William Jerome Page
Birth Name | William Jerome Page |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | unknown |
Narrative
In 1900, William J. Page was living with his parents at 104 Brooks St., East Boston and was working as a painter. In 1902 they may have been at 144 Webster St., East Boston, since William's sister, Abbie (Page) Heise, says she was widowed and "at home" at that address when she re-married.
William and Margaret were married in Veazie, Maine, in 1905, and gave their residence as Bangor. The civil marriage record from the Maine Vital Records gives the date of 25 Apr 1905. William was 22 and Margaret's age was said to be 18. They were married by Elmer Pember. (Mr. Pember, on the 1900 Census, was a clergyman, living at 115 Center St., Bangor. A family history at Google Books states that he was the pastor of the First Universalist Church in Bangor from 1890 to about 1911.)
An image of the church marriage certificate signed by Mr. Pember shows that the witnesses at the marriage were William's maternal grandmother Rosanna Carey, and Rosanna's son William. The marriage date on the certificate was April 25, 1904. (Image forwarded by a descendant, March 2010.)
A handwritten note on this certificate says 'This marriage was blessed by Jas. M. O'Neil, Feb 17, 1920, in the presence of Thos. F. O'Toole and Agnes O'Neil. (signed) Jas M. O'Neil". On the 1920 Census of East Boston there is a James J. O'Neil, clergyman, Catholic Church, living on Brook St. near Morris St. This address is around the corner from Sacred Heart Church on Paris St. and about a seven minute walk from 89 Putnam St., where William and Margaret were living in 1920. (1920 Census and Google Maps.)
When Lillian was born in 1907, the Paiges were still living in Bangor. The 1907 Bangor City Directory lists him at 365 Broadway. The 1909 Bangor directory said he had "removed to Brewer."
The Brewer Directory for 1909 says William was a baggage master for the Maine Central Railroad, and was the householder at 60 Brimmer, the same address as his father Oscar and his brother Joseph, both boarders. In 1912 William and his father were at 46 Chamberlain St., Brewer. William's brothers Joseph and Frederick were at 48 1/2 Chamberlain, and his uncle Charles was at 52 1/2.
Florence, Cecelia, and Jerome were all born in Brewer, from 1909 to 1913. In February of 1913, Margaret evidently came back to East Boston to visit her parents. Lillian and Cecelia were both baptized at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, East Boston, on February 16 of that year.
In 1914 William was still listed at 46 Chamberlain St., Brewer, but without his father. In 1915 when Charlie was born they were back in Bangor. During these years, William worked for the railroad as a fireman and as a baggage master.
By November 30, 1919, the date of the birth and death of their stillborn son in Boston, they had moved back to East Boston and were living at 89 Putnam St. They were living there with three of their children, Zeke, Cecelia, and Charles, when the 1920 census was taken. (The other three children, Lillian, Florence and Jerome, were living in Bangor with their grandmother, Martha (Cowan) Page Gray, who had remarried in December 1917.)
The 1921 Boston City Directory lists them at 89 Putnam St., and the 1922 to 1924 Directories give their address as 285 Chelsea St., also in East Boston. When their last child, James Richard, was born in 1924, the Pages were at 2985 Washington Street, Roxbury. In 1920 William was a machinist and in 1924 he was working as an elevator operator.
Searching for William Page
Sometime after their last child was born, William left his wife. In the 1928 Boston City Directory, Margaret is living in Roxbury without William. On the 1930 census taken on April 1, Margaret is listed as the head of her household. It was said by the family that his wife did not know where he was but he kept in touch with his older daughters Lillian and Florence. On the 1930 census of the William and Lillian Walsh household, Lillian's father's birthplace is "United States." This might indicate that she actually knew where he was in 1930, since there was no mystery about what state he had been born in.
A granddaughter, and the wife of a grandson, have spoken with living descendants of Lillian and Florence. The descendants know nothing of William's whereabouts after leaving his family.
When Margaret died in 1946, her death notice mentioned her "late" husband, but her death record listed him as alive, age 57. That was her age at death, his age would have been 64. But the information on the death record came from her son James who had never known his father and may not have known his correct age.
