When William Sanborn Page was born on 7 March 1826, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Robert Page, was 39 and his mother, Jane Danforth, was 30. He had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with Francis C Young. He died on 18 January 1903, in Bliss Township Cemetery, Township of Bliss, Emmet, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bliss Township Cemetery, Township of Bliss, Emmet, Michigan, United States.
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In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
Michigan is the 26th state.
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
English and French: occupational or status name for a young servant, Middle English page, paige, Old French page (from Italian paggio, ultimately from Greek paidion, a diminutive of pais ‘boy, child’). The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname is also a shortened form of the French cognate Lepage .
French Canadian (Pagé): altered form of French Paget , a diminutive of 1. Compare Pashia .
North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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