Elizabeth Hinckley Page

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Hinckley

When Elizabeth Hinckley Page was born on 15 August 1822, in Jackson, Hancock, Maine, United States, her father, Nathan Page Jr, was 36 and her mother, Rebecca Hinckley, was 30. She married John Caldwell Gray on 20 April 1843, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Iron, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 5 April 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Caldwell Gray
1820–1898
Elizabeth Hinckley Page
1822–1903
Marriage: 20 April 1843
Mary Abby Elizabeth Gray
1843–1844
John Gray
1845–1920
Nathan Page Gray
1848–1920
William Henry Gray
1851–1931
Abbie Gray
1855–1934

Sources (30)

  • Elizabeth Gray, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Hinckley Page - birth: 15 August 1823; Jackson, Waldo, Maine, United States
  • Elizabeth K. Page, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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.

1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered

The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.

1846

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

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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