Name: William Paine
Burial Number: 0779
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chemist and Druggist
Distinction: Chemist who Pulled Teeth
Born: 00/00/1863
Died: 04/04/1915
Buried: 08/04/1915
Story
William was the son of Richard and Elizabeth nee Plunkett. He was born in Harbury, Warwickshire where his father was a baker and farmer. Richard died in 1866 aged 54. William was apprenticed to a chemist in Ashton-under-Lyne and qualified on 25th February 1885. In the summer of 1886, he married Jane Roberts at the Garth Chapel in Porthmadog, Wales. The couple set up home in Westbury-on-Trym where their daughter Mary Elizabeth was born in 1889. In 1897, the family moved to Sudbury, Suffolk where a second daughter Winifred was born in 1898. William ran a chemist and drug shop and included the pulling of teeth as a service to his customers. (see advert below). When William retired, the family moved to Worthing, living at “Fernlea” in Belsize Road. (see photo below). His wife Jane died in 1913 and is buried at Heene. William died suddenly of heart failure on 4th April 1915. Probate was granted on 4th June 1915 to the Public Trustee. Effects £11515 7s 9d.
Researcher: Carol Sullivan
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: NES Row: 1 Plot: 9
Exact Location (what3words): think.salads.camera
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In loving memory of Jane Paine died 26th March 1913 aged 51 also of William beloved husband of the above died April 4th 1915 aged 52
Further Information
Birth
Name: William Paine
Gender: Male
Born: 00/00/1863
Town: Harbury
County: Warwickshire
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name: Not applicable
Marriage Date: /6/1886
Spouse First Name: Jane
Spouse Last Name: Roberts
Town of Marriage: Porthmadog
County of Marriage: Glamorgan
Country of Marriage: Wales
Information at Death
Date of Death: 04/04/1915
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Address line 1: Fernlea
Address line 3: Belsize Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £11515 7 s 9 d
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1871
8, Alexandra Villas, Hammersmith, London
Elizabeth Plunkett aged 62, widow, Interest (living on); Elizabeth Paine aged 34, widow, daughter, Interest; Margaret Plunkett aged 27, daughter, Interest; William Paine aged 8, grandson, scholar; Sarah Davies aged 15, general domestic servant; Alice Mary Plunkett aged, 26, daughter
1881
160 Stamford Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire
William aged 18, apprentice to Edwin Fisher, chemist and druggist.
1891
5, College Place, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire
William Paine aged 28, chemist and druggist; Jane Paine aged 31, wife; Margaret Matthews aged 17, general domestic servant;
1901
36, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, (Literary Institute)
William Paine aged 38, chemist, druggist and Bookkeeper; Jane Paine aged 40, wife; Mary E Paine aged 12, daughter; Winifred Paine aged 3, daughter; Maud Boggis aged 17, general domestic servant.
1911
Fernlea, Belsize Road, Worthing
William Paine aged 48, retired chemist; Jane Paine aged 50, wife; Winifred Paine aged 13, daughter; Jessie Collier aged 19, general domestic servant;
Miscellaneous Information
William Akers and William Paine
A postcard produced to celebrate the coronation of George V and Queen Mary in 1911. These two were neighbours in Belsize Road and they are both buried at Heene. The one leaning on the gate at Akerdene is William Iredale Akers and the other by the Fernlea gate is William Paine.
FoHC Acknowledge the Geoffrey Godden Collection and Worthing Library Service, for the permission to publish these photographs.
