Robert Page

LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER

CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

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LIFE GOES ON

Robert Page
born Harston, Cambridgeshire, 1817
died Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 1891

on the Page family tree
part of the Page family story

married to Eliza Wilson

father of Henry Page

son of
Robert Page
and Elizabeth Morley

Robert Page (1817-1891). My Father's Mother's Father's Father's Father. My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.

The Page family are found in the registers of the parishes immediately to the south of Cambridge right back into early modern times. Robert was born in Harston, married in Stapleford and lived in Shelford. All these villages are now southern Cambridge suburbia. He spent his whole life there.

1818: Robert was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire towards the end of 1817. He was baptised on 4th January 1818 at All Saints church, Harston, Cambridgeshire.

1839: Robert married Eliza Wilson at St Andrew's church, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.

1841 census:

Robert was twenty-two years old (actually twenty-three) at the time of the 1841 census. The Page family were living in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Robert is shown as a lime burner. His wife Elizabeth (Eliza) was also 22. There were two children at the time of the 1841 census. Elizabeth was 1, Robert was 2 months old.

Robert was born in Cambridgeshire. His wife Eliza was also born in Cambridgeshire, as were the children. The transcript for their entry is here.

1851 census:

Robert was thirty-two years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Page family were living in High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Robert is shown as a lime burner. His wife Eliza was also 32. There were five children at the time of the 1851 census. Robert was 9, Sarah was 7, Caroline was 5, John was 4 and Emily was 2. Elizabeth, 1 year old on the 1841 census, no longer appears.

Robert was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire. His wife Eliza was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. All his children were born in Shelford, Cambridgeshire (all these villages are very close together).The transcript for their entry is here.

1861 census:

Robert was forty-two years old at the time of the 1861 census. The Page family were living in The Street, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Robert is shown as a lime burner. His wife Elizabeth (Eliza) was also 42.There were seven children at the time of the 1861 census. Robert was 20, Sarah was 18, John was 14, Emily was 12, Henry was 10, William was 6 and Elizabeth was 4. Caroline, aged 5 on the 1851 census, does not appear at home on the 1861 census.

Robert was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire. His wife Eliza was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. His son Robert was born in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, and all his other children were born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.The transcript for their entry is here.

1871 census:

Robert was fifty-one years old at the time of the 1871 census. The Page family were living in High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Robert is shown as a carter. His wife Eliza was also 51. There were three children at the time of the 1871 census. Emily was 22, and is listed as a servant. William was 16, and is listed as working in a factory. Eliza was 14, and is listed as a servant. Also in the household is another Emily Page, listed as the 4 year old grand-daughter of Robert.

Robert was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire. His wife Eliza was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. All his children were born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire The Grand-daughter was born in London.The transcript for their entry is here.

1881 census:

Robert was sixty-one years old at the time of the 1881 census. The Page family were living at Centre of the Village, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Robert is shown as a lime burner. His wife Eliza was also 61. There were no children at home at the time of the 1881 census.

Robert was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire. His wife Eliza was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for their entry is here.

1891: Robert died in Great Shelford a few days before the 1891 census, probably in the first week of April. The census was taken on April 5th, and his wife Eliza was described as a widow. He was buried in the churchyard of St Mary, Great Shelford, on April 9th.

1891 census:

Robert's widow Eliza was living in High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. This is likely to be the same address as since 1851.

She was 71, and nobody else is listed in the household. The transcript for her entry is here.