Charles Payne, Free Settler "Golconda" 1858

Name Charles Payne (male)

Birth Details Date & Place 12 May 1822, Axbridge, Somerset

Baptism 10 October 1822, Christ Church, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

Father George Gould Payne

Mother Ann Andrews, (aka Anderson)

Death Details Date & Place 27 April 1871, Alexandra, Victoria, Australia

Burial 29 April, 1871, Alexandra Cemetry, Victoria after inquest

Cause of Death Drowned after falling from punt in flooded Goulburn River

Age at Death 49 years

Marriage Details Date & Place 20 December 1845, Winscombe, Somerset

Spouse Mary Ann Palmer, born bet. 1820-1825, Somerset

Children 1. Louisa Palmer Payne, bet 1839-1841, Compton Bishop, Somerset

2. Robert Palmer Payne, 1844, Compton Bishop, Somerset

3. Joseph Charles Payne, 1845, Woodborough, Somerset

4. Mary Ann Payne, 1848, Winscombe, Somerset

5. George Payne, 1850, Winscombe, Somerset

6. Georgina Maria Payne, 1852, Winscombe, Somerset

7. Maria Payne, 1856, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

8. Sydney James Payne, 1860, Merriang, Victoria, Australia (There was a Merriang in the Donnybrook, Kal Kallo area as well as the current Merriang near Mytleford)

9. Mary Ann Matilda (called Polly), 1862, Merri Creek (4 1/2 miles north of Melbourne) , Victoria, Australia

Occupation Agricultural Labourer, Farmer, Businessman, Publican

Residence various places in Somerset, then Sydney, Merriang, and Summerview, Alexandra, Victoria

Religion Church of England

Notes Immigrated on Golconda to Botany Bay in August of 1858, somehow migrated to Victoria by 1862. Drawn to the area because siblings already resident in the area (Woodstock).

Charles operated Payne's Punt on the Goulburn River, Alexandra, Victoria and disappeared from it leaving his walking stick and hat in the vessel. Local authorities dredged the river and recovered his body. An inquested was held and a verdict of Accidental Drowning was returned. From various documents including Victorian Inquest Records. Claire Hughes 2005

Sources 1. Marriage Certificate of son, George, 1872/140 and various other vital records from children

2. Somerset Marriage Registers, courtesy of Graham Payne, Somerset, England

Somerset PAIN to Australian PAYNE

The Payne family tree and genealogy

© Claire M. Hughes 2006, genealogy research Claire Hughes & Debby Dolgner-De L'Eyre, website assistance Lindsay Brown

The Alexandra Times mentions that "a fatal accident" occurred at the Goulburn on Thursday evening, by which Mr. Payne of the punt Farmers' Friend lost his life. It sems that the deceased was missed from his usual

post, his bat and stick being found in the boat attached to the punt The river was then dragged, and the body of the unfortunate man was recovered.

THE ARGUS (Melbourne) 2/8/1871

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