Rotia Francis Page (1847–1888) • FamilySearch

Rotia Francis Page

about 1847–24 February 1888 (Age 41)
Stewart, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Rotia Francis

When Rotia Francis Page was born about 1847, in Stewart, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Vinson Page Jr., was 32 and her mother, Sarah Ann Whitehurst, was 24. She married Joseph Kernell on 2 December 1865, in Stewart, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 February 1888, in Stewart, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Stewart, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Kernell

1830–1883

Rotia Francis Page

1847–1888

Marriage: 2 December 1865

Alexander C Kernell

1859–1907

John Kernell

1867–

Nancy Kernell

1869–

Joseph Kernell

1871–

Emaline Kernell

1873–

Mary Kernell

1876–

William Kernell

1879–

Spouse and Children

Joseph Kernell

Male1830–1883Male

Rotia Francis Page

Female1847–1888Female

Children

(7)

Male1859–1907Male

Male1867–Male

Female1869–Female

Male1871–Male

Female1873–Female

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Parents and Siblings

William Vinson Page Jr.

Male1815–1855Male

Sarah Ann Whitehurst

Female1823–1897Female

Siblings

(8)

Male1837–Male

Male1843–1920Male

Female1843–Female

Female1844–1922Female

John J. Lancaster Williams Page

Male1845–1923Male

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World Events (6)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 15

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863
Age 16

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 23

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Page

Rotia

Francis

1 English, Scottish, and French: status name for a young servant, Middle English and Old French page (from Italian paggio, ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais ‘boy’, ‘child’). The surname is also common in Ireland (especially Ulster and eastern Galway), having been established there since the 16th century.2 North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.3 (Pagé): North American form of French Paget .

Possible Related Names

Paget

Paige

Yeoman

Larose

Pageau

Pagel

Littlepage

Sources (8)

Frances Page in household of Vinson Page, "United States Census, 1850"
Francis Kernell in household of Joseph Kernell, "United States Census, 1880"
Rotia Frances Page Kernell, "Find A Grave Index"

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