Reuben Edward Page

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Reuben Edward Page
Date and place of birth
April 1860, Yorktown/Blackwater/etc Surrey/Hampshire or Sandhurst
Names of parents
Reuben Page and Elizabeth Nightingale
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
17 May 1860 Yorktown Surrey
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1890 Beatrice Mary Dawson (Maitland East NSW)
1896 Lily Mary Ann Dawson (sister of Beatrice) (Paddington Sydney NSW)
Occupation(s) - if any
carpenter/joiner, builder, quartermaster Captain RAE
Military service - if any
1892 -1903 employed as civilian employee of NSW Corps of Engineers
1904-1908 permanent member of first Royal Australian Engineers.
1904 Divisional officer, quatermaster
1907 promoted to Captain (Honorary)
Addresses where they lived
1861 - Corley Warwickshire
1871 -189 Tennant St Birmingham
1881 - Great Colmore St Birmingham
1889 - Maitland East NSW
1896 - Grafton St, Paddington NSW
1898-1924 - 79 Macquarie Rd Auburn NSW
Date, place and cause of death
14 Jun 1924, Auburn NSW - cause cerebral haemorrhage.
Date and place of burial / cremation.
16 Jun 1924 Rookwood Cemetery - grave not marked by headstone
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

[Guinevere]

I live near Corley, would you like photographs of anywhere in particular?

[Mary from Italy]

Can I ask where you got those early Australian military records from? Is there anything online?

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Hi Mary

The information on Reuben's military career came from two sources (other than family legend)

1. "The Royal Australian Engineers, 1902-1919, making and breaking" book by Ronald McNicol published 1960s. The State Library of NSW has a copy which I consulted.

2. I wrote to Col Neil C Smith, AM, "Mostly unsung military history" who provided quite a bit of detail freely. (email to [email protected])

Also I was able to look at the pay records for Victoria Barracks Sydney, at the National Archives Sydney Office, which gave is rate of pay and dates of promotion etc. It was very interesting.

Gwynne,

Reuben's wife's family, the Nightingales, lived in Corley for a long period. Richard was a carpenter and in 1861 her brother Thomas and mother Susannah and various other family members lived in Savage Lane. I don't have any more accurate addresses from the census, but I do wonder if there are any headstones at the churchyard. Susannah's father Edward CHESLIN was the monumental mason in nearby Allesley and many headstones there (including his own) are his work.

Di

[Merry]

and many headstones there (including his own) are his work.


Oooh, isn't that a bit creepy? I hope he didn't manage to carve his own date of death?!!

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No, i think his son added it - i will have to look up the info again to be sure


Di

[Guinevere]

I'm not sure if the graveyard is mapped and indexed, do you know if it is? If you could narrow down the search area I'd be happy to have a look for you.

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Hi Gwynne, I will try to find out about Corley graveyard, I have never looked into it before.

di