William possibly may have died by 1934, since the entry for Margaret in the 1934 and 1936 Boston City Directories describe her as a widow of Wm., or of Wm. J. But it may be that she had him declared legally dead, since she had made a search for him and it had been seven years since he was last with the family.
There is some evidence that William died before his father Oscar's death in 1943. Oscar's death notice mentions only Oscar's son Augustus. All of Oscar's other children died before him, so the death notice may be listing all his surviving children.
William is not buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, where his father, mother and
his brother Augustus are buried. (Source: plot record received from descendant)
Nor with his brother Stover D.F. Page in Glenwood Cemetery, Everett.
(Source:descendant's correspondence with cemetery.) Nor in Oak Grove Cemetery,
Bucksport ME. (Correspondence from Oak Grove Cemetery Association, April 2010.)
Nor with his wife in St. Joseph's Cemetery, W. Roxbury (family knowledge and visit.)
I did not find a death record for William J. Page/Paige in Maine or Massachusetts for the years 1924 to 1997, nor in Massachusetts for 1998 to 2004. If his death was recorded it may have been under a different name. He was not found in the death records of Bucksport, ME. (Email to me from town clerk, April or May 2010.)
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Censuses:
1910 Federal Census, Maine, Penobscot Co., 4th Ward of Brewer
Series T624, Roll 544, page 65
In household of his father, Oscar S. Page
[for complete household see Oscar's censuses]
On Brimmer St., Brewer. They rented the house.
Page, Oscar S.: Head, M, 50, M1, 32, ME, ME, ME, Fireman, steam RR
----, Martha E. Wife, F, 48, M1, 32, ME, ME, ME, 5 children, 5 living
---, William J., Son(nh), M, 27, M1, 5, ME, ME, ME, Fireman, steam RR
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--, Margaret L., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to William
J.). F, 21, M1, 5, 3 children, 3 living. MA, MA, English
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--, Ezra A., grandson, M, 5, S, ME, ME, MA
--, Lillian M. granddaughter, F, 2 11/12, S, ME, ME, MA
--, Florence M. granddaughter, F, 11/12, S, ME, ME, MA
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1920 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston,
1st Ward (East Boston).
[for other three children in 1920 see Martha Cowans censuses]
Series T625, Roll 728, Enumeration District 10, Sheet 16A
Ancestry.com: Image 213, page 16A
Living at 89 Putnam St, East Boston. (Rented)
Page, William J., age unreadable, ME ME ME
---, Margaret L., age unreadable, MA MA ENG
-------, Ezra A., 14, Son, school, ME ME MA
----, Cecelia M., 8, Dau, school, ME ME MA
----, Charles W., 4, Son, ME ME MA
William was a machinist for an engineering company.
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Listings in the Boston City Directory:
Pa(i)ge, William J. - spelling varies
1919 not listed, nor in 1915 or 1917
1920 Paige, William J. helper h 89 Putnam, E.B.
1921 Page, William J. laborer h 89 Putnam, E.B.
1922 Page, William J. laborer h 285 Chelsea, E.B.
1923 Page, William J. laborer h 285 Chelsea, E.B.
1924 Page, William J. laborer h 285 Chelsea, E.B.
1925 not listed in 1925, nor after that
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | May 4, 1883 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | 1a | |
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
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Census | June 1, 1900 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 1900 Oscar Page household | 2a |
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1900 Federal Census, MA, Suffolk, Boston, 1st Ward. Living at 104 Brooks St., (East Boston), renting.
