED, institution, or vessel: 33; Household Schedule Number: 30
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #9294532 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton (16) son in household of Frederick Payton (50) in Aston registration district in Warwickshire, England. Born in Birmingham.
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 #2730029 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton marriage to Jane Martin on 15 May 1859 in England, Yardley, St Edburgha.
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; ED, institution, or vessel: 12; Household schedule number: 42
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7619 #24173393 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton (35) head of household in Yardley in Solihull registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
7. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England Census"
   Class: RG11; Piece: 3084; Folio: 122; Page: 59; GSU roll: 1341736; ED, institution, or vessel: 13
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7572 #23667096 (accessed 30 January 2023)
   James Payton (46), married, Labourer, head of household on Warwick Rd, Yardley in Solihull registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Birmingham.
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 Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6598 #20963435 (accessed 31 January 2023)
   James Payton (56) head of household in Acocks Green, Yardley in Solihull registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Bham, Warwickshire, England.
9. ↑ Death of Spouse: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915", Ancestry.com.au, database online. Solihull, Yardley, Warwickshire, England; Volume: 6d, 36 pg.465, General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics.
10. ↑ "The Workhouse" The Workhouse, Solihull, Warwickshire, accessed 21 Aug 2019.
11. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 2923; Folio: 46; Page: 25; ED, institution, or vessel: 16; Household schedule number: 158
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 7814 #16976110 (accessed 31 January 2023)
    James Payton head of household in Acocks Green, Yardley in Solihull registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
12. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
    citing 1901, quarter 2, vol. 6B, p. 1298, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
    FamilySearch Record: 26SK-GDS (accessed 30 January 2023)
    Rachel Birks marriage registered Apr-May-Jun 1901 in Walsall.
13. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 370; ED, institution, or vessel: 14; Piece: 17171
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 2352 #57182946 (accessed 31 January 2023)
    James Payton (76), married, Old Age Pensioner, head of household at 82 Walsingham Street, Walsall, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. Born in Birmingham.
14. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales Death Index"
    FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 30 January 2023)
    Payton, James (Age at death: 76).
    GRO Reference: 1911 Jul-Aug-Sep in Walsall Volume 6b Page 992.

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