Family of William and Martha (Sanders) Page of England and Wayne Co., NY

Generation No. 1

1.  William Henry¹ Page was born 2-19-1797 in County Essex (or Sussex), England, and died 1‑17-1862 in Bronson, Branch Co., MI.  He married (1) Martha Sanders (or Hudson) Bef. 1818 in England.  She was born in England and died 2-1-1830 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. Her tombstone says she was 36y 7m 20d when she died (apparently born 6-12-1793). He married (2) Chloe Thayer 7-20-1832 in NY, daughter of William Thayer and Chloe Preston.  She was born 4-1-1794 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and died 1-13-1862 in Bronson, Branch Co., MI.

Notes for William Henry Page:

The following table is included so that its information will be available to anyone who might wish to continue research into our Page family’s English origins.

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William Henry Page, Sr.’s son Ebenezer, in a newspaper article and both the 1900 and 1910 Federal censuses, specified his (Ebenezer’s) year of emigrating from England to America as 1829.

William went by the name of “William H. Page.”  William’s son William H. often went by the name “Henry,” from their middle name, at least until 1880, when the son used “William H.”

Ad placed in the Palmyra, NY, newspaper, the Wayne Sentinel (publication date unknown):

STRAY STEER

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber, on or about the 20th of Nov. last, a brown yearling STEER, with white streaks on shoulder and rump, and large scar in forehead. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take him away.

WILLIAM H. PAGE

Macedon, Dec. 18, 1833

William was probably buried next to his first wife Martha, where a “Page, Wm H.” is next to “Page, Martha, wife” at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Vienna Street, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Martha Sanders (or Hudson):

Martha is buried at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Vienna Street, Wayne Co., NY. Age at death, per tombstone, was 36y 7m 20d. On her son Ebenezer Page's death certificate it claimed his mother's name was Martha Hudson. However, at time of death for her children Mary, Esther, and Nathan Page, her maiden name was listed was Martha Sanders. Perhaps Martha had been married previous to marrying William H. Page. After all, she was four years older than William. This could account for the different pre-marital surnames. However, while Ebenezer was still living, and for the purposes of his military enlistment information, his mother's maiden name was listed as "Martha Sanders."

Marriage Notes for William Page and Martha Sanders (or Hudson):

William Henry came to America in 1829 with his wife Martha (Sanders) Page and at least some of their children. Martha died within a year of their arrival.

SOME PAGE BURIALS IN WAYNE CO., NY:

List for the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Vienna Street, Wayne Co., NY.

Page, Wm. H. (no dates)

Page, Martha, wife, Feb. 1, 1830, 36y 7m 20d

Page, Hester POSSEE, wife of Frank, July 23, 1884, 38y 4m 2d

Page, Eleanor L., wife of Willard F., Apr. 4, 1876, 50y

Page, Willard F., Mar. 24, 1876, 51y

Page, Martha R., June 4, 1884, married dau. Dennison ROGERS

Page, Mary G., Feb. 19, 1873, 32y

Page, Sarah A., Apr. 1, 1897, 74y 9m 29d

Page, Wm. L., Dec. 20, 1901, 71y 4m

Page, Willard C., son of Willard F., Apr. 3, 1910, 54y 11m 7d

Page, Marietta, May 12, 1940, 83y 3m 17d

Page, Willard J., Sept. 5, 1946, 56y 7m 14d

List for the Ontario Village Cemetery - Town of Ontario, Wayne Co., NY,  Part 2

Page, Charlie, son of Ebenezer & Elizabeth, died Sep 9, 1859, age 3y 11m 6d

Page, Donald N., born 1904, died 1906

Page, Harry, born 1858, died 1936

Page, Lucie J., wife, born 1863, died 1938

Page Ruth V., born 1900, died 1902

Children of William Page and Martha Sanders are:

2           i.   Esther P.² Page, born 10/1818 in England; died 12/24/1893 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY.  She married Humphrey H. Hoag 11/07/1889 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; born 12/22/1810 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; died 1/25/1900 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Esther P. Page:

Esther may have been born in County Sussex, England, as was her brother Ebenezer, who was born two years later. Their family arrived in America from England in about 1829 according to Ebenezer and their sister Mary, and they settled in the area of Macedon, NY, for nearly two decades.

Both Esther and Mary attended the Macedon Academy--Esther, from 1844-6, and Mary, from 1844-5. Whereas Mary married Alonzo Langdon in early 1846, and they resided the rest of their lives at Palmyra, Esther remained a spinster for many years, spending nearly two decades in Virginia/West Virginia before returning to live out the rest of her life in or near Palmyra and Macedon Center. She became Humphrey H. Hoag’s third wife when seventy-one years old and he eight years her senior. When young, Esther may have attended school at the home of Humphrey’s parents in Macedon where classes were sometimes taught.

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/macedon/macacadfemalebios2.html

MACEDON ACADEMY, WAYNE COUNTY, NY, “Personal Notes,” Surnames M - W

Source: History of Macedon Academy, 1841-1891. Fairport, N.Y.: Mail Steam Printing House, 1892.

PAGE, Esther, Mrs. Humphrey Hoag, Macedon Centre.

PAGE, Mary, Mrs. Mary Landon, Palmyra.

 http://wayne.nygenweb.net/macedon/macedonacadgirls2.html

[Esther] Attended 1844-6; [Mary] Attended 1844-5

Esther settled at Parkersburg, Wood Co., Virginia, sometime between 1846 and 1850—probably about the same time her father William H. and stepmother Chloe (Thayer) Robinson Page moved from Macedon to Webster in Monroe Co., NY. Today, Parkersburg is in West Virginia and is the third largest city in the state. West Virginia encompasses the Appalachian Mountains such that it is sometimes referred to as “Appalachia.” It is one of the least densely populated states but is known for its logging industry, rich mineral deposits, especially coal, and for providing excellent recreational areas, including numerous caves.

The following information is taken from the census of the inn where Esther was staying at the time of Parkersburg’s 1850 Federal census.

Name, Age, Occupation and Value of Real Estate Owned

(Dwelling 1435)

* John Stephenson 52 Innkeeper PA 4,000

Ann M Stephenson 43 VA

Elizabeth Stevenson 26 VA

John E Stephenson 18 Farmer VA

Deana Stephenson 16 VA

Henry Stephenson 12 VA

John P M Kinney 57 None PA

Ethelbert M Kinney 16 VA

J B Hager 25 Farmer PA

John C Spencer 23 Lawyer VA 4,500

** Esther Page 26 NY

Josiah Steed 45 Land Agent VA 8,000

James Sims 22 Clerk store VA

*** P G Van Winkle 41 Lawyer NY 2,800

**** Rathbone Van Winkle 15 Student NJ

Godwin Van Winkle 13 VA

Lucretia Phelps 35

Benjr Philps 11

Rebecca Shuttleworth 22

Michael Dolan 36 Hatter (sic)

Isaac Davis 36 Laborer

* John Stephenson a.k.a. John Stephenson, Jr.--Three years after this census was taken John and second wife Ann (Steger) took their family west, crossing the Rockies by wagon and settling at Fulton Precinct, Multnomah Co., OR. All of the children in this census were by John’s first wife Sarah (Edelen), who had died nearly a decade earlier. The family cemetery as well as the rest of the family farm at Parkersburg is now owned by Standard Oil Company.

See:  http://chelledge.wordpress.com/elledge-conaway-genealogy/conaway-fleming-gould-family/stephenson-graveyard/

** Esther Page—The census reports an incorrect age and place of birth. She maintained that she was born in NY while remaining in Virginia/West Virginia.

*** P G Van Winkle a.k.a. Peter G. Van Winkle a.k.a. Peter Godwin Van Winkle, Jr. (1808-1872)--Although born in New York City, he had been practicing law in Parkersburg since 1835. In 1850 he was still president of the town board of trustees since 1844 and was a member of the Virginia State constitutional convention. Over a decade later he was involved in the process to separate West Virginia from Virginia, and was one of the first US Senators elected from that state after it was accepted into the Union in 1863. During President Andrew Johnson’s famous impeachment trial he was one of the seven Republican Senators who crossed party lines to vote for acquittal. In this last regard Peter was included in John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer-prize winning book “Profiles in Courage.” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle. (Peter’s two sons were also listed at the inn. A daughter Mary, 12, was listed in the household of L.G. and Elizabeth McCreary (Dwelling 1551), a young couple in Parkersburg with a child Charles, 3, and a few boarders. L. G. worked as a printer & publisher. Mary later married John Graham Blackford. Peter’s wife, the former Juliette Rathbone, had died six years earlier, which may explain why Mary was living elsewhere and the rest of the family was living at an inn. One can speculate that Esther may have helped out with babysitting, teaching and other duties for the motherless family.)

**** Rathbone Van Winkle (1834-1870)--He was a lawyer by the 1860 census, living a few households away from Esther Page with his wife Sarah and newborn son Munson. Rathbone served as a colonel in the West Virginia Union militia during the Civil War and was a member of West Virginia’s state house of delegates from the 1st District in 1865.

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Besides Esther Page, the only other person with the surname Page recorded in the 1850 Federal census of Wood County, Virginia, who was not born in Virginia, was Edward P. Page, age 67, born in England. Although on different census pages, both Esther and Edward were in Wood County’s census district 65. In Virginia Edward listed his occupation that year as “High Priest Nature.”

That same year Edward also appeared in the Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio census in the household of Henry E. Page, b. 1818 in England, and wife Elizabeth Page, b. 1820 in Bavaria. Henry was listed as a farmer but no occupation was listed for Edward P. Salem was just across the Ohio River from Parkersburg and was on Duck Creek. Besides Henry and Elizabeth, the household included: Mary C. Page, b. 1841 in OH; George C. Page, b. 1845 in OH; a younger Edward P. Page, b. 1847 in OH; James L. Page, b. 1849 in OH; the elder Edward P. Page, b. 1783 in England; and Sarah Page, b. 1775 in New York. (In three years Caroline Page would be added to the household, and in another nine years Anna Page would be added.) It seems likely that Henry E. Page was a son of the elder Edward P. Page. By 1880 the widow Elizabeth was living at Richland, Morgan Co., MO, with son Edward P. Page and Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Ellis J. Gill, b. 1878 in VA.

Edward P. Page a.k.a. Edward Postlethwayt Page was already in America by 1822 and had been busily trying to form a successful utopian society probably based on some or all of the precepts ascribed to Robert Owen *, whose 1825 arrival in America was alluded to in Edward’s following request of publisher Royal Prentiss.

http://historicalmarietta.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html

Emblem Town

American Friend & Marietta [Ohio] Gazette, March 12, 1828

Mr. Prentiss:

In 1824, a little prior to Robert Owen’s first arrival in America, I went to Washington, distributed my printed memorial to each member of that Congress, for a grant of a million acres of land in East Florida in behalf of my “Scientific Commonwealth.”  When read in the Senate, it expired for need of breath.  I then embarked for St. Domingo, intending to petition Boyer; but was wrecked by a gale, and lost 650 dollars.  With the remainder of my damaged cargo, I visited South America, and found it a paradise for communities.  But those superstitious people could not estimate how unity gives knowledge, knowledge wealth, wealth power and felicity.

The “Scientific Commonwealth” over which I preside, (and Sol, like the head of any body, must guide the rest of the planets) has commenced at Emblem Town, 7 miles from Marietta, between Duck Creek and Muskingum river; and several families are now in full co-operation, one for all - all for one!  My school begins this week.  We receive scholars to board, &c. on moderate terms; mutual instruction our method, with its monitorial discipline.  But we inculcate no other religion than that of nature, and reverence to the Great Spirit of the Universe; by which we learn to love each other, and do all the good we can.

Do me the favor to publish this communication.  Not that we seek members.  Too many, alas! will seek us.  The Community I was three months associated with at Valley Forge, near Philadelphia, was overwhelmed by a rush of importunate applicants, and there was not fortitude enough to refuse them.  All that have failed have been surcharged in the commencement.

Edward P. Page

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen

“Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.”

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It is intriguing to think that Esther and Edward might have known each other or even been related. It is also possible that Esther had settled in the area because of interest in Edward’s utopian movement. At least the latter possibility seems likely, since she had recently attended the Macedon Academy and may have been continuing her education through Edward’s “Scientific Commonwealth.” [Edward’s constitution for his theocratic “Union Concentric Society Of Light” was published in February, 1822, in the New York [NY] Evening Post.]

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Esther was still living in Parkersburg at the time of the 1860 Federal census. She was listed as a teacher, b. 1822 in New York. The only other member of the household was Louisa McCain, b. 1844 in NJ. The FamilySearch index for this census has Esther’s given name spelled “Ether.”

The part of Virginia where Esther was living broke off from its original state early in the Civil War and became annexed to the Union on June 20, 1863. Thus Esther was living there when Virginia seceded from the Union, when West Virginia seceded from Virginia, and when West Virginia was added to the Union. Her area entered the Union twice:  once in 1788 as part of its tenth state and once in 1863 as its thirty-fifth state; and seceded twice--once in 1861 from the Union and once shortly thereafter from the Confederacy.

Despite the turmoil and uncertainty churning throughout the decades of the 1850s and 60s, perhaps especially in her area of the South, Esther’s return north to the bosom of her family did not occur until after December 1864 and likely not before the Civil War ended. One might wonder how her homecoming was regarded by her male relatives who had fought in the war. Her brother Ebenezer Page and stepbrother James Robinson had joined New York units, and brother Nathan Page and stepbrother Clarkson Robinson had joined Michigan units. Ebenezer was injured at the Battle of Monocacy. His eldest son William Sanders Page, who had joined the same day as the father, was wounded at Gettysburg and later died of wounds received during the Battle of Cold Harbor near Richmond, VA. Nathan served for three years before being discharged for disability. Clarkson was discharged for disability and disappeared from known records thereafter. Esther’s stepbrother Chauncey Robinson’s eldest son Horace J. served in a Michigan unit, dieing of disease a few months after enlistment and just before the war ended.

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Esther may have become a woman of independent means resulting from her West Virginia years. The following deed of lease, handed down through her sister Mary’s descendants, may provide a clue to the possibility.

