New England Families

Oscar Stover Page

Birth Name	Oscar Stover Page
Gender	male
Age at Death	88 years, 4 months, 12 days

Narrative

Oscar Stover Page was born about 26 September 1854, in Orono, Maine. His father was a farmer there in 1860, when Oscar was six years old.

By at least the time of the 1873/1874 Bangor City Directory, Stover went by his middle name of Oscar. In that year he owned a fruit and confectionery store at 67 Hammond St., Bangor, and lived at 3 Fruit Street, the same address as his parents.

In 1875/1876 he ran a business called Page's Liniments, for which there was an ad on page five of the city directory. In 1879/1880 he no longer owned a business. He and his family were living at the same address as his parents. They were in Bangor until the time covered by the 1884 City Directory. Oscar was then working as a fireman, presumably for the railroad, and owned a house at "5 Emerson block, Barker."

In May of 1883 their son William was born in Portland, Maine. In the 1884 Portland Directory there are these listings:

Page Oscar S., engineer, h 50 Waterville
Page Oscar F., teamster, 353 Coml., h. 50 Waterville (duplicate?)
Page Ellen M., Mrs, dressmaker, 50 Waterville
Page Julia A. Mrs, h. 39 Waterville

[Julia Page may be the daughter of Nathaniel and Eunice Merrill, born 6 Sep 1823 in Portland, and who married William S C Page on 8 May 1845 in Portland.]

From at least 1886 until about 1905 the Oscar Page family lived in East Boston. When Augustus was born in 1886 they were at 1 Percival Place. Their son Stover (Fred S.) was born at 170 Putnam St. in April 1893. In 1900 they were at 104 Brooks St. In 1902 they were probably at 144 Webster Street, since their daughter Abbie says she was "at home" at that address on her (second) marriage record.

Their grandson Augustus Ezra was born in either East Boston or
Maine in 1905 and their son William was living in Bangor in 1905
when he was married. Oscar, William, Joseph O. and Augustus are
all listed in the 1907 Bangor City Directory at 365 Broadway. In
1909 Oscar, William, and Joseph O. are at 60 Brimmer St. in
Brewer, At the time of the 1910 census, Oscar and family,
including sons William and Augustus are living on Brimmer St.,
Brewer.

Oscar and Martha were divorced 22 Apr 1911.[34] When Fred S.
marries in September 1911, he says that his father is residing in
Brewer but his mother is in Bangor. In 1912, Oscar was boarding
with his son William at 46 Chamberlain St, Brewer. (Brewer City
Directory). If William and his family continued to live with
Oscar, then Oscar was still in Brewer in 1913 when William's son
Jerome was born, and in Bangor in 1915 when William's son Willis
Charles was born. Oscar is listed in the 1919 Bangor City
Directory at 238 Parkview Ave. (By November of that year, William
was back in East Boston, see his file.)

On the 1920 census Oscar is living in Bangor, with two of Fred
S.'s children in his household. Oscar is listed in the 1923/24
Bangor City Directory at 17 Fruit St. His son Frederick was at 16
Fruit St.

Oscar died at
21 Orient Avenue, Melrose, MA, in 1943, at the home of his son
Augustus. His death record said he had been a resident of that
city for three years or more. The death notice of Augustus two
years later mentions a former pastor from Woburn, so both of them
might have lived there for a while. Oscar is buried in Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose.

There is an Oscar E. Page who died in 1939 who lived in Melrose and is also
buried in Wyoming Cemetery. He doesn't seem to be a close relative. He was born
in Massachusetts, as was his father Charles A. Page. Charles' father George A.
Page was born about 1815 in Hallowell, Maine, near Augusta.(Sources: Censuses of
Melrose and Boston, image of George A. Page's death record at
NewEnglandAncestors.org)

On the 1880 census Oscar was described as a laborer, but this
sometimes included more highly skilled jobs. In 1884 in the
Bangor directory he was listed as a fireman, presumably for the
railroad. From at least 1900 onward he worked as a fireman on a
steam locomotive. On the 1920 census, age 65, this was his
occupation, although he may have been retired. His father had
been an railroad engineer, and his brother Joseph P. Page was a
fireman in 1910. His sons William and Fred S. also worked on the
railroad at various times.

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Jan 18, 2007: I have looked pretty thoroughly for Oscar Page in the 1930
Census in Massachusetts at ancestry.com and did not find him. Need to
look again in Maine.

