Esther Page Canner

[neilpage]

My third great grandmother was born about 1795 and baptized in Upham Hampshire. Her baptised name is Esther Page Canner, which she continued to use throughout her life, the Esther Page that is .
When she married in 1816 to Richard Abraham at Portsea Hampshire the witness's at the marriage were Robert and Elizabeth Page !
Her parents were I believe John Canner and Ann Urry, I am trying to see where the name Page came from, and if there is a connection to the witness's at her marriage.
Interested in any thoughts or knowledge out there.

[CaroleW]

I have 3 females in my tree with surnames as middle names but those surnames have absolutely no connection to the FH.  One is my maternal grandmother who was given Jackson as her middle name.  Neither she nor anybody else in the family knew why

It was often a way of acknowledging particular friends or neighbours

[Pennines]

I suppose you have checked backwards and not found it to be a maiden name of a grandmother?

[amondg]

Try working forward there is a

Christopher Canner married Mary Page 16 February 1722 St Benet's Wharf London

He was of St Michael's
She was of St Andrew Holborn

[neilpage]

Thanks all for having a look, I may have to look a little further afield than Hampshire!
It does become difficult to prove definitive links the further back in time you look!

[LizzieL]

The other witness to the 1816  marriage was Mary Page not Elizabeth. There is a marriage between a Robert Page and a Mary Steel at Upham on 4 Jun 1789. If this were the couple it would make the Pages quite a bit older than Esther, similar generation to her parents.

[LizzieL]

A Robert Urry married an Ann Paige (sic) 30 Sep 1779 in Upham.

[neilpage]

Thankyou Lizzie L, something to try and think about, Robert Page & Mary Steel and Robert Urry and Ann Page, and all in and around Upham. I'ii try and make some sense of it.