Deed of lease--S. C. Shaw & others to E. Page & others

This deed of lease made this 30th day of December 1864 by and between Stephen C. Shaw of Parkersburg, West Virginia of the first part and Esther Page formerly of Parkersburg, now of Hartford City in Mason County in said State, Lucy E. Shaw, daughter of said S. C. Shaw, James V. Mayhall and __________________ (not filled-in on document; space left for name to be inserted later) of Parkersburg aforesaid of the second part, Witnesseth, That the said S. C. Shaw for and in consideration of the rents and covenants herein after written and contained on the part of the parties of the second part, their heir, executors, administrators and assigns to be paid, kept and performed, Has, and by this presents does grant, demise, and for the purpose of mining and excavating and boring &c [etc.] for coal, salt, or salt spring coal or rock or carbon oil, or any other valuable mineral substance or substances let unto the said parties of the second part, their heirs, executors &c all that certain piece of ground included in the following boundaries Beginning in Cow Creek, in what is generally known as the Bentley line, being the town on the Cow Creek farm of said S. C. Shaw, then on with said Bentley line, S. by 6 (symbol for degrees) West to a corner of lands belonging to Jane McKinney, then on with a line dividing the land of said S. C. Shaw & Jane McKinney S. 18 W. crossing the State Road Run to a corner of said S. C. Shaw and Nancy M. Shaw, in the line of said Jane McKinney, then on in a line in an easterly direction, to the mouth of said State Road Run in said Cow Creek, and then on with Cow Creek to the beginning, supposed to contain between twenty and thirty acres, more or less, being the western part of the Cow Creek farm, To have and to hold this said premises, for the said purposes only unto the said parties of the second part, their heirs, executors &c from the day and year first above written, as long as the said parties of the second part may find it profitable to work the same for the purposes aforesaid, yielding to, and paying therefore to the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c, an equal eighth part of all the coal, carbon or rock oil, salt or other mineral substances excavated, pumped, raised, flowing or taken there from or manufactured from the said leased premises during the whole term aforesaid, That is to say, the said parties of the second part, their heirs &c, covenant, grand and agree in consideration of the grant and demise aforesaid to deliver to the said S. C. Shaw, his heirs or assigns &c the said one eighth of the coal at the platforms in bulk ready for loading; the one eighth of the carbon or rock oil in good iron bound barrels at the well or wells on said premises, should the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c in selling or disposing of the said one eighth of said oil, sell and dispose of the said barrels, he is to account to the said parties of the second part their heirs &c, for this amount received for the said barrels, should the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c not dispose or sell the said barrels with the sale of the oil, then, in that event, the said parties of the second part are to receive them at the place where the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c may dispose or sell the one eighth of oil aforesaid the said one eighth of salt to be manufactured and delivered at the salt works in barrels furnished by said parties of the second part, their heirs &c, the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c are to have delivered to him or them one eighth of all other miners substances taken, excavated or produced from the said leased premises, in proper manner or condition for transportation one eighth of the amount of the sales thereof paid to him, the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c by the said parties of the second part their heirs &c. The said coal, carbon or rock oil, salt or other mineral substances are to be delivered to the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c by the said parties of the second part their heirs &c, from day to day, or from time to time as the same may be produced or manufactured &c. Should the said parties of the second part their heirs &c sublease, or leave any part or portion of the said deserted premises or sell the same to any person or persons, the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c. is to receive the one eighth of the proceeds thereof, as aforesaid without returning or accounting for the oil barrels aforesaid. Should coal be found on the said leased premises, the said parties of the second part, their heirs &c. are to have a sufficiency thereof to run all the machines, engines &c necessary for working the same free of charge or expense. The said parties of the second part, their heirs &c covenant and agree with the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c to commence the work of excavating or boring for the said mining purposes on or before the 1st day of September next, and prosecute the same with due diligence to the completion of a well for the purposes aforesaid having due regard to the times as circumstances may admit, and a failure thereof shall evoke a forfeiture and a surrender of this lease to the said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c. The said S. C. Shaw his heirs &c. are to have the full use, control and enjoyment of the said premises for tillage, cultivation &c except such part or parts thereof as shall be necessary for the said mining purposes, and a direct way over or across the same to the place or places of mining, boring or excavation and the transportation &c across the same for market.

Leaser signature S. C. Shaw

[Lessee signatures] Esther Page, Lucy E. Shaw, _________________ (not filled-in on document; space left for name and signature to be inserted later)

Witness:  Theo Boyd

The said parties of the second part covenant and agree not to sell, transfer or assign this lease to any person or persons, without the written consent of all the parties hereto, or to sell any interest thereof without obtaining such written consent, unless it should be to one of the parties hereto. The interest of the said parties of the second part in this lease are as follows:  Esther Page has an undivided one third hereof, Lucy E. Shaw one undivided half hereof, and _________________ (not filled-in on document; space left for name to be inserted later) one undivided one sixth thereof, and in the expenses of the work &c machinery, tools &c the said parties are to bear an equal proportion of the same according to their interest in the lease as aforesaid. Witness &c.

http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geology/geoldvco.htm

Excerpted from:  History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Coal

“In 1742, John Peter Salley took an exploratory trip across the Allegheny Mountains and reported an outcropping of coal along a tributary of the Kanawha River. He and his companions named this tributary the Coal River, and his report became the first reference to coal in what is today West Virginia.”

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Esther was living with the family of her sister and brother-in-law Mary and Alonzo Langdon at the time of the 1870 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. She may have invested some of the money earned from the West Virginia mining venture, if such wealth ever existed, in financing some of the real estate that Alonzo claimed. Viz:  in 1860 Alonzo was a distiller with $2,000 in real estate, but in 1870 he was a farmer with $11,000 in real estate. Of course, some other explanation(s) may exist. Some of the extra real estate might have come from holdings of the late William H. and Chloe Page, Esther and Mary’s father and stepmother, who had both died in Michigan in 1862. In the New York census of 1850 the Pages had valued their real estate at $5,000, reduced to $2,000 in Michigan’s 1860 census. Alonzo’s own father had died in 1861, although it is unlikely that Alonzo inherited much if any real estate from him. Benjamin Langdon was working in a saloon in 1850, with no real estate declared. There is also the strong possibility that Alonzo built-up his estate entirely through his own enterprise.

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From 1880 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY:  (a few households away was that of Alonzo and Mary Langdon, with whom Ester had been living in 1870)

                                   Marital                                                                          Father’s    Mother’s

Name            Relation  Status  Gender Race  Age  Birthplace  Occupation   Birthplace Birthplace

 Ester Page      Self      S          Female W      61     ENG          Keeping House  ENG      ENG

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Palmyra (NY) Democrat, December ?, 1893:

Macedon

The death of Mrs. Humphrey Hoag has occurred on Sunday, at the age 69 years. She was one of the old residents of this town, she leaves a husband to mourn her  death.

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On Esther's death registration her age at death was listed as 75 yrs 2 mos. Her father was shown as William H. Page and mother as Martha Sanders. In her will, Mary Langdon attested that Esther was her sister and requested that headstones be placed on Esther’s and her graves.

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/palmyup3.html

Esther was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY. Her tombstone reads:

“Hoag, Esther P., wife of Humphrey & dau. of Wm. & Martha PAGE, Dec. 24, 1893, 75y”

Notes for Humphrey H. Hoag:

Humphrey was the firstborn of ten children. His first wife was Rachel Briggs (1814-1852) by whom he had five children. There were no children by his second wife Hannah Mead (1819-1888).

Humphrey, a Republican, defeated H. Huffman, a Democrat, to become Macedon’s town supervisor in March of 1868 according to the Palmyra Courier dated Friday March 6, 1868. In the 1870 Federal census his real estate holdings were valued at $25,000, up significantly from $4,680 at Walworth, Wayne Co., in 1850.

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Syracuse (NY) Daily Standard, Tuesday Morning, August 31, 1886:

Killed by a Thunderbolt

Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 30.--At Palmyra during a terrific rain and thunderstorm, a barn was struck by lightning and burned with the contents. Two grandsons of Humphrey Hoag, of Macedon, were playing in the barn at the time. One of them was instantly killed and the other stunned.

[The boy who was killed was Carlton D. Hoag, 12-year-old son of the late Henry Clay and wife Lamorie (Carlton) Hoag. C.W. Paige]

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Monday, January 29, 1900

--The funeral services of Humphrey H. Hoag, who died Thursday, will take place at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Macedon Center, to-day, Rev. J. E. Neal officiating. Deceased was 89 years of age. He was a prominent man in the vicinity, and had held the office of supervisor of Macedon a number of terms. He is survived by two sons and a daughter, Isaac and Myron Hoag, and Mrs. W. B. Billings, all of Macedon.

[The daughter’s name was Maria Curtis (Hoag), the wife of William B. Billings. /C.W.Paige]

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Humphrey was buried at the Macedon Center Cemetery (lot 30-1).

Marriage Notes for Esther Page and Humphrey Hoag:

Longtime spinster Esther and second-time widower Humphrey were married by Rev. Herbert “H. D.” Cone, pastor of Palmyra’s Western Presbyterian Church from October 1887 to March 1890.

The following article is from the Marion Scrapbook, a collection of newspaper clippings about a wide assortment of Wayne County happenings from near the end of the 19th century. The scrapbook is now held by the Wayne County Historian. Its articles do not identify their original publications.

WEDDING BELLS

On the 7th of November, about thirty friends and relatives gathered at the home of the bride in Palmyra to witness the marriage of Miss Esther Page and Mr. Humphrey H. Hoag of Macedon, N.Y., a youthful couple whose combined ages are one hundred and fifty years. The ceremony was performed at five o’clock in the evening by the Rev. Mr. Cone of the Presbyterian church, after which a bountiful collation was served. The bride was becomingly attired, her only ornaments being a corsage of [Chrysanthemums] and smilax. She looked as sweet as a girl of sixteen. The presents were useful as well as ornamental. The rooms were beautifully decorated with ferns and flowers. The following evening a reception was tendered them by the children of the groom at his home. We shall miss the kind friend who always stood ready to lend a helping hand.     A Guest

3.          ii.   Ebenezer Page, b. 4-8-1820, England; d. 7-5-1911, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

4.         iii.   Mary Page, b. 11-15-1825, England; d. 5-7-1897, NY.

5.         iv.   Nathan S. Page, b. 12-12-1827, England; d. 9-30-1910, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Generation No. 2

3.  EBENEZER² PAGE (WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 4-8-1820 in Sussex Co., England, and died 7-5-1911 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.  He married ELIZABETH MCDOWELL 12/1842.  She was born 3-1825 in NY, and died 7-1907 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for EBENEZER PAGE:

Ebenezer came to America in 1829, according to the 1900 and 1910 Federal censuses.

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http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywayne/ontario/1862ontariovolunteers.html

“The following is a [partial] list of Volunteers from the Town of Ontario who have enlisted since the 2d day of July 1862.”

Comp B, 138th Reg.t.

  Page, Ebenezer

  Page, William S.

Later in 1862 the 138th, with other regiments, was merged into the 9th New York Heavy Artillery, a member of the 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade, of the 6th Corps.

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From Ancestry.com - American Civil War Soldiers database:

                Name:    Ebenezer Page

 Enlistment Date:  02 August 1862

      Side Served:     Union

     State Served:     New York

Service Record:      Promoted to Full Private (Reduced to ranks)
Enlisted as a Corporal on 02 August 1862 at the age of 42
Enlisted in Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 14 August 1862
Mustered out Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 06 July 1865 in Washington, DC

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The Palmyra (NY) Courier newspaper dated Friday, September 5, 1862, listed two people with surname Page in the column for Ontario enlistees:  Ebenezer Page and William S. Page. According to the newspaper, Ontario’s quota was 70 men and 75 were enlisted.

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Regarding Ebenezer’s participation in the Civil War, he “...enlisted and went out as a corporal in Company B, Ninth New York heavy artillery, enlisting August 11th, 1862. He was promoted sergeant in 1864 and was discharged with the regiment July 6, 1865...” (See the article below that appeared in the Oswego Daily Times newspaper.)

Ebenezer Page of Brockport, NY, was listed as a member of the Veteran Association of the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, Company B.

From “The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery--A History of its Organization, Services in the Defenses of Washington, Marches, Camps, Battles, and Muster-Out, with Accounts of Life in a Rebel Prison, Personal Experiences, Names and Addresses of Surviving Members, Personal Sketches, and a Complete Roster of the Regiment;” by Alfred Seelye Roe of Company A; Published by the Author, Worcester, Mass., 1899. [Next three paragraphs also from this source.]

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/roe/generalshakingup.html

CHAPTER X.

A GENERAL SHAKING-UP.

[The following was a single paragraph originally. This writer has separated it to accent the portion about Ebenezer’s daughter starting a school at the fort. C.W.Paige]

The advent of General Grant in Washington and his subsequent presence in the Army of the Potomac were making a decided impression on all wearers of the blue. The changes in location of Companies C, D, E and G have already been noted. Corresponding activity was also true of the other companies. All of them took leave of their long-time quarters, and on the 26th of March made their way to the forts across the Eastern Branch, all this in accordance with General Orders No. 21, whereby the regiment, except the 2d Battalion, was directed to form line in the parade ground at Fort Simmons at 4:30 A.M. the 26th, having two days’ rations, Company B to join at the junction of Military and Georgetown roads. The march began at daybreak, and was a cheerful variation on the long monotony of the forts, passing, as it did, through Washington and across the bridge which spanned the Eastern Branch, sometimes called the Navy Yard bridge. Thence there was a decided scattering of the companies, a large number of forts coming under their care as follows: A at Fort Baker, with the band and regimental headquarters; B, Fort Mahan; F, Forts Dupont, Wagner and Ricketts, with Lieutenants Allen, Patterson and Stafford, respectively, in charge; H, Fort Meigs; I, Forts Snyder and Davis, with Captain Hughes and Lieutenant Howard commanding; K, Fort Greble; L, Fort Stanton; M, Fort Carroll. Of this range Fort Mahan was the most northerly, and was fully seven miles away from Greble, the most southerly position. At this time the 1st Battalion comprised the men in Forts Baker, Davis, Dupont, Meigs and Mahan, under Major Snyder, with headquarters at Fort Mahan. The 3d Battalion included other forts under Major Burgess, with headquarters at Fort Carroll. The 2d Battalion was still in Fort Foote, so the regiment was really in a line of forts extending a distance of quite eleven miles, though communication between Fort Foote and the other fortifications was by water rather than by land. By this latest move, the Ninth was made to have something to do, first and last, with nearly every fort on the Maryland side of the Potomac. The life for the next two months, in each fort, differed very little from that in another, nor from that in the forts recently left near the river, though there were incidents peculiar to each one, as at Fort Mahan Lieutenant Chauncey Fish, just promoted from orderly sergeant, was given a fine sword by Company B; he had only recently returned from a visit home, and with him came, as recruits, two of his sons, one of whom was to later fall at Winchester. As this was a company affair, Sergeant Smith made the presentation, and Sergeant Bock read a reply. The weapon cost $100.

