Kenneth's father died on 6 December 1917. Kenneth's mother died on 17 May 1918. According to her obituary, Helen Isabelle Payne was subsequently raised in Sackville by her maternal grandparents, the late Arthur and Isabelle Fenerty. Canada Census, 1921: Kenneth Payne and his sister, Helen Payne, were living in the household of Arthur Henry Fenerty and his wife, Isabelle.