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5. James PAYNE [ Parents] . Born 7/12/1866 in Cliffe at Hoo, it is not known when James died. Occupation: Variously given in census returns as Farm labourer (1881); Loco engine driver (1891); General labourer (1901); Crane driver (1911). In 1886, when James was age 19, he married Alice SHEAVES , daughter of Isaac and Eliza SHEAVES , in Strood. Born 1867 in Gravesend, it’s not known when Alice died. They had the following children: (1) Herbert James , born 1887 in Gravesend. (2) James William , born 1888 in Gravesend. (3) Sidney , born 1890 in Stockport. (4) Beatrice , born about March 1894 in Chesterfield. (5) Jessie Jean , born 1897 in Rotherhithe. (6) Thomas Majuba , born June 1900 in Rotherhithe. Thomas’s second name is unusual to say the least. He may have been named after the Battle of Majuba Hill that took place on 27/2/1881 in South Africa during the First Boer War, perhaps after a relative or family friend who fought there. 6. Frederick PAYNE [ Parents ]. Born 21 September 1872 in Cliffe at Hoo and baptized, according to St Helen’s Church, Cliffe at Hoo Register, on 23rd Sunday after Trinity 1872 i.e. 27/10/1872. Frederick died 10/4/1952 in Stone, Kent, age 79. Occupation: Variously given in census returns as General labourer (1891); Locomotive engine driver (1901); Crane driver (1911). On 22/4/1889, when Frederick was age 16, he married Ellen CASEY , daughter of Edward and Mary CASEY , in St Mary’s Church, Stone next Dartford. Ellen was born about 1870 and died 14/6/1928 at Guy’s Hospital, London, age about 58. She was buried in Stone cemetery. They had the following children: (1) Frederick Edward , born 1889 in Cliffe at Hoo. (2) Edward , born 1890 in Stone, Kent. (3) James , born about 1892 in Stone. (4) George , born 1/5/1893 in Stone and died 21/11/1956 in Dartford, age 63. On 3/1/1920, when George was age 26, he married Mabel BARTHOLOMEW (1895-?), daughter of Arthur William BARTHOLOMEW , an Inn-keeper, in St Mary's Church, Stone. (5) Ellen , born about 1900 in Stone. (6) Thomas , born about 1902 in Greenhithe. (7) Rose , born about 1904 in Greenhithe. (8) Beatrice , born about 1907 in Greenhithe. (9) William , born about 1909 in Stone. On 4/4/1931, when Frederick was age 58, he married Florence Mary MISSONS , daughter of Albert James MISSONS and Mary MARRETT , in Dartford. Florence was born 15/3/1902 in Dartford and baptized 4/4/1902 in Christ Church, Erith. She died 28/12/1992 in Stone, age 90. They had the following children: (1) Colin , born 16/7/1931 in Dartford and died there in 1932, age about 8 months. (2) Robin , born 26/3/1933 in Dartford and died 11/8/2015, age 82. (3) Beryl , born 1942 in Dartford and died 1956 in Greenwich, age 13. And others who may still be living. 7. Thomas Albert PAYNE [ Parents ]. Born 21/8/1878 in Cliffe at Hoo, Thomas Albert died 1967 in Chatham, age 88. Occupation: Labourer (1901, 1911); General foreman, sand and ballast pit (1939). On 7/7/1915, when Thomas was age 36, he married Julia Annie SMITH , daughter of George SMITH , a Labourer (deceased), in Medway district Register Office. This was nearly 10 years after the birth of their first child and 5 years after the birth of their third. Although the couple declared they had been married for 6 years in the 1911 census, there is no marriage recorded for them in 1905/06. Why they waited until 1915 is not known. Julia Annie was born 16/9/1883 in Dartford and died 1963 in Chatham, age 80. They had the following children: (1) Thomas George , born about December 1905 and baptized 7/1/1906 in St Mary’s, Stone-by-Dartford. It’s not known when Thomas George died. (2) Edward Rayner , born about 1908 in Dartford and died 1924, age 16. (3) Frederick William , born about 1910 in Cliffe at Hoo and died 1967 in Chatham, age 57. (4) Ernest Charles , born 23/1/1917 in Strood and died 17/3/1960 in Chatham, age 43. (5) Gladys , born 9/10/1918. (6) Jessie , born 24/11/1923.