Henry James Page (1811)

Born 17 Jul 1811 in Bexley, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Pankhurst) Page — married 8 Jun 1835 (to 31 Aug 1849) in Swanscombe, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Martha Jane Eliza (Taylor) Page — married 22 Dec 1849 in Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia

Descendants

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Biography

Henry Page was born in Bexley, Kent, England.

Henry, child of Charles Page & Sarah Page, was born on 17 July 1811 and baptised on 4 August 1811 in Bexley, Kent, England.^[1]

In 1835, Henry married Sarah Parkhurst.^[2] While in England Henry and Sarah had three children.

• Theodore Edward Charles Page (bef.1836-1902)
• Eliza Page (1836-1855)
• Henry Orlando Page (1839-1902)

Henry Page a sawyer, arrived as a bounty immigrant in Launceston on 30 Aug 1841 through the Application of F. Spencer. He was aged 29 at the time and included in a family group of himself, his wife and three children, two males and one female, One child was below the age of 3 and the other two were aged between 3 and 10. ^[3]

In Tasmania, Henry and Sarah would have two additional children.

• Henrietta Matilda Page (1842-1843)
• Emily Amelia (Page) Moulden (abt.1844-1912)

After 1844, Henry and the family, with the exception of Henrietta who passed away as an infant, moved to South Australia where two more children were born and Sarah passed away on 31 Aug 1849.

• Charles Robert Page (1846-1933)
• Sarah Page (1848-)

The birth of Henry and Sarah's last child and Sarah's passing occurred at New Tiers in the Adelaide Hills in what is now Lenswood where Henry may have found work in his calling as a sawyer.

Despite its youth, Lenswood's settlement hails back to South Australia's colonial settlement. The area was then known simply as a part of Stringybark Forest, or The New Tiers. The region's Stringybark timbers and goldfields, attracted many settlers to the district.^[4]

On 22 Dec 1849, Henry then married Martha jane Elizabeth Taylor.^[5]

In 1855, Henry and Sarah's eldest daughter Eliza, only 18 years old, died a painful death from a ruptured abscess, unmarried and with a one month old daughter named Alice.

Henry and Martha had five children in South Australia, before moving across the border in about 1858,^[6] eventually to the Forbes district of New South Wales where up to five more children were born around Wilcannia and in the Forbes district. After the birth of Margaret their first child in New South Wales, seven of the Page children were baptised by the Rev, W. T Woodcock in the Church of England Parish of Darling Junction in the County of Murray, Diocese of Sydney on 11 Jan 1859 when they were living at Nilpo (Murray).

1. Charles Robert
2. Sarah
3. William
4. Isabella
5. Matilda Ellen
6. Arthur George
7. Margaret Cameron.^[7]

For some unknown reason the list does not include Martha Jane who would have been about 5 at the time.

The children of Henry and Martha were:

• William Henry Page (1850-1933)
• Isabella Martha (Page) Cunneen (1852-1912)
• Martha Jane Eliza (Page) Taylor (1854-1930)
• Arthur George Page (1856-1864)
• Matilda Ellen (Page) Brown (1856-1925)
• Margaret Cameron (Page) Browngedge (1858-1938)
• George Henry Page (1861-1924)
• Fanny Henrietta (Page) Godfrey (1862-1956)

Research notes

Some of the profile information included comes from a detailed family tree in MyHeritage belonging to James Molyneux. Where possible independent sourcing of the facts have been included additional sourcing on specifics should be added.

MyHeritage triangulated DNA matching data between Keith McCallum, Errol O'Farrell and James Molyneux. Indicates the connection between these two family groups. Keith and Errol are descendants of Theodore Page the son of Henry and Sarah Parkhurst. James is the descendant of Ellen Matilda (Page) Brown, the daughter of Henry and Martha Jane Elizabeth Taylor.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1812"
   Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre; Bexleyheath, London, England; Bexley Parish Registers; Reference Number: PA 23/1/A/3
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60572 #126832 (accessed 19 November 2022)
   Henry Page baptism on 4 Aug 1811 (born 17 Jul 1811), child of Charles Page & Sarah Page, in Bexley, Kent, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1473687
   Ancestry au Record 9852 #5945176 (accessed 29 November 2023)
   Henry Page Page marriage to Sarah Parkhurst on 8 Jun 1835 in Swanscombe, Kent, England.
3. ↑ Passenger List: "Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884"
   Nominal Register Of Arrivals Under The Bounty System.; Film: SLTX/AO/MB/158; Series: CB7/9
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 2696 #63564 (accessed 27 November 2023)
   Name: Hy Page; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812; Departure Port: London; Arrival Age: 29; Arrival Date: 30 Aug 1841; Arrival Port: Launceston; Ship: Andromeda; Record Type: Register of Arrivals under the Bounty System.
4. ↑ Sourced from notes on Adelaide Hills Council webpage.
5. ↑ Marriage Registrations South Australia at GenealogySA Groom Name: PAGE, Henry Bride Name: TAYLOR, Martha. Marriage Date: 22-Dec-1849. Marriage Place: Holy Trinity Church Adelaide. Groom Age: 33. Groom Marital Status: W. Groom Father: Not Recorded. Bride Age: 18. Bride Marital Status: S. Bride Father: Not Recorded. District: Adelaide. Book/Page: 3/226. Notes: Not Recorded.
6. ↑ Western Champion, Fri 28 Apr 1933. p. 11. OBITUARY.
7. ↑ Transcription of NSW Early Church Record Baptisms Number 8746 V121C