Hi everyone –
You haven’t seen me in these parts for a while. Meantime, I’ve been making steady progress in my research into the Page family. You will remember that James, Horace and William arrived in SA together aboard ‘Jane’ in 1850. Working on the Page family from the UK end, I’m interested in a Charles Page who just might be a brother of the Page men’s father, Henry. In 1841 five – yes FIVE of Charles’s sons set off for Launceston, Tasmania aboard ‘Andromeda’, arriving 30 Aug 1841. One of the brothers, Henry Page, moved on again in 1845 and sailed to Adelaide on board the ‘William’. Henry Page was born 17 July 1811 in Kent, and died 1893, Wilcannia NSW) he was married in England to Sarah [Pankhurst] and had several children, one of whom was Charles Robert (1846-1932). I think his first wife died in Adelaide 1849, after which Henry married again, to Martha Eliza Jane Taylor, and had more offspring.
All I would like to know about this Henry Page is whether there are any other details available for him in the SA directories – particularly his occupation. I came across one reference that said he lived at Magill.
It is too much of a coincidence that Henry Page had settled in South Australia well before 1851 and that is where his cousins (if they were his cousins) chose to migrate to. I suppose I am looking for anything more that might link Henry Page and his cousins.
Grateful as ever for any help or advice
Ian