Page, Oscar S, born Sep 1854, 45, married 25 years, fireman-locomotive, born in Maine, parents also, out of work 9 months in past year
Heies, Abbie E, daughter, born Jul 1880, 19, Widowed, married for 0 years, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Maine, parents also, occupation: millinery, out of work 6 months in past year [note incorrect spelling of Heise] "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9Y7-HNQ : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page, Precinct 2 Boston city Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet , family 394, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240675. |
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Residence | June 1, 1900 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 104 Brooks Street, East Boston | 2a |
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listed at 104 Brooks Street, East Boston, in the 1900 City Directory living at 104 Brooks Street, East Boston, when the 1900 Census was taken |
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Residence | 1907 | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 365 Broadway, Bangor | |
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listed at 365 Broadway in the 1907 City Directory |
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Residence | 1909 | Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer | |
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listed at 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer, in the 1909 City Directory |
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Occupation | May 26, 1909 | baggage master | ||
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working as a baggage master when his daughter Florence was born |
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Census | April 15, 1910 | Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 1910 Oscar Page household | |
General
1910 Federal Census, Maine, Penobscot Co., 4th Ward of Brewer
Page, Oscar S.: Head, M, 50, married 1x for 32 years, Fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also ---, Margaret L., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to William J.). F, 21, married 1x for 5 years, 3 children, 3 living. born in Massachusetts, father also, mother in England ---, Ada M., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to Augustus E.), F, 29, married twice, this time for 2 years, 1 child, 1 living, born in Maine, parents also [note: where is her child?] ---, Joseph P., brother, M, 38, divorced, fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also. Was out of work on April 15, 1910, but not at all in 1909.
---, Mary E., niece, F, 14, S, in school, born in Maine, parents also "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR3D-Y26 : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page, Brewer Ward 4, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet , family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374557. |
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Residence | April 15, 1910 | Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer | |
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living at 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer, when the 1910 census was taken |
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Occupation | April 15, 1910 | fireman, steam railroad | ||
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working as a fireman for a steam railroad when the 1910 census was taken |
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Occupation | July 5, 1911 | baggage master | ||
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working as a baggage master when his daughter Cecelia was born |
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Occupation | July 28, 1913 | baggage shifter, railroad | ||
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working as a baggage shifter for the railroad when his son Jerome was born |
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Residence | 1914 | Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 46 Chamberlain, Brewer | |
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listed at 46 Chamberlain, Brewer, in the 1914 City Directory |
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Residence | 1915 | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 28 Salem Court, Bangor | |
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listed at 28 Salem Court, Bangor, in the 1915 City Directory |
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Bankruptcy | January 22, 1916 | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 3a | |
Event Note
Bangor Daily News
to the creditors of William J Page of Bangor ... notice is given that on the 22nd day of January 1916 [he] was duly adjudicated bankrupt; ant that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at my chambers at 16 Central Street, in Bangor, on the 8th day of February 1916 ... |
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Residence | 1916 | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 24 Salem Court | 4a |
Event Note
1916 Brewer City Directory
1916 Bangor City Directory |
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Residence | 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | 20 Taylor | 4b |
Event Note
1917 Portland City Directory Willis J Paige is William J Paige. He is not listed in the 1916 Portland City Directory [who is Willis P Paige Jr?] |
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Court Newspaper Article | March 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | brought from Lowell to Portland | 5a |
Event Note
Lewiston, Maine, Daily Sun, March 3, 1917, page 2 |
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Arraignment | March 3, 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | arraignment | 6a |
Event Note
Boston Sunday Globe, March 4, 1917, page 125
Wedding Certificate a Fake, Page Admits
Portland Evening Express, March 3, 1917, page 2, column 2 The case against William J Page and Miss Delia F Reddy was continued one week in the Municipal Court this Morning. Bail was furnished for the woman by her mother, Annie L Reddy, and sister, Rose E Reddy, in the some of $500. Page did not secure bail. Arraignment was made on a serious chrge in consequence of circumstances that led Mrs Reddy to complain to the Portland police. This led to the arrest of Page and Miss Reddy, whom he claims to have married in Lowell, and they were brought here late Friday by Chief Bowen. Mrs Reddy had carried on extensive correspondence and was certain that Page had a wife and children in Bangor. Despite the claim of both Page and her daughter that they had been married, she had them arrested and there was a heart interest conference in the police station last evening at the end of which the daughter agreed with her mother, that she had been deceived. Page still insists that the marriage certificate he has produced is genuine and that the copy which comes from Victor Brett, city clerk of Bangor, is a forgery. This one sets forth a record of the marriage of William J Page and Miss Margaret L Crimm, sometimes called Christian Jenkins, in Veazie, by Rev E. F. Pember, April 25, 1905. The Reddy certificate is on a New Hampshire form and sets forth the marriage of Willis J Paige in that town Dec 2, 1915, by Rev Walter M Wilton with A. L. Burpee and C. O. Cotton, M.D., as witnesses. An affidavit from the town clerk there says that these are bogus names and that there is no record of any such marriage in his office. Both pleaded not guilty this morning, the man by counsel. They were seated apart and court proceedings were brief as the State is to make further investigation to determine who is telling the truth about these matters.
