EUGENE PAYNE was one of three surviving children of Bridget nee O'Connell and William Payne (NSW BDM 17019/1878).
Eugene was born at Goodiman in 1878. He married Annie Vera Schults in 1902 in Wellington (NSW BDM 10396/1902). Their children included:
- William Patrick ("Bill") - born 1903 (NSW BDM 17368/1903); married Marie Edith McCormick in 1933.
- Norman F - born 1905 (NSW BDM 39120/1905)
- Vera - born 1908 (NSW BDM 9953/1908)
- Alfred E ("Alf") - born 1910 (NSW BDM 33668/1910)
- Lorna M - born 1912 (NSW BDM 51729/1912)
- Alvenie M - born 1915 (NSW BDM 22676/1915)
- Thomas - born 1916 (NSW BDM 49383/1916)
- Nellie - born 1920 (NSW BDM 8098/1920)
Eugene Payne died in Camperdown/Newtown in 1956 (NSW BDM 3318/1956) and was buried in Wellington. Annie, born 1878, died in Wellington in 1960.
Payne headstone in Wellington, NSW
Source: Austcemindex
