Mary Avoline Page

Brief Life History of Mary Avoline

When Mary Avoline Page was born on 20 April 1822, in Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Sewell Page, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Sheldon, was 36. She married Edward Reed on 16 October 1844, in Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870.

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Edward Reed
1819–1875
Mary Avoline Page
1822–
Marriage: 16 October 1844
George E. Reed
1845–1922
Malissa Mary Reed
1850–1929
Joseph Adelmer Reed
1856–1936
Florence V E Reed
1868–1892

Sources (21)

  • Mary A Reed in household of George Reed, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary A, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Mary A. Page, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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