Reuben Page

[marquette]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Reuben Page (also Ruben, Rubin, Rueben)
Date and place of birth
Rocks Green, Ludford, Milson or possibly Caynham Camp Shropshire
Names of parents
Richard and Ann Page (maiden name unknown)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
29 Nov 1809 St Giles, Ludford Shropshire
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1. to Mary (maiden name uknown about 1834-5), probably in Warwickshire
2. to Elizabeth Nightingale of Corley WAR, 18 Jan 1847, St Thomas Birmingham
Occupation(s) - if any
cabinetmaker, carpenter, Joiner
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1838 - New York America, where son Thomas was born
1841 - Carver St, Birmingham, with wife Mary, daughter Sarah, sons Thomas (born America) and Joseph
1851 - Bonds Buildings, New Bond St, Aston with wife Elizabeth, son Joseph L, and daughter Harriet (Thomas with Richard Nightingale in Corley)
1861 - Corley Warwickshire with Elizabeth, daughter Harriet and son Reuben )Son Joseph with Thomas Nightingale in Corley)
1871 - 189 Tennant St Birmingham - with Elizabeth, Reuben E and son Albert H
1881 - 11 Tower Rd Aston = lodger with son A.H.Page ( Reuben has knocked 9 years off his age)
Date, place and cause of death
8 Jan 1890, Blackhorse ? Rd Walthamstow of Senile decay
Date and place of burial / cremation.
not found yet
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
not found yet
Memorial inscription - if any

[kiterunner]

There is a Reuben Page marriage to Mary Buckley 8 Jun 1834 on the IGI, but at St Mary, Bury, Lancashire, so probably not the right one.

[marquette]

Hi Kiterunner

yes, I have pondered over that one for a while, but it does seem a bit far from home.

Mary's 1841 census says she was born in Warwickshire, but I know that's not always accurate. I did consider that she might have been from Corley, as her son Joseph claimed to be born there (although he also claimed Birmingham !). I cannot find a definite death for her either, there are three in Birmingham in the 1841-46 period.

May be I should get Joseph's birth cert ? It should be the one in the Dec Q 0f 1840 Birmingham. I should have thought of it earlier, except I did not think that Mothers maiden name was on birth certs that early.

[kiterunner]

Yes, mother's maiden name was on the certs right from the start in 1837, it just wasn't on the index in those days.