George Payne

  General Notes:

Where they came from:

"TICKENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Portbury, county Somerset, 2 mil es S. of the Nailsea station on the Bristol and Exeter railway, and 10 S. W. of Bristol. Clevedon is its post town. The village is situated on the d eclivity of a range of hills skirting the road from Bristol to Clevedo n. On the summit of the hill above the village is Cadbury Castle, a double -ditched Roman camp. The soil is of various qualities, with a subsoil of l imestone, which is extensively quarried. The living is a vicarage* in t he diocese of Bath and Wells, value £163, in the patronage of the Bish op of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. Quiricus and Julietta, conta ins effigies of the Berkeley family, who resided at Tickenham Court, the r uins of which still exist. There is a National school for both sexes. T he Plymouth Brethren have a chapel. Sir J. H. G. Smyth, Bart., is lo rd of the manor." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Irela nd (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
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George spent 2 years in Heidleberg in the employment of Mr. Stevenson a nd did the first piece of fencing through Croxton Park and Broadmeadow s. He took a farm at Preston (known then as Irishtown) on a 7 year lea se from a Mr. Thomas Short. and at the same time owned bullock team s. He stayed there for over 15 years.

At the same time he owned bullock teams (starting, or continuing, a stro ng family involvement with carting).

--- This is the result of extensive research through various documents a nd family papers. Claire Hughes 5/11/2005
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PAYNES HOUSE 5.19 Paynes House was built about 1890 for George and Zill ah Payne. The Payne’s had previously farmed nearby on the Yan Yean Ro ad at Woodstock. George’s brother John also lived in the district and at d ifferent times operated both the Bridge Inn Hotel at Merinda and the Sir H enry Barclay Hotel at Woodstock. George had arrived in Australia in 184 8, aged twenty-four, aboard the Lady Peel.

After taking various farming jobs, including fencing, he leased a fa rm at Preston for seven years. He also owned several bullock teams. In 18 54 (Note:1853) he married Zillah Aldous and together they raised several c hildren. In about 1873 George took the family from Preston to Woodstock, w here they farmed until he and Zillah retired to their newly erected sto ne house just north of the corner of Epping and Summerhill Roads. George d ied before 1893 when Shire of Darebin rate records list Zillah as occupie r, the home being in the hands of George’s executors. After Zillah’s dea th the property passed to a son who later sold it to Daniel and Agnes Body coat, who retired there from their nearby dairyfarm. Daniel died in 1927 a nd Agnes in 1933. In 1934 the house and its ten acres was purchased by ano ther local resident, Arthur Yann, who still lives there today. Unlike t he majority of the bluestone houses in the Wollert Region, this building h as a suburban quality, addressing the main road rather than a farmyard pre cinct. Its combination of rough faced ashlar blocks and bichrome chimne ys is unusual. By the 1890s very few suburban buildings were using bluesto ne for walls. Polychrome brick, render or weather- boards were the favour ed materials. This building carries on the local tradition of bluestone co nstruction despite the change in fashion in the City and indicates the rur al character of Wollert despite its close proxim- ity to Melbourne. H ISTO RICAL R EFERENCES Payne History of Wollert State School 1877-1977, 1977. S hire of Darebin/Epping Rate Books Victoria and its Metropolis 1888.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, Between 1872 and 1891.

• Occupation: Agricultural Labourer, Bef 1858.

• Religion: Church of England, 18 Mar 1872.

• Residence: Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 18 Mar 1872.

• Residence: "The Elms", Yan Yean.

• Residence: Merri Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1853.

• Baptism: Christ Church, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 10 Oct 1824.

• Immigration: Lady Peel to Melbourne, Feb 1848.

• Education: Illiterate, Marriage Cert. has only his mark, 1853.

• Death, Cause of: Chronic Bronchitis, 5 years, Jun 1891.

• Property: Bridge Inn, Merinda, near Woodstock Victoria, Australia. Probably managed for some time by his brother John.

• Property: Preston Hall, 24 Acres, Bef 29 Dec 1865.

George married Zillah Rosina Aldous, daughter of Thomas Aldous and Louisa Poll, on 20 Apr 1853 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria Australia. (Zillah Rosina Aldous was born in 1837 in Wilby, near Hoxne, Suffolk England, died on 8 Jan 1914 in Woodstock, Victoria Australia and was buried on 10 Jan 1914 in Yan Yean General Cemetery, Yan Yean, Victoria Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• witnesses: Joseph Tod(?) and Sarah Aldous (bride's sister) both illiterate and both living at Merri Creek, Apr 1853.

• Celebrant: H.H.P. Handfield, Apr 1853.

• Licence, Apr 1853.

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