In this same fort, later in April, a daughter of Ebenezer Page opened a school in the mess-house at fifty cents per pupil, weekly.

Towards the end of the month certain companies were canvassed by cavalry-men seeking those who would like to be transferred. The outlook towards the Capitol from nearly all these forts is fine, and it is easier making a visit to Washington than it was before the move. Not a day was lost in active drill, and if the regiment is not proficient in infantry, heavy and light artillery practice, it is not the fault of the officers. Battalion drill necessitates long and occasionally hot marches for some of the companies. May brings with it the consciousness that the North will soon take a new departure, and that for the front. Packing up all that a man thought he could not conveniently carry, was the order of the day, and it was surprising how many things were dispensed with, but two weeks later the reduction of baggage was even greater still. Two Wayne county boys thought to lessen their portable library, and so made up a box to send home, in which they placed their copies of Virgil, Horace, Longfellow (2 vols.), Methodist Hymns, etc., determining to depend on memory for any classical or poetical necessity, and also throwing in two or three bed-quilts and a pair of boots, they sent it northward. How carefully the mother of one of those boys treasured the collection, till the close of the war brought home the literary soldiers! On the 7th of May was promulgated an order specifying what the soldiers might carry in their knapsacks, viz., one shirt, one pair socks, one pair extra shoes, one pair pants, one rubber-blanket, one overcoat. It did not take long, when marching actually began, to get rid of nearly all of the above-named necessities.

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http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/Personz_Detail.cfm?PER_NBR=66253135417352092801

Regiment Name 9 N.Y.H. Art’y.

Side Union 

Company  B 

Soldier’s Rank_In  Pvt. 

Soldier’s Rank_Out  Pvt. 

Alternate Name  

Notes 

Film Number M551 roll 108

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On two scanned pages provided by Gail Palmer, of a document titled:  "RECORD OF SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE," is the following information about Ebenezer.

Page, Ebenezar:  Residence-Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; Time and Place of Birth-April 8, 1820, Sussex, England; Rank/Reg't-Private/9th H,Art; Company-B; Enlistment date-Aug 4th, 1862, Muster date-Sept 8th, 1862 as Private; Enlisted for-3 years; Place of Enlistment-Ontario; White; no bounty was paid by either Town or County; $17.25 relief granted to family by Town; Married; Names of Parents and Previous Occupation-William H. [Page], Martha Sanders, Farmer; Promotions, resignations, Discharges, Deaths, &c, With Dates, Causes, &c.-Enlisted and transfered as the list above. Mustered out July 6th, 1865 at Washington D.C. Still living, P.O. Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; in Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, Monocacy, MD.

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http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/history/1872waynebizdir.html

Source: “Boyd’s New York State Directory. 1872. 1873. 1874.,” by Andrew Boyd. Syracuse, N.Y.: Truair, Smith & Co. Printers. 1872.

WAYNE COUNTY NY BUSINESS LISTINGS, including:

Ontario, Wayne Co.

Page Ebenezer, blacksmith, Main junction Canal.

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With peace again on the land, Ebenezer joined the 9th N.Y. Heavy Artillery Association and was listed on page 6 of Roster of Survivors of 9th New York Heavy Artillery, a booklet compiled by Frank Tallman, Association Secretary, and published in September 1902. His P.O. address at the time was Brockport, NY.

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When Ebenezer’s purported half-brother Riley Preston Page passed away, on the death certificate Riley’s father’s name was listed as “Ebenezer” Page, born in England, and his mother’s name was listed as Mary (or May) Thayer, born in Webster, Monroe Co., NY.

Perhaps the person filling out the death certificate mistook this half-brother Ebenezer for Riley’s father. After all, Riley had attained an advanced age, and most of his generation of relatives was gone. This might also account for the different mother, as it’s possible that Riley’s surviving third wife knew his mother’s maiden name had been Thayer but was confused as to the first name. Another “perhaps” is that William, Sr. and Chloe raised a grandson as their own son. A 1911 deathbed or other revelation might account for the sudden change of Riley’s listed birthplace for his mother from Chloe’s Massachusetts (1900 and 1910 censuses) to New York (1920 census) and the mysterious change in parentage on Riley’s death certificate.

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Oswego (Oswego Co., NY) Daily Times for Tuesday, January 28, 1896.

FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS

A Man Carries a Piece of Wood in His Hand That Length of Time Under the Supposition That It Was a Bullet

Special Correspondence of the Oswego Times:

ONTARIO, Jan. 28—Ebenezer Page, a well-known resident of this town, had an operation performed on him last Thursday in Rochester for the removal of what he believed to be a bullet which had been buried in his right hand since the battle of Antietam. Mr. Page enlisted and went out as a corporal in Company B, Ninth New York heavy artillery, enlisting August 11th, 1862. He was promoted sergeant in 1864 and was discharged with the regiment July 6, 1865, and returned to Wayne county. In the battle of Antietam, Mr. Page was sighting his rifle and was all ready to shoot when a “Johnny” shot at him, the bullet striking the musket stock and slivering it. Mr. Page fell over and later found that his right hand was badly injured. He was taken to the camp hospital where the injury was dressed, but the surgeons were unable to locate the bullet. The wound healed up and then broke out again making a bad hand. From time to time he was troubled greatly with the hand and often threatened to have the bullet extracted. During the holidays, a young man, who is studying with a Rochester physician and whose parents live near Mr. Page’s home, came home to spend a day or two. He visited Mr. Page’s family and learning of the injury suggested that Mr. Page come to Rochester and have the ball removed. Last week Page mustered up enough courage to visit Rochester and the operation was performed. Instead of finding a ball, however, a piece of wood was removed from the hand which proved to be a sliver from the butt or stock of the musket. The hand is healing up all right and Mr. Page treasures the sliver as he would have prized the bullet had one been found. The sliver laid in such a position that it would have been impossible for the wound to have discharged it in “sloughing.”

[Caveat: The 9th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery has not been credited with participating in the Battle of Antietam. Most likely it was not the Battle of Antietam where Ebenezer received his injury but instead was the Battle of Monocacy.  Reasoning:  first, the 9th Regiment N.Y. Heavy Artillery was not credited with engagement in the Battle of Antietam. Second, Monocacy occurred shortly before Ebenezer was admitted to Carver U.S. General Hospital in Washington, D.C. Third, thirty-two years prior to 1896 would have been 1864, whereas the Battle of Antietam occurred in 1862. Perhaps Ebenezer or the newspaper stretched the truth slightly in favor of referencing the better-known battle. The Battle of Monocacy, July 9-12, 1864, is known as the Battle that Saved Washington. /C.W.P.]

See, also, the following URL: 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pagebarnes/Ebenezer_Page_military_timeline-expanded.pdf

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Wayne County Journal, Thursday, July 15, 1909

Mr. Eben Page and Charles Depuy of Rochester were the guests of Mary Langdon one day last week.

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Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Thurs July 6, 1911

DIED

PAGE - Entered into rest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles H. De PUY, No. 6 Beechwood street, Wednesday morning, July 5, 1911, Ebenezer PAGE, in the 92d year of his age. He leaves one son, Charles E. PAGE, of Brockport, N. Y.; three daughters, Mrs. C. A. HERSEY, Mrs. William STEGER, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. DePUY, of this city, and two grandchildren.

-Funeral from his late home, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial at convenience of the family. Brockport papers please copy.

[NOTE:  Only Mrs. C. A. HERSEY (Nellie Ellen, wife of Clarence Hersey) was of Cleveland, Ohio. Daughters Mrs. William STEGER (Ester) and Mrs. DePUY (Martha, wife of Charles Hill DePuy) both remained in Monroe Co., NY. /C.W.Paige]

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Ebeneezer Page was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery on 7-7-1911, SE 1/4 377 R3. Died of Senility & Heat Prostration. Last residence-6 Beechwood St. Age 91y 2m 27d.

Mt. Hope Cemetery address is:  1133 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620

Notes for ELIZABETH MCDOWELL:

Elizabeth Page was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery on 7-14-1907, SE 1/4 377 R3. Died of congestion of lungs. Last residence-North St. Age 82y 4m 3d.

Marriage Notes for EBENEZER PAGE and ELIZABETH MCDOWELL:

The Page family was living at Ontario, Wayne County, New York at the time of the 1850 Federal census. Ebenezer, 30, born in England, was by trade a blacksmith, and owned real estate valued at $750. His wife Elizabeth was 25, born in New York. The couple had three children by the time of the census: William H., Franklin W., and Ellen, born in 1844, 1846 and 1847, respectively.

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The Page family was living at Ontario, Wayne County, New York at the time of the 1860 Federal census. Ebenezer, 40, born in England, was by trade a blacksmith, and owned real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $300. His wife Elizabeth was 35, born in New York. Three the couple’s children were listed:  Franklin, 14, Ellen, 12, and Ester, 8.

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Later, the family moved to the town of Palmyra, where Ebenezer was again shown as a blacksmith in the “Gazetteer & Business Directory of Wayne County, N.Y.,” 1867/68.

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Ebenezer and Elizabeth were living in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1870 Federal census. In the household were:  Eben, 50, a blacksmith, born in England, with no real estate value and $125 personal estate value; and wife Elizabeth, 45, born in NY; Ellen, 23, a clerk in fancy goods, born in NY; Esther, 18, born in NY; Chas, 9, born in NY; and Martha, 1 year old, born in NY.

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1880 Federal census of Sweden Twp., Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., NY:

                                                    Marital                                                                Father’s    Mother’s

Name                          Relation  Status Gender Race Age Birthplace  Occu.     Birthplace Birthplace

Ebenezer Page              Self         M        Male    W      60        ENG    Blacksmith         ENG        ENG

Elizebeth Page              Wife       M        Female W      55        NY      Keeping             NY         NY

                                                                                                                    House

Chas. E. Page                Son         S          Male    W      19        NY      Works In           ENG        NY

                                                                                                                    Furnace

Mattie A. Page             Dau         S          Female W      11        NY      At School          ENG        NY

Debora Ward                Other      W        Female W      76        NY                                  ---         ---

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following transfers in real estate were recorded in the county clerk’s office, October 25, 1892:

Ellen W. BURLINGGAME to Ebenezer PAGE, property in Brockport; $800.*

Ellen W. BURLINGGAME to Ebenezer PAGE, property in Brockport; $1.

*Ellen (Wicks) was the widow of Herman George Burlingame, a Professor of Mathematics at Brockport. Herman had died in 1891 leaving a large family.

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Ebenezer and Elizabeth were living on Holly Street in Sweden Twp., Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were:  Ebenezer, 80, a blacksmith, born in England; and wife Elizabeth, 75, born in NY.

Ebenezer and Elizabeth had been married 56 years, and 4 of their 7 children were still living. Ebenezer had immigrated to America in 1829.

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Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, Wednesday, December 10, 1902

MONROE

Mr. and Mrs. Ebeneser Page of Brockport Celebrated 60th Wedding Anniversary.

Last Saturday afternoon and evening Mr. and Mrs. Ebeneser Page, of Holley street, Brockport, were “at home” in honor of their sixtieth wedding anniversary. The house was filled with friends and relatives and the affair was a pleasant one.

Many presents were received by the venerable “bride and groom,” also letters of congratulation and best wishes from friends residing in this and other states.

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Ebenezer was living with his daughter and son-in-law Martha and Charles Hill DePuy on Beechwood Street in the 18th Ward of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles H. DePuy, 43, a bookkeeper in a coal office, born in MI; wife Martha A., 41, born in NY; widower father-in-law Ebenezer Page, 90, born in England; lodger Liberatore Markojani, 43, working as a shoemaker in a shop, born in Italy; and lodger Caesar Markojani, 19, a compositor in a printing office, born in Italy.

Charles and Martha had been married 19 years and never had children. Ebenezer came to America in 1829 and had been naturalized. Liberatore had come to America in 1903 and Caesar in 1905. Liberatore had been married 20 years but no wife was listed. Caesar was single.

Children of EBENEZER PAGE and ELIZABETH PAGE are:

      6     i.   William Sanders³ Page, b. 12/15/1844 in Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; d. 8/03/1864 in VA.

Notes for William Sanders Page:

William was not living with his parents and siblings in Ontario, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1860 Federal census. However, he would have been 16 years old at the time and may have been living/working elsewhere.

William was included in the number of his mother’s children no longer living at that time on the 1900 Federal census. The 4 of her 7 children still living were:  Nellie Ellen, Mrs. Clarence A. Hersey of Cleveland Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH; Ester, the widow of Norman Best Palmer and later to become Mrs. William Steger of Rochester; Charles E. Page, who had married Sarah (Rogers) and they lived in Sweden Twp., Brockport, Monroe Co.; and Martha A., Mrs. Charles Hill DePuy of Rochester.

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On page 72 of an 1865 census for Ontario the following solder’s death was recorded:

William Page, age 20, single, citizen, entered service Private 111 N.Y. Aug. 15, 1862, Private 111 N.Y. at time of death, volunteer, died Aug. 3, 1864 at Cold Harbor of wounds received in battle, left no children, left no-one dependant, body sent to friends for burial, buried Arlington National Cemetery.

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                 On two scanned pages provided by Gail Palmer, of a document titled:  "RECORD OF SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE," is the following information about William Sanders Page.

                 "Page, William Sanders:  Residence-Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; Time and Place of Birth-Dec 15, 1844, Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; Rank/Reg't-Private/111th NY Infantry; Company-A; Enlistment date-Aug 15th, 1862, Muster date-Aug 15th, 1862 as Private; Enlisted for-3 years; Place of Enlistment-Ontario; White; no bounty was paid by either Town or County; no relief granted to family by Town; Single; Names of Parents and Previous Occupation-Ebenezer [Page], Elizabeth McDowell, Blacksmith; Promotions, resignations, Discharges, Deaths, &c, With Dates, Causes, &c.-Was wounded at Battle of Gettysburgh, Penn, July 3rd, 1863. Wounded in Battle May 30th, 1864, and died shortly after >Aug 3rd< from effects of wound. Buried cem Arlington Heights, VA."

      7    ii.   Franklin W. Page, b. Abt. 1846, NY; d. Bef. 1900.