Portland Evening Express, March 10, 1917, page 6, column 3 William J Page and Delia F Reddy were held in $500 bail each, which she was able to furnish in her own case, until the May term of the Superior Court on a statutory charge. Mrs Annie L Reddy, her mother, and Rose E Reddy, her sister, are her sureties. The case was continued last week and is the result of the arrest made in Lowell at the instance of Mrs Reddy who had reason to doubt the legality of the marriage that Page insisted had been performed.
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Pleads Not Guilty | May 11, 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | pleads not guilty | 7a |
Event Note
Portland Evening Express, May 11, 1917, page 17, column 1
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Pleads Guilty | May 14, 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | pleads guilty | 7b |
Event Note
Portland Evening Express, May 14, 1917, page 15, column 6
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Draft Registration | June 5, 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | while detained | 8a |
Event Note
Willis J Paige |
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Sentenced | June 6, 1917 | Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States | sentenced | 7c |
Event Note
Portland Evening Express, June 6, 1917 As the result of sentences meted out in the Superior Court by Judge Joseph E F Connolly, John F Seay found guilty of lascivious cohabitation goes to Thomaston State prison for not less than one year and six months. William J Page for adultery, goes to the same institution for not less than two years, and not more than five years ... |
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Transported | June 10, 1917 | Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, United States | transported to jail | 9a |
Event Note
Portland Sunday Telegram, June 10, 1917, page 30, col 3 |
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Residence | 1918 | Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, United States | 4c | |
Event Note
1918 Portland City Directory
Charles R Reddy, crew despatcher at the Portland Terminal, home 20 Taylor note: Willis J Paige is William J Paige. |
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Petition for Pardon | November 11, 1918 | Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, United States | petition for pardon | 10a |
Event Note
Augusta Daily Kennebec Journal, November 11, 1918, page 12, column 4 A petition for pardon was received from Willis J Page of Bangor, a prisoner in the State prison at Thomaston, through his attorney, Edward P Murray of Bangor. A hearing was assigned for the December meeting of the Governor and Council. Page was convicted at the May term, 1917, of the supreme court at Portland of the crime of adultery and sentenced to not more than five nor less than 2 1/2 years in State prison. He writes that he has already been sufficiently punished; that he is the father of six children, the oldest of which is 13 years, and that his wife is struggling to keep the family together; that she had forgiven him, and that she desires and needs his aid in caring for the children. He feels that the ends of justice has been met and asks a pardon.
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Pardoned | December 27, 1918 | Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, United States | 7d | |
Event Note
Portland Evening Express, December 27, 1918, page 1, column 1 Augusta, Dec. 27 -- The Governor granted pardons to ... and Willis J Page, of Bangor, who was sentenced by the Cumberland County Superior Court to serve not less than two and one-half nor more than four years in the State Prison for adultery. Page's pardon is conditional, that he live with and support his family.
------------ Others to whom clemency was shown were ... Willis J Page of Bangor serving two to four years on a statutory charge.
