Martha Jane Page

Brief Life History of Martha Jane

When Martha Jane Page was born on 14 November 1836, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Page, was 26 and her mother, Lucinda B. Clark, was 18. She married Morgan Martin Parker on 29 August 1854, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 4 Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Webster, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 24 December 1916, in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Morgan Martin Parker
1832–1899
Martha Jane Page
1836–1916
Marriage: 29 August 1854
Susan Elizabeth Parker
1855–1903
John F. Parker
1856–1926
Marjorie Ann Parker
1862–1954
James Martin Parker
1875–1960

Sources (19)

  • Martha I Parker in household of Morgan Parker, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Martha Jane Page, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Martha Jane Parker, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1860

Historical Boundaries 1860: Webster, Kentucky, United States

Name Meaning

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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