Notes for Franklin W. Page:

Franklin was not living as of 1900, since his mother included him in the number of her children no longer living at that time on the 1900 Federal census. The 4 of her 7 children still living were:  Nellie Ellen, Mrs. Clarence A. Hersey of Cleveland Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH; Ester, the widow of Norman Best Palmer and later to become Mrs. William Steger of Rochester; Charles E. Page, who had married Sarah (Rogers) and they lived in Sweden Twp., Brockport, Monroe Co.; and Martha A., Mrs. Charles Hill DePuy of Rochester.

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It is perhaps unlikely that the following is apropos to this Franklin, but it is included just in case. This paragraph is taken from a web page describing a hike route through Bartow, Polk County, Florida.

http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/Rapids/8428/hikeplans/bartow/planbartow.html

The Polk County Bank organized in 1886 with Frank W. Page of Rochester, New York, as its president. It opened in the building on this corner which had formerly been the Lang Brothers’ store. It became a national bank two years later when it was reorganized into the First National Bank of Bartow. It was later replaced with a modern building.

    8     iii.   Nellie Ellen Page, b. 8-1850, NY; d. Aft. 1914. She married (1) Clarence A. Hersey 4/23/1873 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; born 12/1848 in NY; died 7/29/1907 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.  She married (2) George H. Mccune 1/12/1914 in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI; born Abt. 1853 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Nellie Ellen Page:

“Ellen” was living with her parents at the times of the 1850, 60, and 70 censuses. In 1870 the family was living at Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, and she was listed as a clerk in fancy goods.

Nellie Hersey was living in Cleveland’s Ward 21, Cuyahoga Co., OH, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. She claimed to be a widow, 50 years old, born in NY, father born in England and mother in New York, and no children. Also in the household were:  Henry Van Daughe, a 20-year-old apprentice mechanical engineer, born in Ohio; Sarah A. Stevens, 43, no occupation listed, born in New York; and Irene Hedstrom, 23, no occupation listed and born in NY. Both Sarah and Irene were listed as being married, Sarah with one living child and Irene with none.

Notes for Clarence A. Hersey:

Palmyra Democrat, Wednesday, August 26, 1891

We are informed that Clarence Hersey has recently been promoted to the position of head clerk on the fast mail train between Cleveland and Chicago.

Wayne County Journal, Thursday, July 18, 1907

Personal and Society

Clarence A. Hersey, a friend writes us, is very ill at his home, East 78th street, Cleveland, Ohio.

Wayne County Journal, Thursday, August 11, 1927

TWENTY YEARS AGO--AND TEN

(From the Journal, August 8, 1907)

Clarence A. Hersey, a former well-known resident of this village, died July 29, at his home in Cleveland, Ohio.

Marriage Notes for Nellie Page and Clarence Hersey:

The family was living in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1880 Federal census. In the household were:  Clarence, b. Abt. 1848 in NY, age 32, a carpenter, and Nellie E., b. Abt. 1850 in NY, age 30, working in Millinery & Fancy Goods. They had no children.

Clarence’s father was born in ME and mother born in NY. Nellie’s father was born in England and mother born in NY.

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The family was living in Cleveland Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were:  Clarence, b. December 1848 in NY, age 51, a postal clerk for the railroad, and Nellie E., b. August 1850 in NY, age 49. They were living on Kenwood Street, had been married 27 years, and had never had children.

Clarence’s father was born in ME and mother born in NY. Nellie’s father was born in England and mother born in NY.

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The 1900 city directory for Cleveland listed a “Clarence A. Hersey postal clk, r. 45 Kenwood.”

Marriage Notes for Nellie Page and George Mccune:

Nellie was married under the name Mrs Nellie V. (Page) Rupert. She claimed to have been born in NY in 1860 and her parents were listed as Ebenezer Page and Elizabeth Mcdowell. George was a photographer by occupation. She claimed to have been married once and he claimed to have been married twice. Officiating was C. H. Hubbell, Minister, and witnesses were J. A. Seibert and Gretchen Seibert of Adrian. Nellie and George were soon divorced, and George remarried the next year to Janette (Myers) Dennisson in Lucas Co., OH.

  +9     iv.   Ester Page, b. Abt. 1852, NY; d. 5-1922, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

  10      v.   Charlie Page, b. 10-1855, NY; d. 9-9-1859, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Charlie Page:

Charlie is buried at the Ontario Village Cemetery, Wayne Co., NY.

+11     vi.   Charles E. Page, b. 7-1860, NY; d. 12/24/1939, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

  12    vii.   Martha A. Page, b. 9-1868, NY; d. 9-1935, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY; m. Charles Hill DePuy, 6-19-1890, Brockport, Monroe Co., NY; b. 2-1868, MI; d. 11/30/1953 in Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for Martha A. Page:

Martha was cremated at Mt. Hope Cemetery on 9-19-1935. Died of cerebral hemorrhage. Last residence-Beechwood St. Age 66y 11m 27d.

Notes for Charles Hill DePuy:

Obituary for Charles' mother:

The Monroe County Mail, Thursday, April 10, 1919

Mrs. Libbie H. DePuy.

Mrs. Libbie H. DePuy died Friday at the Baptist Home, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. DePuy came to the Home from Rochester, November 27, 1911. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia H. Masten of Rochester, and two sons, Charles H. DePuy of Rochester, and Rev. Irving N. DePuy of Lakewood, Ohio, and three grandchildren. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the Home, Rev. R. S. Carman officiating. Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery, Rochester.

The (Rochester, NY) Daily Record, Wednesday, December 9, 1953

Proceedings

Surrogate's Court

Petitions for Proof of Wills

DEPUY. CHARLES H—Died Nov 30—Real prop over $5,000; personal prop over $10,000—Goodman A Sarachan for pet.

Charles's burial was also in Mt. Hope cemetery, Rochester.

Marriage Notes for Martha Page and Charles DePuy:

Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Thur June 12, 1890

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Charles H. DePuy and Miss Mattie Page, of Brockport, at the home of the bride's parents, next Wednesday evening. They are both well known and highly respected young people and prominent members of the Baptist Church.

Rochester, Monroe, N.Y.

Union Advertiser

June 21, 1890

BROCKPORT

Charles H. DePUY And Miss Mattie PAGE were married Thursday afternoon.

Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Fri Oct 6, 1893

WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS

MONROE

--The following board of directors has been chosen by the Brockport Y. M. C. A. for the year commencing November 1, 1893: H. J. MANN, T. S. HINTON, Charles W. SMITH, J. B. SWEETING, C. D. SEELY, T. H. DOBSON, Arthur TOOLEY, W. H. _ARKS, C. H. DePUY, T. D. CHAPMAN, A. SMITH, George C. BROWN. The ladies’ auxiliary of the association have engaged the PEAKE Sisters to give a musical entertainment at Grange hall Friday evening, October 13th. The association will hold its anniversary exercises Sunday, November 5th.

Martha and Charles were living on M__________ Street in the 8th Ward of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were:  Chas H. DePuy, 33 years old, a bookkeeper, born in MI; wife Martha, 31 years old, born in NY. Chas. was born in Feb. 1867 and Martha in Sep. 1868. They had been married 10 years and had no children.

Rochester, Monroe, NY

Union & Advertiser

Wed Mar 1, 1905

Memorial Presbyterian Banquet

Class $1 of Memorial Presbyterian Sunday School held its annual banquet at the church parlors Monday night. The tables were prettily decorated in the class colors, yellow and white, and covers were laid for seventy-six. Mrs. Charles DePUY acted as toastmistress, and responses were made by Rev. J. Lyon CAUGHEY, Dr. A. FRAZEE, Dr. C. R. BARBER, Mrs. HARBER and Miss Edith RHODE. The officers of the class are: President, Mrs. Charles DePUY; vice-president, Mrs. John EINSFIELD; secretary, Miss Minnie VYERBERG; treasurer, Miss Josie LeFEVRE, historian, Miss Anna FOSS; teacher, Mrs. Charles R. BARBER.

Wayne County Journal, Thursday, July 15, 1909

Mr. Eben Page and Charles Depuy of Rochester were the guests of Mr. A. Langdon one day last week.

Martha and Charles were living on Beechwood Street in the 18th Ward of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles H. DePuy, 43 years old, a bookkeeper in a coal office, born in MI; wife Martha A., 41 years old, born in NY; widower father-in-law Ebenezer Page, 90 years old, born in England; lodger Liberatore Markojani, 43 years old, working as a shoemaker in a shop, born in Italy; and lodger Caesar Markojani, 19 years old, a compositor in a printing office, born in Italy.

Charles and Martha had been married 19 years and never had children. Ebenezer came to America in 1829 and had been naturalized. Liberatore had come to America in 1903 and Caesar in 1905. Liberatore had been married 20 years but no wife was listed. Caesar was single.

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Martha and Charles were still living on Beechwood Street at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles Hill DePuy, 52 years old, a coal dealer in a coal office, born in MI; wife Martha A., 51 years old, born in NY; boarder Archimede Marni, 33 years old, no employment listed, born in Italy; and a Swedish couple with the last name Klintman. Mr. Klintman was a machinist for the telephone company.

Archimede had immigrated to America in 1910 and had been naturalized. The Klintmans had arrived in 1897 and were naturalized.

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Martha and Charles were still living on Beechwood Street in the 18th Ward of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1930 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles H. DePuy, 63 years old, a retail merchant for a coal company, born in MI; wife Martha A., 61 years old, born in NY. They owned their house, which was worth $6,500. Their boarders were:  Charles Meulendyke, 81 years old, no employment listed, born in New York of parents born in Holland; his 52-year-old daughter Marie J., born in Iowa, who was a librarian at the city library; and his 47-year-old daughter Johanna H., born in MI, who was a stenographer in a law office.

Both households owned radios.

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Martha and Charles were still on Beechwood Street at the time of Martha’s death in September 1935.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Saturday, November 9, 1935

DEPUY ESTATE PUT AT $40,000

The estate left by Mrs. Martha A. DePuy, 6 Beechwood Street, who died Sept. 17, was estimated at $40,000 yesterday when her will was admitted to probatre by surrogate Joseph M. Feely. The property included $7,000 realty. Sole beneficiary was her husband, Charles H. DePuy, coal dealer.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Saturday, January 25, 1936

HUSBAND GETS $32,680 ESTATE

Net value of the estate of Mrs. Martha A. DePuy, 6 Beechwood Street, who died last Sept. 17, was placed yesterday in a tax approval at $32,680. That amount was inherited by her husband Charles H. DePuy, coal dealer, who served as executor.

The estate had a gross value of $38,000, including $7,000 realty and $31,000 in Eastman Kodak Company common stock.

4.  MARY² PAGE (WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 11-25-1825 in England, and died 5-7-1897 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.  She married ALONZO LANGDON in 1846 in NY, son of BENJAMIN LANGDON and NANCY BURDEN.  He was born 9-3-1822 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, and died 2-1-1910 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for MARY PAGE:

Mary may have returned to England for a while in 1862, perhaps in regard to the death of her father William Henry Page in Michigan in January of that year. A Mary Langdon, who originated from the USA, arrived in New York from England November 8, 1862. Her port of departure from England was Liverpool, and her ship was the Scotia, of the Cunard line. Her age was listed as 40.

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Last Will and Testament of Mary (Page) Langdon:

In the Name of God Amen.

I, Mary Langdon, of the town of Palmyra, County of Wayne and State of New York, being seventy one years of age, infirm in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory, and being mindful of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, and being desirous of making a just and equitable disposition of my property at my decease, do hereby make, ordain publish and declare this instrument to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.

First:-  I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be first paid.

Second:-  It is my desire that I be buried beside my sister Esther Page Hoag, and I will and direct that my Executor herein after named erect a suitable monument or tomb stones for my said sister and myself at the cost to my estate not exceeding three hundred dollars.

Third:-  The use of the rest residue and remainder of my property I give, devise and bequeath unto my husband Alonzo Langdon, for and during the term of his natural life, he to have absolute control and management thereof.

Fourth:-  After the death of my said husband I will and direct that my son William Hudson Langdon shall have the use of said remainder of my property for and during the term of his natural life, and I give, devise and bequeath same accordingly.

Fifth:-  At the death of my said son William Hudson Langdon, I will and direct that my property shall be divided equally between the children of my said son, then living, share and share alike, and I give, devise and bequeath the same unto them subject, however, to the life use of my said husband and my said son.

Likewise, I make constitute and appoint my said Husband Alonzo Langdon to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this first day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

Mary Langdon (seal)

[Witnesses to the signing of the will were S. Nelson Sawyer and John S. Wright.]

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Langdon, Mary PAGE, wife of Alonzo, May 7, 1897, 71y 5m 22d, was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

On Mary's death registration (#1103) her age at death was listed as 71yrs 5mos 12d. Her father was shown as William H. Page and mother as Martha Sanders. For "How Long a Resident Here?" the answer was 67 years. She died of cancer of the bowels after a 3-month illness. Her doctor was L. H. Smith.

Notes for ALONZO LANGDON:

Alonzo mistakenly indicated that he was born in England, in the 1850 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. He did this by placing ditto marks under some preceding census entries that claimed to have been born in England. However, in subsequent censuses he always listed NY.

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Alonzo was “duly chosen Overseers of Highways for the ensuing year” during the annual Town Meeting at Palmyra, which took place as follows:

At the annual Town Meeting held at the Village Hall in the Village of Palmyra in and for the Town of Palmyra on the 4th day of March 1862 pursuant to adjournment Present presiding,  Maltby Clark, Wm H. Southwick, Mark C. Finley  Justices of the Peace J. B. Reeves   Town Clerk

And at 8 o’clock A.M. the Polls of the Town Meeting were declared open by proclamation of Wm. H. Southwick and the voters proceeded to vote.

The following named persons were duly chosen Overseers of Highways for the ensuing year at three o’clock P.M.

[A total of 40 districts were voted on. Alonzo was elected for District No. 29. /C.W.Paige]

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Alonzo served in the Civil War. He enlisted in 1862 in Company E of the 54th New York Infantry.

Alonzo applied for a US passport on March 3, 1865, “a loyal citizen of the United States, about to travel abroad.” Unknown as to whether he ever did travel abroad. His description on the application was:

Age:  42; Stature:  5 ft. 10 inches, English; Forehead:  Medium; Eyes:  Grey; Nose:  Straight; Mouth:  large; Chin:  not dominant; Hair:  light brown; Complexion:  Light; Face:  Longish.

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Wayne County Journal, Thursday, July 15, 1909

Mr. Eben Page and Charles Depuy of Rochester were the guests of Mr. A. Langdon one day last week.

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The Record, Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, (Friday) February 4, 1910:

WAYNE COUNTY DEATHS

Langdon, Alonzo.--At Palmyra, Tuesday, February 1st, aged 87 years.