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth	September 26, 1854	Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, United States		1
				1
Residence	1874	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	3 Fruit Street, Bangor
	General Listed in a city directory at 3 Fruit Street, Bangor, in 1874
Census	June 1, 1880	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	5 Fruit St, Bangor
	Event Note 1880 United States Census 7th Ward, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine NA Film Number: T9-0486, Page 241B, at 5 Fruit Street, same house as his father house 17, family 19 Oscar S. PAGE Self, 25, laborer, born in Maine, parents also Martha E. PAGE Wife, 23, keeping house, born in Maine, parents in Massachusetts Joseph O. PAGE Son, 2, born in Maine, parents also [note: Martha's parents were not born in Massachusetts] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFQM-KGR : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S. Page, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet 241B, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0486
Residence	June 1, 1880	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	5 Fruit Street, Bangor
	Event Note living at 5 Fruit Street, Bangor, when the 1880 census was taken
Occupation	June 1, 1880		laborer
	General listed as a laborer on the 1880 Census
Residence	1883	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	5 Emerson Block, Bangor
	General listed at 5 Emerson Block, Bangor, in the 1883 City Directory
Residence	1884	Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States	50 Waterville, Portland
	General listed at 50 Waterville, Portland, in the 1884 City Directory
Residence	1886	East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States	1 Percival Place, East Boston
	General listed at 1 Percival Place, East Boston in the 1886 City Directory
Residence	1893	East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States	170 Putnam Street, East Boston
	General listed at 170 Putnam Street, East Boston, in the 1893 City Directory
Census	June 1, 1900	East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States	1900 Oscar Page household	2a
	General 1900 Federal Census, MA, Suffolk, Boston, 1st Ward. Series T623, Roll 675, page 35. house 262, family 394 Vol 64, Enum. Dist. 1155, Sheet 17A, Line 40ff. Living at 104 Brooks St., (East Boston), renting. Page, Oscar S, born Sep 1854, 45, married 25 years, fireman-locomotive, born in Maine, parents also, out of work 9 months in past year ----, Martha E, born Sep 1859, 40, married 25 years, five children, five alive, born in Maine, parents also ----, Joseph O, born May 1878, 22, plumber, born in Maine, parents also, out of work 6 months in past year ----, Wm. J, born May 1882, 18, finisher-painter, born in Maine, parents also, out of work 11 months in past year ----, Augustus E L, born Jun 1885, 14, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, in school ----, Stover D F, born Apr 1893, 7, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, in school Heies, Abbie E, daughter, born Jul 1880, 19, Widowed, married for 0 years, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Maine, parents also, occupation: millinery, out of work 6 months in past year Heies, Herman O F, grandson, born Feb 1898, 2, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine [note incorrect spelling of Heise] "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9Y7-HNQ : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page, Precinct 2 Boston city Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet , family 394, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240675.			2a
Residence	June 1, 1900	East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States	104 Brooks Street, East Boston	2a
	General listed at 104 Brooks Street, East Boston, in the 1900 City Directory General living at 104 Brooks Street, East Boston, when the 1900 Census was taken			2a
Residence	1902	East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States	144 Webster Street, East Boston
	General listed at 144 Webster Street, East Boston, in the 1902 City Directory
Residence	1907	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	365 Broadway, Bangor
	General listed at 365 Broadway in the 1907 City Directory
Bankruptcy	September 21, 1907	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States		3a
	Event Note Bangor Daily News December 17, 1907, page 3 Notice of first meeting of creditors District Court of the US for the District of Maine Penobscot County in the matter of William Oscar S Page, bankrupt to the creditors of William Oscar S Page of Bangor ... notice is given that on the 21st day of September 1907 [he] was duly adjudicated bankrupt; ant that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at my chambers at 16 Central Street, in Bangor, on the 27th day of December 1907 ... John R Mason, referee in Bankruptcy, Bangor, Maine, December 14, 1907			3a
Residence	1909	Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	60 Brimmer Street, Brewer
	General listed at 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer, in the 1909 City Directory
Census	April 15, 1910	Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	1910 Oscar Page household
	General 1910 Federal Census, Maine, Penobscot Co., 4th Ward of Brewer Series T624, Roll 544, page 65, house 106, family 123 Renting at 60 Brimmer St., Brewer. Page, Oscar S.: Head, M, 50, married 1x for 32 years, Fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also ----, Martha E. Wife, F, 48, married 1x for 32 years, 5 children, 5 living, born in Maine, parents also ---, William J., Son, M, 27, married 1x for 5 years, Fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also ---, Augustus E., Son, M, 23, married 1x for 2 years, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, House painter, out of work for 8 months in 1909 and was out of work when the census was taken on April 15, 1910 ---, Stover, D. F., Son, M, 17, single, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, didn't work or attend school. ---, Margaret L., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to William J.). F, 21, married 1x for 5 years, 3 children, 3 living. born in Massachusetts, father also, mother in England ---, Ada M., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to Augustus E.), F, 29, married twice, this time for 2 years, 1 child, 