Dinah Flavel Paynter

Stub entry filled from primary sources, 24 Aug 2026. See Sources below.

Lifespan

Born: 18 July 1869 — Finniss Point, South Australia
Died: 10 June 1958 (aged 88) — Mukinbudin, Western Australia
Buried: Mukinbudin Cemetery, WA

Family

• Father: Richard Paynter (1838–1869) — school teacher at St Kitt's Creek
• Mother: Jean (Telfer) Paynter, later Parker (1840–1892)
• Spouse: Thomas Dennis — m. 2 July 1895, Appila, SA
• Children: Lavinia Daisy (→Williams), Dalby Cecil (1897), Amy Pearl (→Dempster), William (1900), Kathleen Lydia (→Gray), Gordon Percival (1904), Jean Telfer Dennis (1906), Hamilton Hobart (1908–1974), Mary Evelyn (1914)

Life Summary

Dinah was the youngest child of Richard Paynter and Jean Telfer, born posthumously in July 1869 (her father died in February 1869). She was named for her maternal grandmother, Dinah Flavel. She married Thomas Dennis at Appila, SA in July 1895, and the family later moved to Mukinbudin, Western Australia, where she died in June 1958 aged 88. (Death year 1958 resolves the previously blank end-date in the tree.)

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