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The following is an undated and unattributed newspaper obituary provided by Mrs. Donna Glowacki, one of Alonzo’s descendants:

OBITUARY

Alonzo Langdon

Alonzo Langdon, one of Palmyra’s oldest residents, died at his home on Tuesday of this week, after an illness dating over several months, aged 86 years. Mr. Langdon was born in Palmyra and had always resided in this village. For a number of years he conducted a grocery store on Market street, and had served several terms as town assessor. He was a genial, pleasant man and very generally respected. He is survived by one son and several grandchildren.

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Langdon, Alonzo, was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

Marriage Notes for MARY PAGE and ALONZO LANGDON:

The marriage was announced between Alonzo Langdon and Mary Page in the Rochester Daily American of March 6, 1846.

Last Name           First Name        Event               Date            Page   Column

Langdon               Alonzo              married           3/6/1846        3           1

Page                     Mary                 married           3/6/1846         3           1

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The Langdons were living in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY at the time of the Federal censuses held there on 22 Jul 1850, 3 Jul 1860, 1870, and 1880.

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Palmyra Courier-Journal, Thursday, July 3, 1958

Thirty-fourth installment taken from Scrap Book of Thomas L. Cook.

Palmyra, N.Y.

Passing on to the north, we come to the home of the late Alonzo Langdon. In the 60’s, he purchased this little farm of 50 acres of the late Abram Carle. Mr. Langdon was a malster and distiller by trade but later engaged in farming. For a number of years, he was Town Assessor. His death occurred several years ago when the title to his farm fell to a son, W. Hudson Langdon, whose death occurred in December, 1915. This farm was a part of the old Carpenter farm that joins on the north. In former days, this was a large farm owned by Lot Carpenter, a Quaker.

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At the time of the 1850 Federal census the household consisted of Alonzo, 28, b. England, a farmer; Mary, 25, b. England; George, 3, B. NY; Giles Miller, 22, b. NY, a farmer; Reuben Underhill, 22, b. NY, a farmer; John Brigs, 13, b. NY.

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At the time of the 1860 Federal census the household consisted of Alonzo, 34, b. NY, a distiller with real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $1,400; Mary, 33, b. England; George, 13, b. NY and notated as having attended school within the past year.

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At the time of the 1870 Federal census the household consisted of Alonzo, 46, b. NY, a farmer with real estate valued at $11,000 and personal estate valued at $2,000; Mary, 44, b. England; George, 23, b. NY and notated as “idiotic”; William, 3, b. NY; Ruth Caile (sic), 63, b. NY “at home”; Esther Page, 52, b. England “at home”; and Anna Clancey, 14, b. NY, a “domestic.”

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From the 1880 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY: (a few households away was that of Mary Langton’s unmarried sister Ester Page, who had been living with the Langdons in 1870)

                                                          Marital                                                                          Father’s     Mother’s

Name                                   Relation  Status  Gender Race  Age  Birthplace  Occupation   Birthplace Birthplace

Alonzo Langdon                     Self          M    Male       W     57        NY         Farming            NY            NY

Mary Langdon                        Wife        M    Female    W     54        ENG      Keeping House ENG          ENG

* George Langdon                   Son          S      Male       W     33        NY                                  NY            ENG

William Langdon                     Son                  Male       W     14        NY                                  NY            ENG

** Edward Tappenton            Other       S      Male                46        NY         Laborer             ENG          ENG

Rose Shillingun                       Other               Female    W     40        GER       Servant             GER          GER

*  On censuses George was denoted as “idiotic.”

** Edward’s surname was Tappenden. /C.W.Paige

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Palmyra Village Cemetery Update, Part 4

Village of Palmyra

Wayne County, NY

Langdon, Harvey (no dates)

Langdon, Amanda E. (no dates)

Langdon, Benj. (no dates)

Langdon, Nancy, his wife (no dates)

Langdon, Henry, son of Philip & Rachel & husb. of Estelle, Oct. 17, 1892, 33y

Langdon, George, Aug. 7, 1896, 47y

Langdon, Mary PAGE, wife of Alonzo, May 7, 1897, 71y 5m 22d

Langdon, Mary E., wife of Alonzo, Feb. 19, 1901, 56y

Langdon, Alonzo, Feb. 1, 1910, 87y

Langdon, Abbie, wife of John & dau. of Mr. CRANDALL, Oct. 7, 1910, (75)

Langdon, Philip, husband of Rachel, Dec. 12, 1912, 87y

Langdon, Wm. Hudson, son of Alonzo & Mary, Nov. 5, 1915, 49y 3m 7d

Langdon, Clara B. P., wife of Henry, June 7, 1921, 54y

Langdon, Henry Fayette, Apr. 20, 1947, 82y 7d

Children of MARY PAGE and ALONZO LANGDON are:

  13       i.   George³ Langdon, b. Abt. 1847, NY; d. 8-7-1896, NY.

Notes for George Langdon:

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George was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

+14      ii.   William Hudson Langdon, b. 7-29-1866, NY; d. 11-4-1915, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

5.  NATHAN S.² PAGE (WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 12-12-1827 in England, and died 9-30-1910 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.  He married SARAH J. MAYNARD 3-10-1861 in Sodus, Berrien Co., MI.  She was born 11-22-1843 in NY, and died 9-27-1923 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Notes for NATHAN S. PAGE:

Nathan may have been the Nathan Page living in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY, at the time of the 1850 Federal census. If so, his occupation at the time was listed as blacksmith. According to Nathan’s death certificate, his occupation from 1850 through 1861 was as an engineer. His last occupation, from 1880 through 1905, was as a mechanic.

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According to the Michigan in the Civil War website, Nathan enlisted as a Private in the 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry, Company I, during the Civil War, from Sodus, Berrien Co., MI, at age 28. (Orlando Keyes and James Powers, Jr. were in the same regiment, Company D. All were Privates, although Orlando later became the regimental chaplain.)

Nathan was discharged due to disability September 13, 1864, according to the History of Berrien Co., MI. He later received a pension which was increased to $36/mo by the 16th Congress during Session 1 in 1908.

Additional information about Nathan’s Civil War activities:

Nathan, from Sodus, enlisted as a Private on 7 October 1861 at the age of 28. He enlisted in Company I, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 19 Dec 1861. Later, he was attached to the 11th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, on 10 Jan 1864. He was subsequently returned from the 11th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery Regiment on 9 Apr 1864, and received a disability discharge from Company I, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 13 Sep 1864 at Detroit, MI. He applied for a disability pension 19 Jun 1865, and his widow Sarah J. applied for a pension 17 Oct 1910. Both locations of Nathan’s service during the Civil War were cited on the applications.

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Nathan listed his place of birth as England in US Federal censuses from 1850 through 1880. Thereafter he listed it as New York. At time of the 1920 Federal census, Nathan's son Ulysses Grant Page, then living with wife Hattie at Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, listed his father's place of birth as "at sea US," hence providing a likely reason for the confusion of locales.

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Nathan died at age 82 yrs 7 mos 18 days. Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

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NOTE:

Nathan was the owner of the lot where his wife, children, and grandchild Lillian and her husband were also buried. Another person is buried there whose connection to Nathan’s family is unclear. Her name was Frances E. Brigham, 76 years old at time of death, which occurred October 17, 1893. After doing some research I believe she was the wife of Origen S. Brigham and that her maiden surname had been Waterman. In 1880 she was living with her daughter Adaline F, born May 20, 1846 at Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY, and son-in-law A. A. Lathrop. Frances's husband Origen had been an attorney as was Adaline's husband. This information is being included here in case it later is discovered there is a connection.

(BRIGHAM, Origen S. b: Mar. 15, 1815 in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY d: Dec. 24, 1850.)

Notes for SARAH J. MAYNARD:

Sarah was living in Chicago’s Ward 26, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. She was listed as a widow living with her granddaughter Lillian and son-in-law Roy K. Airis.

Sarah died at age 79 yrs 10 mos 5 days. Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

Marriage Notes for NATHAN PAGE and SARAH MAYNARD:

The family was living in Hagar Twp., Berrien Co., MI (near Benton Harbor), at the time of the 1870 Federal census. Nathan claimed to have been born in England, and wife Sarah born in MI, where all the children were born. (After 1880 Nathan always claimed to have been born in NY.) Nathan was a farm laborer at this time. In the household were:  Nathan Page, 37, Sarah, 25, Isabel, 9, Grant, 4, and Martha 2.

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According to Nathan’s death certificate the family moved to Chicago in about 1878.

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From the 1880 Federal census of Chicago, Cook Co., IL:

                                                          Marital                                                                          Father’s     Mother’s

Name                                   Relation  Status  Gender Race  Age  Birthplace  Occupation   Birthplace Birthplace

Nathan Page                            Self          M    Male       W     46        ENG      Engineer            ENG          ENG

Sarah J. Page                           Wife        M    Female    W     37        NY         Laundry            ENG          NY

E. I. Page                                 Dau         S      Female    W     18        MI         Milliner            ENG          NY

Grant Page                              Son          S      Male       W     14        MI         Paper Hanger    ENG          NY

Mattie E. Page                        Dau         S      Female   W     12        MI         In School          ENG          NY

Aalha Aassuns                        Other       S      Female    W     34        IN          Ironer                NY            NY

Francis Harden                        Other       S      Female    B      21        TN         Ironer                TN            TN

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The family was living in Chicago’s 20th Ward, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were Nathan S. Page, b. Dec. 1827 in NY, 72 years old, a machinist; Sarah J., b. Nov. 1843 in NY, 56 years old; and Lillian Germain, b. Jan 1897 [s/b 1887] in IL, 13 years old, grandchild of Nathan and Sarah. Two of Sarah’s three children were still alive.

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The family was living in Chicago's 25th Ward, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. In the household were Nathan S. and Sarah J. Page and their granddaughter Lillian Germaine. The Pages were aged and had no employment listed. Lillian was listed as a piano teacher. (She would marry that year but would have no children. Thus, Nathan and Sarah would have no further descendants.)

Children of NATHAN PAGE and SARAH MAYNARD are:

  15              i.   Hephzibah “Hepsie” Isabelle³ Page, born 11-10-1861 in Berrien Co., MI; died 5-9-1948 in Prob. IL.  She married Frederic Good 11-14-1891 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; born 1-1864 in Canada; died Bef. 1940.

Notes for Hephzibah “Hepsie” Isabelle Page:

"Hipsie B. Good" was a widow living with her niece Lillian Pearl (Germain), 54, and her niece's husband Roy Airis, 57, at 2023 Pensacola Street in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1940 Federal census. Also in the household was Roy's mother Alis R. Airis, 80 years old, born in England. Roy was a stock keeper at a wholesale candy company, and Lillian was an inspector at a wholesale liquor company. All had been living in the same house in 1935.

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Hepsie died at age 86 yrs 5 mos 29 days. Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

Marriage Notes for Hephzibah Page and Frederic Good:

Isabelle and Frederick were living in Chicago’s Ward 21, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. They had no children by that time.

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Belle and Fred were living in Chicago's Ward 23, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. Fred was listed as an "Engineer Op." in the clothing manufacturing business, and Belle was a clerk in a department store. Fred had immigrated to America in 1880 and had been naturalized in 1900. Fred's father was born in Ireland and mother in England. Belle claimed her father was born in New York and mother in New Jersey.

  16              ii.   Ulysses Grant Page, born 9-1-1864 in Pipestone Twp., Berrien Co., MI; died 11-24-1942 in Los Angeles, CA.  He married (1) Carrie Hammond 4-11-1892 in Bangor, Van Buren Co., MI; born Abt. 1875 in MI.  He married (2) Eva E. Johnson 1-31-1894 in Cook Co., IL; born Abt. 1875 in IN.  He married (3) Hattie S. Cumner 12-28-1908 in Worcester, Worcester Co., MA; born Abt. 1861 in Forestdale, Providence, RI; died Aft. 1920.

Notes for Ulysses Grant Page:

Ulysses was listed as a photograph salesman living with wife Eva S. at the time of the 1900 Federal census of Chicago’s Ward 20, Cook Co., IL. He was listed as a photographer at the time of his marriage to Carrie Hammond, and as a mining engineer at the time of his marriage to Hattie Cumner Foster Bell.

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Ulysses was living in Fresno, Kern Co., CA, at the time of the 1930 Federal census. He was listed as a mining engineer and as a single person.

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Ulysses, 74, was living at 121 A, W 31 Street in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, at the time of the 1940 Federal census. Also in the household were Anita Wilson, 60, and Inez Swensen, 65. All were widowed, none had occupations, and all had incomes. Ulysses G. had been born in Michigan, Anita in Oregon and Inez in Minnesota. All had been living at the same place in 1935.

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Ulysses died at age 72 yrs(?) 2 mos 23 days in Los Angeles and was cremated. Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660. The Rosehill records show Ulysses’ date of death as May 21, 1943, but that differs from the California death record, which would most likely be correct and is being used in this database. The Rosehill date may be the burial date, perhaps the body being reburied from a California location.

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Notes for Eva E. Johnson:

Eva was said to be of Hammond, Lake Co., IN, at the time of her marriage to Ulysses Grant Page.

Notes for Hattie S. Cumner:

At the time of her marriage to Ulysses Grant Page, Hattie was said to have an art store.

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RAID DOCTOR’S ART GALLERY.; Mrs. Page Recovers Paintings He Says Were Engagement Gifts.

Special to The New York Times.

March 9, 1909, Tuesday

Page 3

WORCESTER, Mass., March 8.—Headed by Miss Alice Myers, Deputy Sheriff Hunt, Constable Putnam, Police Officer Barker, and several furniture movers swooped down on the dental officers (sic) of Dr. Roy M. Garfield in the Walker Building to-day and carried away with them oil and water color paintings and bric-a-brac to the value of several thousand dollars. They were armed with a writ of replevin secured by Mrs. Hattie Cumner Foster Bell Page of New York. Miss Myers, who is private secretary for Mrs. H. C. F. B. Page, accompanied the officers for the purpose of identifying the articles.

According to the claims set forth by Mrs. Page the paintings and other articles were loaned to Dr. Garfield for office decoration. He, however, asserts that they are birthday, Christmas, and other engagement gifts and are entirely his property. The two were for a number of years intimate friends, notwithstanding that the woman is twenty years the doctor’s senior, and Worcester people were much surprised when it was announced a few months ago that she had become the bride of Ulysses Grant Page of Chicago

Both Mrs. Page and her husband have been married three times. Mrs. Page is 52 years old. Dr. Garfield is 30. He says they were engaged at the time the presents were made.

