Herbert Edgar Page

Brief Life History of Herbert Edgar

When Herbert Edgar Page was born on 30 May 1854, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joel Page Jr., was 33 and his mother, Sarah G Peirce, was 30. He married Sarah Edith Page Buffum on 30 May 1880, in Portage, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Marathon, Wisconsin, United States in 1905 and Wisconsin, United States in 1906. He died on 10 March 1906, in Elderon, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herbert Edgar Page
1854–1906
Sarah Edith Page Buffum
1861–1935
Marriage: 30 May 1880
Ada Isadora Page
1881–
Elsie Jane Page
1883–1965
Elsa Page
1883–
Ed Page
1885–1967
George Washington Page
1891–1956
Gladys Page
1898–

Sources (15)

  • Herbert E Page in household of Joel Page, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Herbert Eager Page, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
  • Herbert Edgar Page, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

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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