1 living, born in Maine, parents also [note: where is her child?] ---, Joseph P., brother, M, 38, divorced, fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also. Was out of work on April 15, 1910, but not at all in 1909. ---, Mary E., niece, F, 14, S, in school, born in Maine, parents also [note: almost certainly the daughter of Joseph P. on the line above.] ---, Ezra A., grandson, M, 5, not in school, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts ---, Lillian M. granddaughter, F, 2 11/12, S, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts ---, Florence M. granddaughter, F, 11/12, S, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts [note: these last three are the children of William J and Margaret L listed in this household.] All in the household who were old enough could read, write and speak English, all were white. "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR3D-Y26 : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page, Brewer Ward 4, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet , family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374557.
Residence	April 15, 1910	Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	60 Brimmer Street, Brewer
	General living at 60 Brimmer Street, Brewer, when the 1910 census was taken
Occupation	April 15, 1910		fireman, steam railroad
	General working as a fireman for a steam railroad when the 1910 census was taken
Residence	from 1916 to 1919	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	68 Fruit and 238 Parkview	4a
	General 1916 Bangor City Directory Page William, laborer, h 68 Fruit [I don't know who else this would be, and Oscar was on Fruit St earlier] 1919 Bangor City Directory Page Oscar S, foreman car cleaners, MCRR, home 238 Parkview Ave			4a
Census	January 1, 1920	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	1920 Oscar Page household
	General 1920 Federal Census, Bangor, 1st Ward Series T625, Roll 645, Page 16 Vol 18, Enum. Dist. 58, Sheet 7, Line 4. Renting at 64 Pine St., (Bangor) Page, Oscar S. head, 65, Born in Maine, parents also, fireman or foreman, railroad ----, Lawrence grandson 7, born in Maine, father in Mass, mother in Maine ----, Olga gr.daugtr, 5, born in Maine, father in Mass, mother in Maine Oscar's marital status was hard to read, but it wasn't M(arried). It could have been W(idowed) or S(ingle). These are Stover D.F.'s children. Their mother died in 1919. "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFZR-MS3 : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar Page, Bangor Ward 1, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet , family 106, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820645.
Probate (Administrator)	June 16, 1920	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States		3b
	Event Note Bangor Daily News, June 23, 1920, page 4, column 5 Estate of Joseph O Page, late of Brewer, deceased. Oscar S Page of Bangor appointed administrator, June 16, 1920 Estate of Joseph O Page, late of Brewer, deceased. Oscar S Page of Bangor appointed administrator, June 16, 1920			3b
Residence	1924	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	17 Fruit Street, Bangor
	General listed at 17 Fruit Street, Bangor in the 1924 City Directory
Residence	1925	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	17 First Street, Bangor
	Event Note 1925 Bangor Directory Page Oscar car cleaner MCRR resides 17 First
Census	April 1, 1940	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	1940 Augustus E Page household
	General 1940 Census Ward 5, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts ED 9-241, Sheet 7A, family 161 renting at 52 Crescent Ave Augustus E Page, 53, head, born in Massachusetts, married, foreman mechanic, Coast Guard Oscar S Page, 85, father, born in Maine, divorced, no occupation Goldie S Kraby, 52, housekeeper, born in Massachusetts, single, housekeeper, private family Oscar provided the information. All lived in the "same place", that is, Malden, in 1935. "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4FN-GGN : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page in household of Augustus E Page, Ward 5, Malden, Malden City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-241, sheet 7A, family 161, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1609.
Residence	April 1, 1940	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	52 Crescent Street, Malden
	General living at 52 Crescent Street, Malden, when the 1940 Census was taken
Residence	February 1943	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	21 Orient Ave, Melrose
	General died at 21 Orient Ave, Melrose
Death	February 8, 1943	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
	General Mass Register of Vital Records, Death Year: 1943 Vol: 65 Page: 300 at Mass Registry of Vital Records, 150 Mt. Vernon St., Dorchester Name: Stover Oscar Page Male, White, Divorced Date of Death: February 8, 1943 Place of Death: 21 Orient Ave., Melrose, Middlesex Co. in this community: 3 years Residence at time of death: 21 Orient Ave. Marital Status: Divorced Spouse Name: Martha Cowan, alive, age 83 Place of Birth: Orono, Maine Age at death: 88y, 4m, 10d Occupation: Retired Father: Joseph O. Page Birthplace of Father: Orono, Maine Mother: Abigail Dudley Birthplace of Mother: Orono, Maine Informant: Augustus E. Page (son) Informant's address: 21 Orient Ave., Melrose Cause of death: Uremia (duration 3 days) due to acute retention (10 days) due to prostatic obstruction (20 years) Doctor: George E. Drury Doctor's address: Malden Doctor's notes: attended 1/15 to 2/8/1943 Burial date: Feb 10, 1943 Burial place: Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose Undertaker: Norman P. Robinson, Melrose, MA ---------- From Boston Herald, 9 Feb 1943, page 17: Melrose, February 8, Stover O. Page, father of Augustus E. Page of 21 Orient Ave. Funeral service private at the Robinson Chapel, 809 Main Street, Melrose, Wednesday February 10 at 2:00 PM.
Burial	February 10, 1943	Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Joseph Page	about 1830	July 31, 1913
Mother	Abigail H. Dudley	June 21, 1834	November 29, 1900
	Oscar Stover Page	September 26, 1854	February 8, 1943
Sister	Mary E. Page	about 1858
Sister	Eunice Page	August 25, 1860	March 4, 1867
Brother	Charles V. Page	August 4, 1866	February 12, 1928
Brother	Joseph Percival Page	March 8, 1869	January 12, 1944