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Hattie's first two husbands were:  Elroy D. Foster, who she married in 1876, and Joseph A. Bell, who she married in 1885.

Marriage Notes for Ulysses Page and Hattie Cumner:

Ulysses and Hattie were living at Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. Ulysses was listed as a mining engineer and Hattie as a China artist. Ulysses' father was born "at sea US" and mother born in NY. Hattie's father was born in Rhode Island and mother in Maine.

+17             iii.   Martha E. “Mattie” Page, born Abt. 1868 in Berrien Co., MI; died 11-7-1892 in IL.

Generation No. 3

9.  ESTHER M.³ PAGE (EBENEZER², WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born Abt. 1852 in NY, and died 5-1922 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.  She married (1) NORMAN BEST PALMER Abt. 1876 in NY, son of BEST PALMER and MARY PALMER.  He was born 1850 in NY, and died 6-1889 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.  She married (2) WILLIAM STEGER 8/12/1910 in Cuyahoga Co., OH, son of George Steger and Rosina Eppensteine.  He was born 1869 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, and died 1-1921 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for ESTHER PAGE:

Esther was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery on 5-29-1922, SE 1/4 85 R4. Died of cancer of the uterus. Last residence-Monroe County Hosp. Age 66.

Notes for NORMAN BEST PALMER:

Norman was a dry goods clerk at the times of the 1870 and 1880 Federal censuses of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. He was listed as a salesman in the Rochester, New York, Directories for 1888 through 1890, his addresses 36 State and 60 Emerson.

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Norman Best Palmer died of embolism phlebitis at the Emerson Street address. He was buried June 19, 1889, under the name “Best” Palmer in Section G of the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester.

Marriage Notes for ESTHER PAGE and NORMAN PALMER:

Esther and Norman were living in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1880 Federal census. In the household were Norman B. Palmer, 29, b. NY; Esther, 28, b. NY; and Nellie, 3, b. NY. Norman was a clerk in a dry goods store.

Notes for WILLIAM STEGER:

At the time of the 1880 Federal census of the 13th Ward, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY:

                                                                Marital                                                                Father’s    Mother’s

Name                                      Relation  Status Gender Race Age Birthplace  Occu.     Birthplace Birthplace

Rosina Steger                               Self        W    Female     W    49    WURT   Keeping         WURT   WURT

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David Steger                                 Son       S      Male         W    24    NY          Shoemaker     BAV       WURT

John Steger                                   Son       S      Male         W    21    NY          Painter            BAV       WURT

Charles Steger                              Son       S      Male         W    19    NY          Shoemaker     BAV       WURT

Elisabeth Steger                           Dau       S      Female     W    17    NY          Tayloring       BAV       WURT

Georg Steger                                 Son       S      Male         W    15    NY          Works In       BAV       WURT

                                                                                                                                Shoe Fkty

William Steger                              Son       S      Male         W    12    NY          At School      BAV       WURT

Anna Steger                                  Dau       S      Female     W    6      NY          At School      BAV       WURT

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Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Sat July 1, 1905

RECORD OF DEATHS

Mrs. Rosina STEGER, of No. 161 Morrill street, died at noon yesterday, Aged 74, leaving four sons, David, Charles, George and William, and one daughter, Mrs. George CORNISH, and six grandchildren.

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William was single and a lodger in the establishment run by George King, superintendant of a commercial B&A, in Rochester’s Ward 2, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. William was listed as an independent real estate broker.

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William was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery on 1-4-1921, S Gr 50 R-172 BB. He died of general paralysis. Last residence-State Hosp. Age 52.

Marriage Notes for ESTHER PAGE and WILLIAM STEGER:

Esther claimed to have been born in 1866 at the time of her marriage to William Steger. She claimed her parents were Eben Page and Elizabeth Mcdowell.

The family was living in Rochester Ward 18, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. In the household, besides William and Ester, was Carl Martin, 27, a roomer born in NY. William was a city clerk and Carl was a tool maker at a machine company. William was born in NY though both of his parents were born in Germany.

The Steger household was part of a larger household of three groups living at 26 Webster Street. The first listed of the three, on the census, was the family of Samuel and Ruth Kirkpatrick and Samuel’s brother Alexander. Samuel, 30, and Alexander, 26, were born in the USA of Scottish parents. Ruth, 26, was born in NY of parents born in the same state. Samuel was a machinist in a spectacle company. Ruth worked at the same company as a clerk and Alexander, as an inspector. The second listed was the family of Samuel and Lucile McGrath and their roomer Eldia Horton. Samuel, 37, born in NY of Irish parents, was a contractor for an asphalt company. Lucile, 34, was born in NY of parents also born in that state. Eldia, 35, was born in NY of parents born in the USA. All families and roomers were renting.

Child of ESTHER PAGE and NORMAN PALMER is:

      18       i.     Nellie⁴ Palmer, b. Abt. 1877, NY; d. Bef. 1911.

                        Notes for Nellie Palmer:

                        Nellie was not listed among the grandkids of Ebenezer Page in his 1911 obituary.

11.  CHARLES E.³ PAGE (EBENEZER², WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 7-1860 in NY, and died 12-24-1939 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.  He married SARAH ROGERS Abt. 1886.  She was born 10-1862 in NY, and died 2-15-1911 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for CHARLES E. PAGE:

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Tuesday, December 28, 1937

GIDEON UNIT NAMES C. E. PAGE PRESIDENT

Rochester Camp of Gideons, that organization that provides Bibles for hotels, last night named Charles E. Page president at the annual meeting in Commerce Building. Other officers elected are:  Vice-president, Herbert A. Niles; secretary-treasurer, Orin F. Culver and chaplain, J. A. Weaver.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Tuesday, December 26, 1939:

PAGE--Entered into rest at a Rochester hospital Sunday morning Dec. 24, 1939, Charles E. Page of Brockport. He is survived by one son, Charles H. Page, one daughter, Mrs. John Holland, one granddaughter, Dorothy Jane Holland, all of Brockport.

Friends may call at the Fowler Funeral Home, 82 State St., Brockport, N.Y., from where funeral services  will be held Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 27, 1939 at 2 p.m. Interment in Beach Ridge Cemetery, Sweden, N.Y.

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Charles E. was buried at the Beach Ridge Cemetery at Sweden, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for SARAH ROGERS:

Sarah’s obituary appeared in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Thursday, February 16, 1911. The Entry was dated Brockport February 15, and the obituary claimed that she died “this afternoon at a Rochester hospital.” The online version was distorted too badly to read fully, but it named as survivors her husband Charles Page, son Charles Page, daughter Nellie Page, plus brothers, Thomas and James, and sister, Mary Crouther (sic).

http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/brockprt.htm

Sarah is buried at the Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, New York, Town of Sweden.

Marriage Notes for CHARLES PAGE and SARAH ROGERS:

Charles and Sarah were living in Sweden Twp., Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles E., 39 years old, a shoe paster (sic); wife Sarah, 37 years old, son Charles H., 10 years old; and daughter Nellie M., 8 years old. (Birth locations not notated.)

Charles E. and Sarah had been married 14 years, and both of their children were still living.

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Charles and Sarah were living in Sweden Twp., Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. In the household were:  Charles E., 48 years old, a house carpenter, born in NY; wife Sarah, 47 years old, born in NY; son Charles H., 20 years old, a cutter in a shoe factory, born in NY; and daughter Nellie M., 17 years old, a skiver for shoe leather, born in NY.

Charles E. and Sarah had been married 23 years, and both of their children were still living.

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Charles was living on Main Street in Sweden Twp., Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. In the household were:  widower Charles, 60 years old, a machinist at Sprager Manufacturing; son Charles Jr., 30 years old, a shoe cutter; and daughter Nellie M., 28 years old, a shoe skiver.

Children of CHARLES PAGE and SARAH ROGERS are:

      19   i.   Charles H.⁴ Page, b. 11-24-1889, NY; d. 2-5-1968, Brockport, Monroe Co., NY; m. Lyla (Townsend) Yardley, Abt. 1921; b. Abt. 1886, NY; d. 7-25-1945, Brockport, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for Charles H. Page:

http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/beachridge-2.htm

Charles H. was buried at the Beach Ridge Cemetery at Sweden, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for Lyla (Townsend) Yardley:

http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/beachridge-2.htm

Lyla was buried at the Beach Ridge Cemetery at Sweden, Monroe Co., NY.

Marriage Notes for Charles Page and Lyla Townsend Yardley:

Charles and Lyla were living at Brockport, Monroe Co., NY, at the time of the 1930 Federal census. Also in the household was Lyla’s son from her prior marriage to Harry J. Yardley of Montgomery, Orange Co., NY. The son was Townsend Yardley, 22, b. NY. (The son’s full name was Harry Townsend Yardley. The following year he would marry Julia Pease in Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., NY, and nine years later he married Virginia Meehan, who was affiliated with the Arthur Murray dance studio in New York City. The marriage to Virginia was also at Skaneateles.)

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Charles and Lyla were said to be "of Brockport" in December 1939.

   +20   ii.   Nellie M. Page, b. 5-1892, NY; d. Aft. 1920.

14.  WILLIAM HUDSON³ LANGDON (MARY² PAGE, WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 7-29-1866 in NY, and died 11-4-1915 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.  He married CARRIE E. BROTHERTON Abt. 1889 in NY, daughter of WILLIAM BROTHERTON and NANCY RUDE.  She was born 4-1870 in NY, and died 1937.

Notes for WILLIAM HUDSON LANGDON:

William was christened/baptized 04 AUG 1874 at Zion Episcopal, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

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Hudson was appointed sexton of the old Carpenter Burying Ground at Palmyra, which had been the neighborhood cemetery until 1844 when supplanted by the Palmyra Cemetery. The Langdon farm surrounded the burying ground, and in 1912 Hudson made an offer to build a fence around the ground to the Town Board if they would provide the material. Besides building the fence, Hudson mowed and otherwise tended the burying ground until his death in 1915, after which Levi Haak took over those duties. This according to the book “Palmyra and Vicinity,” by Thomas L. Cook. Press of The Palmyra Courier-Journal, Palmyra, N.Y., 1930; p. 264.

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http://www.palmyrany.com/minutes/TB/1911.htm

Town of Palmyra – Minutes for 1911

Regular meeting of the Palmyra Town Board was held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Friday, April 21, 1911.  Present:  C. F. Griswold, Supervisor; Thomas L. Cook, W. W. Williamson, J. L. Warner, and S. L. Knapp, Justices; and H. L. Averill, Clerk.  Meeting was called to order by Mr. Griswold, and minutes of last meeting were read for information.

Hudson Langdon, a resident of Maple Avenue, Town of Palmyra, appeared before the Board and asked that the old cemetery on Maple Avenue belonging to the town and adjoining said Langdon’s property be somewhat improved from its present state of brush and weeds.

The matter was discussed at considerable length by members of the Board, and a resolution was passed authorizing the Supervisor to go to Lyons and ascertain if possible whether said cemetery property belonged to the Town and report at the next meeting.

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Regular meeting of the Palmyra Town Board was held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Friday, May 19, 1911.  Present:  C. F. Griswold, Supervisor; T. L. Cook, W. W. Williamson, J. L. Warner, and S. L. Knapp, Justices, H. L. Averill, Clerk; and C. H. Hedden, Supt. of Highways.  Meeting was called to order by Mr. Griswold, and the minutes of the last regular meeting were read for information.

The Supervisor, who was appointed as a committee at the meeting of April 21, to ascertain if possible whether the old cemetery on Maple Avenue belonged to the town or was the property of some individual, reported that he was of the opinion that the cemetery belonged to the town, but that no record or a deed of the property could be found.

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http://www.palmyrany.com/minutes/TB/1912.htm

Town of Palmyra – Minutes for 1912

 Meeting of the Town Board was held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Friday, February 2, 1912.  Present:  C. F. Griswold, Supervisor; T. L. Cook and L. L Warner, Justices; and H. L. Averill, Clerk.  Meeting was called to order by Mr. Griswold, and minutes of the last meeting were read for information.

Hudson Langdon appeared before the Board relative to cleaning up the old cemetery property on Maple Avenue.  On motion, duly carried, Mr. Langdon was authorized to clean up that property and render bill for same to the Town Board.

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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymonnws/1915/NOV.html

Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Fri. Nov. 5, 1915

DIED

LANGDON - Entered into rest, at Rochester, N. Y., Thursday, November 4, 1915 W. Hudson LANGDON, of Palmyra, N. Y., aged 49 years. He leaves a widow and two sons, Ira, of Newark, N. Y., and Charles of Palmyra, and one grandson.

-Funeral Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at his late residence, on Maple avenue.

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The following is from a copy of an undated obituary that appeared in The Herald newspaper, provided by Mrs. Donna Glowacki, one of Alonzo’s and William’s descendants:

W. H. LANGDON

Prominent and Prosperous Palmyra Farmer Passes Away at Hospital in Rochester

By Special Dispatch to The Herald.

Palmyra, Nov. 5.--W. Hudson Langdon of Maple Avenue, one of Palmyra’s most highly respected citizens, passed away at Dr. Lee’s Hospital in Rochester on Thursday, November 4. Undertaker C. G. Crandall brought the remains to Palmyra last evening. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon, Rev. Boyd McCleary officiating, with interment in the Langdon family lot in Palmyra Cemetery.

Mr. Langdon was born in Palmyra and resided here all his life. He was a prominent farmer, conducting the Langdon homestead farms on Maple Avenue until ill health forbade active pursuits. Some two weeks since he went to Rochester for medical treatment and the end came on Thursday. Mr. Langdon was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Palmyra. He leaves his wife and two sons, Ira, of Newark, and Charles of Palmyra; and one grandson.

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http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/palvkm.html

Wm. Hudson Langdon was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

Notes for CARRIE E. BROTHERTON:

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/palvkm.html

Carrie Langdon was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM LANGDON and CARRIE BROTHERTON:

The family was living at Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. In the household were William H., 33, b. July 1866 in NY, a farm laborer; Carrie C., 29, b. April 1870; Ira B., 9, b. Dec. 1890 in NY; and Charles P., 5, b. Aug 1894 in NY. Living nearby was the family of Alonzo and Mary Langdon, William’s father and stepmother. Two of Carrie’s three children were still living.

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The Syracuse (NY) Journal, Wednesday, December 17, 1902

Mrs. William Brotherton, who has been spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Hudson Langdon, at Palmyra, has returned to her home.

