Rebecca Page

Rebecca Page (maiden name: Carey) married William Cummings Page in a slave marriage sometime before the war. Their son, Lewis, was born around 1858. The couple separated after he enlisted in the Union army, and she eventually married Peter Johnson. Nothing else is known about her life.

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Name:Page, Rebecca
Alternative names:
  • Johnson, Rebecca (alternative name)
  • Carey, Rebecca (alternative name)
Roles:
  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
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TypeDatePlaceAccepted/RejectedAgeStatusReason
Slave
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Page, Rebeccaparent ofPage, Lewis
Page, Rebeccawife ofPage, William Cummings
SOURCES

Pension Records for William Page, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; Death Certificate of Lewis Page, accessed on Ancestry.com.