------------ Two life convicts and a short term prisoner in the Maine state prison have been pardoned by the Governor and council. ... Willis J Page of Bangor, serving two to four years on a statutory charge. |
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Residence | 1919 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 89 Putnam Street | 11a |
Event Note
1919 Boston City Directory |
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Census | January 12, 1920 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 89 Putnam Street | |
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1920 Federal Census, Ward 1, (East Boston) Boston
[for other three children in 1920 see Martha Cowans censuses]
Page, William J., 36, born in Maine, parents also, machinist for an engineering company "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFM4-BV6 : accessed 29 Mar 2014), Charles W Page in household of Page, Boston Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820728. |
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Occupation | January 12, 1920 | machinist, engineering company | ||
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working as a machinist for an engineering company when the 1920 census was taken |
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Residence | from 1920 to 1921 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 89 Putnam Street, East Boston | |
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William is not listed in the 1916 to 1918 Boston City Directories |
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Residence | from April 1922 to April 1924 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 285 Chelsea Street, East Boston | 12 |
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Boston List of Residents, 20 years of age and older:
Apr 1, 1923, 285 Chelsea St (East Boston) Ward 2, precinct 2
Apr 1, 1924, 285 Chelsea St (East Boston) Ward 2, precinct 2 |
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Occupation | April 1, 1922 | clerk | 12 | |
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Listed as a clerk on the Boston List of Residents for that date |
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Occupation | from April 1, 1923 to April 1, 1924 | janitor | 12 | |
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Listed as a janitor on the Boston List of Residents for those dates. |
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Residence | 1924 | Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 2985 Washington Street, Roxbury | |
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listed at 2985 Washington Street, Roxbury, in the 1924 City Directory |
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Occupation | November 26, 1924 | elevator operator | ||
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working as an elevator operator when his son James was born |
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Residence | April 1, 1926 | Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 12 | |
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On April 1, 1927 they said their residence one year ago was in Milton. |
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Residence | April 1, 1927 | Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 19 Wakullah Street, Roxbury | 12 |
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City of Boston, List of Residents 20 years of age and over William's whereabouts after this date are unknown. |
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Occupation | April 1, 1927 | operator | 12 | |
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Listed as an operator on the Boston List of Residents for that date. |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Oscar Stover Page | September 26, 1854 | February 8, 1943 | |
Mother | Martha Ellen Cowan | September 14, 1859 | October 14, 1943 | |
Brother | Joseph Oscar Page | May 26, 1878 | February 18, 1920 | |
Sister | Abigail Elizabeth Page | July 31, 1880 | March 12, 1939 | |
William Jerome Page | May 4, 1883 | |||
Brother | Augustus Emery L Page | June 11, 1886 | August 14, 1945 | |
Brother | Frederick Dudley Stover Page | April 7, 1893 | November 16, 1937 |
Families
Family of William Jerome Page and Margaret Louise Jenkins |
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Married | Wife | Margaret Louise Jenkins ( b. March 27, 1889 d. April 29, 1946 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Augustus Ezra (“Zeke”) Paige | April 13, 1905 | June 29, 1964 |
Lillian May Paige | May 11, 1907 | August 13, 1976 |
Florence Muriel Paige | May 26, 1909 | August 21, 1971 |
Cecelia Mary Paige | July 5, 1911 | December 1, 2003 |
Jerome Oscar Paige | July 29, 1913 | November 5, 1970 |
Charles Willis “Charlie” Paige | August 27, 1915 | June 27, 1994 |
Male - stillborn Page | November 30, 1919 | November 30, 1919 |
Female - stillborn Page | December 10, 1920 | December 20, 1920 |
James Richard Paige | November 26, 1924 | May 16, 2000 |
Pedigree
Source References
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
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"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4M3-DHF : 10 February 2018), Lorenzo Clark Drew, 28 Apr 1876; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,583.
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1900 United States Census
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- Page: Boston, 1st Ward, Series T623, Roll 675, page 35. house 262, family 394, Vol 64, Enum. Dist. 1155, Sheet 17A, Line 40ff.
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Bangor Daily News
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- Page: January 31, 1916
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- Page: May 4, 1917, page 2
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- Page: 26 May 1917, page 12
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City Directories
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- Page: Bangor, 1916
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- Page: 1917 Portland, Maine
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- Page: 1918 Portland, Maine
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Lewiston, Maine, Daily Sun
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- Page: March 3, 1917, page 2
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Boston Globe
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- Page: Boston Sunday Globe, March 4, 1917, page 125
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- Page: May 20, 1917, page 15
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Portland Evening Express
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- Page: May 11, 1917, page 17, column 1
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- Page: May 14, 1917, p 15, col 6
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- Page: June 6, 1917
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- Page: Dec 27, 1918, page 1, column 1
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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- Page: Willis J Paige, 5 June 1917, by Sheriff of Cumberland Co, Maine
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Citation:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFY-4R9 : 23 December 2021), Willis J Paige, 1917-1918.
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Portland Sunday Telegram
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- Page: June 10, 1917, p 30, col 3
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Augusta Daily Kennebec Journal
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- Page: November 11, 1918, page 12, column 4
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Boston City Directories
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- Page: 1919
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- Boston List of Residents, from BPL
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
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