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Wayne County Journal, Thursday, October 24, 1907

Hudson Langdon has taken a position in Bennett & Mason’s bean factory.

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The family was living at Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. In the household were William H., 43, a farmer; Carrie C., 39; Ira B., 19, a cutter in a packing factory; and Charles P., 15, an apprentice in a machine shop. Two of Carrie’s four children were still living.

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Auburn Semi-Weekly Journal, Tuesday, December 6, 1910

Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Langdon of Palmyra were guests of Mrs. N. J. Brotherton on Wednesday of this week.

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The Fairport (NY) Herald, Wednesday, July 31, 1912

Mrs. Hudson Langdon gave a lawn party Tuesday afternoon to the little girls of Maple ave., in honor of her nieces, Clarice and Alice Brotherton of Syracuse.

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http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/palmyra/1914palmyradir.html

WAYNE COUNTY FARM DIRECTORY 1914, PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, Population 4,169:

Langdon, William H. (Carrie) 1 ch farmer (alfalfa) O 50a rd3 Palmyra H36 B T.

[INTERPRETED AS:  William and Carrie Langdon have 1 child and are farmers of alfalfa. They own 50 acres of land located in rural delivery 3 of Palmyra on highway 36. They are customers of Bell Telephone. /C.W. Paige]

Children of WILLIAM LANGDON and CARRIE BROTHERTON are:

   +21   i.   Ira B.⁴ Langdon, b. 12-18-1889, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; d. 2-7-1956; m. Evelyn C. (nee ) Langdon, Bef. 1915; b. 11-2-1892, NY; d. 11-16-1978, Brighton, Monroe Co., NY.

Notes for Ira B. Langdon:

Ira was a cutter in a packing factory at the time of the 1910 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

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Ira was a motorman on a trolley road at the time of the 1920 Federal census of Arcadia Twp., Newark, Wayne Co., NY.

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Burial at the East Palmyra Cemetery, Wayne Co., NY:

Langdon, Ira B. d 7 Feb 1956, age 65 years (lot 241-1)

Notes for Evelyn C. (nee ) Langdon:

Burial at the East Palmyra Cemetery, Wayne Co., NY:

Langdon, Evelyn C. d 16 Nov 1978, age 86 years (lot 241-2)

Marriage Notes for Ira Langdon and Evelyn Langdon:

The family was living in Arcadia Twp., Newark, Wayne Co., NY, at the time of the 1920 Federal census. Ira was a motorman on a “trolley road.”

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http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/arcadia/jacksonmccarty.html

1931-32 DIRECTORY OF NEWARK NY

NEWARK VILLAGE DIRECTORY

LANGDON, Ira, 115 Grace Ave., w. Evelyn; Harold, student. Tel. 250-M.

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The Lyons Republican & Clyde Times, Lyons, N.Y., Thursday, December 2, 1948:

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Langdon of Peirson avenue entertained their son and family, Mr.  and Mrs. Harold Langdon and sons, Jimmie and Tommy, of Rochester, Thanksgiving  Day.

   +22   ii.   Charles Page Langdon, b. 8-24-1894, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; d. 6-6-1971, Brutus, Cayuga Co., NY; m. Nellie Mae Starr, 4-26-1916, Junius, Seneca Co., NY; b. 10-1894, NY; d. 11-12-1964, Meridian, Cayuga Co., NY.

Notes for Charles Page Langdon:

Charles was an apprentice in a machine shop at the time of the 1910 Federal census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

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Clyde, N.Y. Times, Thursday June 8, 1914:

       JUNIUS

       Charles Langdon, of Palmyra, was a recent guest of Miss Nellie Starr.

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Clyde, N.Y. Times, Thursday July 6, 1916:

       JUNIUS

Mr. and Mrs. John Lowery were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Langdon at Palmyra Sunday.

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Wayuga Community Newspapers, Inc., Thursday, June 10, 1971:

CHARLES T. LANGDON

WEEDSPORT--Charles T. Langdon, 76, of 74 Green St., died Sunday, June 6 at Cayuga County Infirmary.

He was born in Palmyra and lived several years in Jordan where he operated an antiques shop and was a self-employed carpenter. He later moved to Meridian where he was employed as a cabinet maker for the Cato-Meridian Central School. He retired in 1961.

Mr. Langdon moved to Weedsport in 1965. His wife, Mrs. Nellie Starr Langdon, died in 1964. He was a member of Christ Church, Jordan. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dwight Goodwin of Weedsport; five grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and a nephew.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Christ Church, Jordan. Burial was in Lyons Rural Cemetery, Lyons. Arrangements were by Kelly Jewell Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to the memorial fund of Christ Church.

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The Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., Thursday, January 27, 1972:

Surrogate admits 26 wills

Charles Page Langdon

Charles Page Langdon of Weedsport, who died June 6, named Dwight Goodwin as executor and Frances Goodwin as substitute executrix of his estate. He provided that his daughter, Frances Goodwin of Weedsport, receive his house in Meridian. His other real estate in Rochester is to be divided equally among his three grandchildren…. The rest of his estate goes to Frances Goodwin. Edward Knecht is attorney.

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Some memories from one of Charles and Nellie’s granddaughters:

1-”Grandpa was a master craftsman in cabinetry. He made beautiful furniture in an almost Shaker motif. During the depression he broke his ankle and was subsequently hired by the Roosevelt CCCC. His work was at the fish hatchery in Elbridge, NY. At about the same time his youngest daughter Mary Louise died. She was seven. Money was tight so my grandpa bartered a renovation at the funeral home in exchange for the funeral.”

2-”When we moved to Meridian, NY in 1953 grandpa and grandma bought a fixer upper for us to live with them. While doing my bedroom, our cat climbed in the wall and hid. My grandpa’s construction was so tight it took almost three hours to break down the new wall.”

Notes for Nellie Mae Starr:

The Cato Citizen, Thursday, November 19, 1964:

NELLIE LANGDON DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

Funeral services were conducted by the Jewell Funeral Home on Monday at 10 a.m. in the Christ Church at Jordan for Mrs. Nellie Starr Langdon, 70, who died unexpectedly last Thursday at her home on Main St., Meridian, where she had resided for 15 years. Rev. George Nagle officiated at the service. Burial was made in Lyons.

A native of Lyons, she lived in Jordan prior to moving here. She was a member of the Christ Church in Jordan. She and her husband celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary on April 26.

Surviving are her husband, Charles P. Langdon; a daughter, Mrs. Dwight Goodwin of Weedsport, five grandchildren and a niece.

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The Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., Monday, December 21, 1964:

Surrogate Admits Twelve Estates to Probate

Nellie Starr Langdon

Nellie Starr Langdon of Meridian, who died Nov 12 named her husband Charles P. Langdon sole beneficiary. Dwight A. Goodwin of Weedsport was named executor. Edward Knecht is attorney.

Marriage Notes for Charles Langdon and Nellie Starr:

Unknown newspaper dated, presumably, April 27, 1916:

Yesterday at the home of the bride in the town of Junius, occurred the marriage of one of the most popular young ladies of that town, when Miss Nellie Mae Starr, daughter of Mrs. John Lowrey, was united in marriage to Mr. Charles Page Langdon of Palmyra, by Rev. George H. Ottoway of Grace Episcopal Church, Lyons, in the presence of 50 relatives and immediate friends of the couple.

Miss Frances Starr of Syracuse, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and James Arthur Starr, brother of the bride, was attendant to the groom. The bride’s attendants were the Misses Daisy Serven, Meril Young and Hazel Fisk. Two cousins of the bride, Masters James and Paul Mahany of Syracuse, were ribbon bearers.

The bride was dressed in white silk crepe de chêne with satin overdress trimmed with pearls and carried a bouquet of bride’s roses and valley lilies. The maid of honor wore yellow silk crepe de chêne, trimmed with gold lace, and carried a bouquet of pink and white sweet peas. The mother of the bride wore pearl grey satin trimmed with silver beads, and the mother of the groom wore black silk crepe de chêne trimmed with lace.

Miss Mildred Watkins, a friend of the bride, sang Oh, Perfect Love, and to the strains of Lohengrin’s Wedding March the bride was brought to the altar which was trimmed with smilax and Easter lilies, where she was given in marriage by her father, John Lowrey.~

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Unknown newspaper, date 1964, probably near the end of April or early May:

Weedsport News

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Langdon of Meridian were guests of their family for their 48th wedding anniversary Sunday at a dinner at St. John’s Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon are the parents of Mrs. Dwight Goodwin of Weedsport.

   +23  iii.   Howard Schuyler Langdon, b. 11-7-1899, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; d. 3-18-1900, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Howard Schuyler Langdon:

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/palvkm.html

Howard Langdon was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

   +24  iv.   Guy H. Langdon, b. 1906, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY; d. 1906, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.

Notes for Guy H. Langdon:

http://www.wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/palvkm.html

Guy Langdon was interred at the Palmyra Village Cemetery, Village of Palmyra, Wayne County, NY.

17.  MARTHA E. “MATTIE”³ PAGE (NATHAN S.², WILLIAM HENRY¹) was born 6-4-1868 in Berrien Co., MI, and died 11-7-1892 in IL.  She married SILAS EDWARD GERMAIN 5-14-1886 in New Buffalo, Berrien Co., MI, son of SILAS GERMAIN and CAROLINE DORSON.  He was born 1864 in Bloomington, Mclean Co., IL.

Notes for Martha E. “Mattie” Page:

Mattie died at age 24 yrs 5 mos 3 days. Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

Notes for Silas Edward Germain:

Silas was living with his mother Caroline Germain and sisters Clara 12 and Lillian 9 in Bloomington, Mclean Co., IL, at the time of the 1870 Federal census.

It’s possible that the surname was originally spelled “Germond.” The following burials were recorded for the Pine Plains Cemetery in Dutchess Co., NY, at village of Pine Plains.

184. Germain, Amy, w. of Reuben, d. 1813, Mar. 10, a. 43 y.

185. Germain, Lydia A., d. 1870, May 10, a. 64 y.

186. Germain, Phebe H., dau. of Silas & Phebe, b. 1805, Feb. 15, d. 1879, May 28.

187. Germain, Silas, s. of Silas & Phebe, d. 1865, Jan. 12, in 72d y.

188. Germain, Talmadge H., s. of Silas & Phebe, d. 1863, Jan. 13, a. 65-4-28.

189. Germond, Elanson, b. 1813, Mar. 16, d. 1886, June 23.

190. Germond, Elizabeth Thompson, w. of Elanson, b. 1819, June 17, d. 1880, Jan. 19.

191. Germond, Phebe, w. of Silas, d. 1810, Jan. 10, a. 40 y. 6 m.

192. Germond, Silas, d. 1849, Mar. 22, a. 86-1-8.

193. Germond, Silas W., 1835-1898.

Before “Germond,” the spelling may have been “German.”

Child of Martha Page and Silas Germain is:

   25      i.   Lillian Pearl⁴ Germain, born 1-22-1887 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; died 2-18-1956 in Prob. IL.  She married Roy Kent Airis 6-22-1910 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; born 10-1-1882 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; died 4-10-1948 in Prob. IL.

Notes for Lillian Pearl Germain:

Lillian was living in Chicago's 20th Ward, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1900 Federal census. Also in the household were her grandparents Nathan S. Page, b. Dec. 1827 in NY, 72 years old, a machinist; Sarah J. Page, b. Nov. 1843 in NY, 56 years old. Lillian's father Silas had remarried to Ida Dell Denker 6/16/1888 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, shortly after her mother's death. He and his new family were living at Ripon, Fond du Lac Co., WI. Their child Eddie was b. Feb. 1889.

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Lillian was still living with her grandparents Nathan and Sarah Page living in Chicago's 25th Ward, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1910 Federal census. Lillian was listed as a piano teacher.

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Lillian’s burial was at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

Notes for Roy Kent Airis:

Roy was listed as a clerk in a wholesale house at the time of the 1910 Federal census of Chicago’s 26th Ward, Cook Co., IL (while he was still living with parents William and Alice and brother Clifford); a finisher in a factory at the time of the 1920 Federal census of the same Ward; and a stock keeper in a candy company at the time of the 1930 Federal census of Chicago’s 47th Ward.

Burial at the Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60660.

Marriage Notes for Lillian Germain and Roy Airis:

No children showed up for them on either the 1920 (where their surname appears as “Airls”) or 1930 Federal census. Lillian was the only child of Silas Edward Germain, b. Abt. 1864 in Bloomington, Mclean Co., IL, and Martha E. “Mattie” Page, b. Abt. 1868 in Berrien Co., MI, d. 11-7-1892. In 1920 Lillian’s grandmother Sarah J. Page was living with the Airis family, and in 1930 Alice Airis, Roy’s mother, was living in the household.

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Lillian P., 54, and Roy Airis, 57, were living at 2023 Pensacola Street in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, at the time of the 1940 Federal census. Also in the household was Roy's mother Alis R. Airis, 80, born in England, and Lillian's Aunt "Hipsie B. Good," 78, a widow. Roy was a stock keeper at a wholesale candy company, and Lillian was an inspector at a wholesale liquor company. All had been living in the same house in 1935.

Roy and Lillian Airis, Mattie Germain, Mattie’s parents Nathan S. and Sarah J. Page, Aunt Hepsie Good, and Uncle Ulysses Page are all buried at the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

Family of William Henry Page and Chloe (Thayer) Robinson of New York and Michigan

William Henry Page was born 2-19-1797 in County Essex (or Sussex), England, and died 1-17-1862 in Bronson, Branch Co., MI.  He married (2) Chloe (Thayer) Robinson 7-20-1832 in NY.  She was born 4-1-1794 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and died 1-13-1862 in Bronson, Branch Co., MI.  She was a daughter of William Thayer and Chloe Preston.

(For additional information about William and his marriage to Martha Sanders, see Family of William and Martha Sanders Page of England and Wayne Co., NY. For additional information about Chloe and her marriage to James Robinson, see Family of Chloe Thayer and James Robinson of Wayne Co., NY. For additional information about Chloe’s parents, siblings and ancestry, see Discovering Our Thayer Family History.)

Household of Wm H. Page, from the 1840 Federal census of Macedon, Wayne Co., NY:

Males:                                    Females:

1 under 5 years                    2 between 15-20 years

1 between 5-10 years          1 between 40-50 years

1 between 10-15 years

1 between 15-20 years

1 between 20-30 years

1 between 40-50 years

viz:

1 male under 5 years would have been Riley P. Page

1 male between 5-10 years would have been William Henry Page, Jr.