Families

Family of Oscar Stover Page and Orilla J Inman

Married

Wife

Orilla J Inman ( b. about 1854 d. August 22, 1943 )

Event	Date	Place
Marriage Intention (Primary)	December 8, 1874	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States
	General Stoyer O. Page, age 21 of Bangor to Orilla J. Inman, age 20, of Bangor. Date of publication of banns is 8 Dec 1874. Date of certificate is 12 Dec 1874. From: Index to Bangor Marriages before 1892, at New England Historic and Genealogical Society.
Marriage License	December 12, 1874	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States
	General Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907 Name: Stover O. Page Birth Date: 1853 Age: 21 Spouse's Name: Orilla J. Inman Spouse's Birth Date: 1854 Spouse's Age: 20 Event Date: 12 Dec 1874 Event Place: Bangor,Penobscot,Maine "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4XY-L8V : accessed 19 Dec 2013), Stover O. Page and Orilla J. Inman, 12 Dec 1874. The outcome of this relationship is not known. Orilla J. Inman married Stillman Drew in Bangor in 1876. Family Note I have no evidence that Oscar Stover Page and Orilla Inman ever married. All I have found so far is the announcement of banns and the issuance of a marriage license.

Narrative

I have no evidence that Oscar Stover Page and Orilla Inman ever married. All I have found so far is the announcement of banns and the issuance of a marriage license.

Family of Oscar Stover Page and Martha Ellen Cowan

Married

Wife

Martha Ellen Cowan ( b. September 14, 1859 d. October 14, 1943 )

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Marriage	July 10, 1877	Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States	5
			5
Divorce	April 22, 1911	Maine, United States	6a
	General Volume 10, page 91, Maine Divorce Records, microfilmed at New England Historic and Genealogical Society Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, Penobscot County Libelant: Martha E. Page Libelee: Oscar S. Page Date of Marriage: Jul 10, 1878 Date of Divorce: Apr 22, 1911 Cause of divorce: adultery [note: The marriage was July 10, 1877, on the marriage records]		6a

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Joseph Oscar Page	May 26, 1878	February 18, 1920
Abigail Elizabeth Page	July 31, 1880	March 12, 1939
William Jerome Page	May 4, 1883
Augustus Emery L Page	June 11, 1886	August 14, 1945
Frederick Dudley Stover Page	April 7, 1893	November 16, 1937

Pedigree

Joseph Page
1. Abigail H. Dudley
  1. Oscar Stover Page
    1. Orilla J Inman
    2. Martha Ellen Cowan
  2. Mary E. Page
  3. Eunice Page
  4. Charles V. Page
  5. Joseph Percival Page

Source References

Vital Records of Orono, Maine
1900 United States Census
1. - Page: Boston, 1st Ward, Series T623, Roll 675, page 35. house 262, family 394, Vol 64, Enum. Dist. 1155, Sheet 17A, Line 40ff.
Bangor Daily News
1. - Page: December 17, 1907, page 3
2. - Page: June 23, 1920, page 4, column 5
City Directories
1. - Page: Bangor, 1916, 1919
Bangor Vital Records, Index
Maine Divorce Records
1. - Page: Volume 10, page 91
  - Confidence: Very High
  - General:
    Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, Penobscot County

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Oscar Stover Page

Narrative

Events

Parents

Families

Family of Oscar Stover Page and Orilla J Inman

Family of Oscar Stover Page and Martha Ellen Cowan

Pedigree

Source References