Asa Page Jr.

Brief Life History of Asa

When Asa Page Jr. was born in April 1817, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Asa Page, was 38 and his mother, Sally Lougee, was 33. He died on 19 February 1839, in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Page
1779–1851
Sally Lougee
1784–1876
Stanly Page
1802–1884
Henry Page
1822–1900
Cynthia Page
1806–1878
Asa Page Jr.
1817–1839
Sally Polly Page
1820–1900
Susan Ellen Scott
1824–1892

Sources (4)

  • Asa Page, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
  • Asa Page, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
  • Asa Page, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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.

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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