1 male between 10-15 years may have been Nathan S. Page

1 male between 15-20 years may have been Chloe’s youngest son Lewis Robinson

1 male between 20-30 years may have been Ebenezer Page

1 male between 40-50 years would have been William Henry Page, Sr.

2 females between 15-20 years probably would have been Mary Page and perhaps Esther Page, though Esther would have been about 22

1 female between 40-50 years would have been Chloe (Thayer) Robinson Page

[There may have been other sons and/or daughters that had already left home. /C.W.P.]

Children of Chloe Thayer and William Page are:  [discussed below in In Search of Riley…]

+ 1         i   William Henry Page, b. 10-23-1833, Macedon, Wayne Co., NY; d. 11-21-1906, Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., MI.

+ 2        ii   Riley Preston Page, b. 6-20-1839, Macedon, Wayne Co., NY; d. 4-16-1928, East Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Chloe and William Page lived in a number of towns, including Macedon, Wayne County, and Webster, Monroe County, New York, and were farmers. On October 8, 1842, Chloe bought land in Webster which she later sold to Wm. H. Wheeler on September 17, 1846. In 1843, on November 29, she again bought land which she kept until selling it to George W. Weeks on March 1, 1857.

            William was 53 at the time of the 1850 Federal census. The family, including himself, Chloe, and sons William H. and Riley Preston, were living at Webster, Monroe County. For that census, William claimed real estate valued at $5,000.

From the 1855 New York state census taken at Webster on 14 June 1855, Wm H. Page, 58, and wife Cloa, 60, were living in a frame-built house worth $500, had been living in Webster for eleven years, and had a servant Elizabeth Mandeville, who had lived in Monroe County all 19 years of her life. Wm was a naturalized citizen and the Pages owned their farm.

            Around 1857, William and Chloe migrated to Michigan, where they settled at Bronson, Branch County, once again taking up farming. They were in Bronson at the time of the 1860 Federal census, taken June 6. The Pages occupied dwelling #111 and were family #112. William was 63, b. England, a farmer, and claimed to possess real estate valued at $2,000 and personal at $600. "Cloe" was 65, b. Massachusetts.

            In 1862, William and Chloe both passed away within four days of each other, most likely during an epidemic. Chloe was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, on the west side of Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan. In the Oak Grove Cemetery book: Page, Chloe, interred Lot 638, Section OP or Old Part, Volume: OB-152. (Rootsweb Message Board for Bronson County, per Mary Bickford in Coldwater 19 October 2006.) Lot purchased by L. Robinson in January 1862, most likely Chloe's son Luther from her first marriage. An Ella Robinson was buried near Chloe.

            William was probably buried next to his first wife Martha, where a “Page, Wm H.” is next to “Page, Martha, wife” at the Palmyra Village Cemetery on Vienna Street, Wayne Co., NY.

Deep History of the Page Family

The Great Page Estate

Thanks to a century-old Page family bible that suddenly and unexpectedly returned to the family a few years ago, William H. Page, Sr.’s birth date and location are now known as February 19, 1797, in County Essex (or Sussex), England. Although it is not known perfectly where William Page and his English family lived prior to their emigration to America, in the record of his and Martha’s son Ebenezer as a soldier during the US Civil War, Ebenezer’s birth location was registered as Sussex, England.

Regarding the Page family in general, some information has come to light about the great estate of one important English Page family/branch. According to Charles Nash Page in his book History and Genealogy of the Page Family 1257 to 1911 (Des Moines, Iowa: 1911), there existed an institution called the “Great Page Estate.” The “Estate” consisted of approximately sixty square miles of land, which took up about a third of the English county of Middlesex and extended into Hertfordshire. This estate, with the town of Harrow at its center, had remained unsuccessfully claimed since left by four Page brothers without heirs: Richard, Francis, William and Henry. As each brother died the property fell to the next, until Henry was the last holder. Upon his death in 1829, at Marble Arch near Hyde Park, London, the estate was held by executors pending claims by relatives. (Normally if no valid claim was made during the 75 years of being “in chancery,” the property would have reverted back to the state.)

The Page estate, which in 1907 was estimated at a value of $875 million, was the result of centuries of accumulation of land by that Page family. One of the first known contributors was Sir Hugo Page, who received a sizable tract at the time he was knighted in 1260 by King Henry III. The property of the Knights of St. John in Kilburn was given to Robert Page “on the suppression of the monasteries” about the year 1540. During the reign of King Henry VIII, Edmund Page was given large properties after serving on the Grand Jury at the trial of Lady Anne Boleyn.

Eventually, the estate was divided and owned by five different Page families until consolidated under Henry Page. It is possible that William Henry Page, Sr. may have come from one of the families originally owning some of the property. In the early 1800s there was in influx of Pages to America, and many of these, including William, Sr., were considerably well off for the times. Coincidentally, the same year Henry Page died—1829—our Page family immigrated to America.

Email correspondence with Englishman Robert Page (rp@warm-planet.com) netted the following additional information about the Great Page Estate. In his email dated January 29, 2007, he attached three scanned images of handwritten pages and wrote the following:

I wouldn’t build your hopes up! - this was greatly researched in the 1930s/40s... see attached transcript made by my Grandfather of old news cutting which you should find interesting, regards, Rob.

Below is my transcription of the scanned handwritten pages:

The Mysterious “Page Millions”

Romance of an Unclaimed London Estate

Sixty square miles of land in and around richest London without an owner! You would laugh at the novelist who conceived so extravagant an idea. But there is actually such an estate, valued by experts at between £40,000,000 and £150,000,000. The amazing story of the fortune that nobody owns has no equal in the world’s records of wealth going begging.

Seize a slice of London worth at least £40,000,000, which, for all its present value, nobody owns!

Such is, substantially, the course that the Crown has been urged in connection [with] the Page Estate, a rich domain of mystery and romance.

This domain which has been valued at as much as £150,000,000 covers about sixty square miles of Middlesex, extending from the point where the Grand Junction Canal crosses the Edgware Road to Hillingdon and Ickenham, and from Edgware and Mill Hill to Rickmansworth. Included in it are Acton, Ealing, Harlesden and Brondesbury, as well as such historic properties as Wembley Park, Twyford Abbey, Sudbury Priory, Harrow Rectory, and the playing fields of Harrow School.

Left to his Lawyers

The former ownership of this vast estate, which comprises nearly one half of Middlesex, is indicated by the frequent occurrence of the place name Page.

A curious history attaches to this No Man’s Land. It came into possession of the Page Family, when Henry VIII suppressed Kilburn Priory and ultimately passed to Henry Page who died in 1829.

It is said that the day before he made his will he executed a Deed by which he gave the residue of his property to Henry Young, his solicitor, “in consideration of my great regard and esteem,” for five shillings. And by his will he left the whole of his estate—apart from a few money legacies—to Henry Young and that gentleman’s partner Henry Fladgate. It is further stated that when Young proved the will, he swore the property, which even then was really of enormous value, at the sum of £5,000 only.

The Two Williams

Now, Henry Page is said to have had merely a life interest in the estate and to have had no power, therefore, to dispose of it by will or deed. A further allegation is that Henry Young was guilty of undue influence. Finally, some, if not all, of the documents are, it is stated, not regularly attested.

At this point William Page, brother of Henry Page, enters the story. We are told that there were two William Page, both baptized 1755. One died in 1814 and the other in 1824. The former alone—such is the contention—was interested in the Page Estate, but in 1818 the latter carried out certain important [word missing] in conjunction with Henry Page.

An undistinguished William Page, in fact, is believed by some to have personated the propertied William Page and to have done so in the interests of Henry Young.

Bought at their own Risk

There is one other remarkable episode in the history of the “Page Millions.” It was disclosed in the Probate Court in 1912, when an application was made to presume the death of Richard and John Page, who would, if alive, have been put forward as the heirs and react-tokis [sic] of Henry Page.

Richard Page served in the Indian Ministry, and returned home with considerable boot. In 1862 he, with his brother John, went to Brazil, and neither have been heard of since. The application was granted.

So, for decades, much ink has been spilt over the ownership of the Page Estate. Several important railway systems run through the property, and since 1834, when the earliest of them—the London & Birmingham, afterwards the London & North Western—was made, it has generally been impossible to acquire land for such a purpose in the usual way. The money for it has usually been paid into Court.

Other portions of the estate have also been acquired without any title, the Vendors having frankly stated that they did not know what the title was, and the purchasers having taken the land at their own risk.

So much doubt has there been concerning the ownership of the estate that parts of it have become derelict.

As a result of this confusion, a fierce and prolonged fight has been waged as to the ownership of the “Page Millions.” At least one Trafalgar Square demonstration has been held in connection with it; a company was formed a few years ago to prosecute the claims of two gentlemen in the Midlands; and again and again the courts have been asked to decide the problem.

A case in point occurred in 1916. Two ladies then brought an action to recover the estate, alleging that they were sole surviving heiresses to it, and that the will in favour of Henry Young was made owing to undue influence. But the Court, after holding that there was no proof of such influence, declined to revoke probate granted eighty years previously.

Mr. Baldwin’s “No”

Efforts have been made to enforce the Crown to seize the estate on the ground that Henry Page left no heir-at-law. The matter was brought before Mr. Bonar Law’s government,* the informant claiming one half of the property escheated. Mr. Baldwin, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, declined to take any action. The Probate Court was then asked to intervene, but it also dismissed the claim.

* [Bonar Law was prime minister of Great Britain from Oct. 23, 1922, to May 20, 1923… (Encyclopedia Britannica online edition)]

Genetic Evidence

In late 2006 William Henry Page, Sr.’s great-great-grandson Charles Paige submitted cheek scrapings to FamilyTreeDNA (http://www.familytreedna.com), one of the foremost DNA testing companies. He wanted to discover the origin and migratory history of his male line via its Y-DNA. Ultimately he received results for a total of 111 Y-DNA genetic markers. It was discovered that his male line’s haplogroup (family tree branch of the Human Race) was I1 (eye-one), which could be used to trace his direct-line male ancestors from northeastern Africa to Northern Europe over a period of tens of thousands of years. His Y-chromosome also identified his more recent forefathers as possibly among the early invaders of the British Isles—Viking or, more probably, Anglo-Saxon, or even later as Flemish settlers from Flanders to Scotland and England, who began arriving around the time of the Norman invasion. Hawkins and Murray are surnames of Flemish derivation belonging to some people today who are close to matching Charles at the 37-marker level. More recent evidence, determined by having the Family Finder genetic testing done through FamilyTreeDNA, which does not zero in on either the male Y-DNA or female mtDNA markers (also tested), indicates, in its “Population Locator” section, that he is of mostly Western European extraction as follows:  93.4% Orcadian and 6.6% Middle Eastern.

Over the years the DNA field evolved, so that Charles’ portion of haplogroup I1 became known as haplogroup I‑M253, and 93.4% Orcadian and 6.6% Middle Eastern became further defined, under “My Origins,” as 97% European (66% British Isles, 18% Southern Europe, 11% Scandanavia, and 2% Finland and Northern Siberia) and 3% Central Asian.

The I1 a.k.a. I-M253 haplogroup was further divided into clusters or clans, each comprised of present-time groupings of people with certain sets of Y-DNA markers in common. Charles’ markers place him in Cluster/Clan AAA. The highest concentration of people today that are members of that Cluster/Clan are centralized east of the Rhine River and north of the Danube River, in an area long occupied by what were called “Barbarians.” Tenants over the centuries included such as the Goths (Visigoths and Ostrogoths), Vandals, Lombards, Burgundians, Franks, Suebi, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and even the non-Germanic Huns from Central Asia. This area is considered the major starting point of haplogroup I1’s expansion throughout Northern Europe, the British Isles, and Scandanavia.

Charles is also part of “Page Family C” in FamilyTreeDNA’s Page surname Y-DNA project. Each Page Family, designated by a letter A through P, is comprised of people whose Y-DNA markers most closely match each other. It has been proven that some of those in Page Family C are descendants of Thomas Page, b.c.1650, who came from England and settled in Isle of Wight, Virginia, before 1680, and some are descendants of Abraham Page, b.c.1716, possibly in County Suffolk, England, who was in Wayne County, North Carolina just before 1740. However, in Charles’ case, his most distant known ancestor William H. Page was said, in the Page family bible, to have been born in County Essex, England (although at least one of his children, Ebenezer, claimed to have been born in County Sussex). William married, had children, and later immigrated to America from England in 1829 according to two of his English-born children. Charles has yet to discover the historical connection between his Page family and the ones in Virginia and North Carolina. Interestingly enough, there’s a fellow in Latvia who comes within 7 mutations of matching 67 of Charles’s Y-DNA genetic markers, meaning 60 out of 67 markers. Latvia is on the Baltic Sea between Estonia and Lithuania and was for many years behind the Iron Curtain as part of the U.S.S.R.

A longtime center of Page Family C in England is believed to have been an area comprised of Pakenham, Walsham le Willows and Bury St. Edmunds in County Suffolk. Bury St. Edmunds had one of only two early schools for training young men to become “pages” to serve monarchs and the court system of England. Bowing to the custom of taking the surname of one’s profession, some graduates of this school were likely to take the surname Page.

Other surnames with Y-DNA results through FamilyTreeDNA’s FTDNA test, where ten or more people had their first twelve markers same as those of Charles, follow, with the total number in each case, so far (2012), in parenthesis:  Frame (21), Gordon (15), Hamilton (15), Lawson (12), Moseley/Mosley (12), and Page (1, with 15 at Distance 1, meaning one mutation). These are taken from nearly a thousand surnames of people tested having Y-DNA markers close enough to those of Charles to appear on his personal FamilyTreeDNA website. There are other Pages in Family C that came in through other genetic testers such as Oxford Ancestors and DNA Heritage.

Definitions for the occupation of page from:

http://www.brainyquote.com/words/pa/page198626.html:

“A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.”

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page

1a (1): a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight; (2): a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period; b: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (as a wedding).

Origin of PAGE:

Middle English, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 14th century

It has only been in recent human history—over the past thousand years or so—that surnames have been required in European-based and some African, Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, and it has not been unusual to completely change existing surnames or vary their spelling from time to time, making tracking genealogical lines far back potentially problematic if not impossible. Given the fact that each of us has at least a million direct-line ancestors since the time of Christ, it also makes tracking way back impractical. However, with the ever-increasing knowledge base resulting from ongoing projects collecting DNA samples across the planet, we can now get a good idea of where our earlier ancestors called home, and perhaps more importantly, how they are reflected in our genetic make-up today.

Information on William and Chloe’s family continues in the next section.