George Sage was born aboard the barque, Princess Royal, as she rounded Cape Horn, off the coast of Patagonia (Chile). As mother and child did not set foot on land until Nanaimo, Nanaimo is recorded as his birthplace. He was often referred to as "the man without a country", because of his birth at sea. The 1891 census does not give him a place of birth, just states "at sea". It irked him that he was not classed as a "Native Son" of Nanaimo.

George and Mary Ann had lived on Rosehill Avenue, Newcastle Townsite, Nanaimo since 1886.

He was a bridge builder and died from a diabetic coma. He had suffered from diabetes for the past 15 years of his life.

Name: George Sage
Event Date: 1916 10 14 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 62
Gender: male
Event Place: Newcastle
Reg. Number: 1916-09-056869
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13087
GSU Microfilm Number: 1927115

In the early years, all of the Sage family attended the Methodist Church. Sometime between 1881 and 1891 Goerge and his family joined the Salvation Army. There were only two or three other families in this organization in its beginnings in Nanaimo. However, about twenty young men who lived in local boarding houses and several of the young girls who were waitresses also joined the Army. The City Council received many "noise complaints" regarding the group who with their band met on the corners of Commercial Street to sing and preach. In 1896, Eva Booth, daughter of the Salvation Army founder, visited Nanaimo. For this occasion the Sage family donned new uniforms of bright yellow, red and green, a contrast to their more sombre garb of navy blue. When they died, funeral services for George and his wife were conducted by ministeres of the Methodist Church. However services for their daughter Miriam's children were conducted by a Salvation Army Captain.

• Married: 14 Feb 1874 in Nanaimo BC
• Note:

  Groom Name: George Sage
  Bride Name: Mary Anne Stubbing
  Event Date: 1874 2 14 (Yr/Mo/Day)
  Event Place: Nanaimo
  Reg. Number: 1874-09-092542
  B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11380
  GSU Microfilm Number: 1983708

1. Miriam "Mira" SAGE b: 17 Jan 1875 in Nanaimo BC
2. Rosa Elizabeth SAGE b: 31 Jan 1877 in Nanaimo BC
3. George Henry SAGE b: 22 Jul 1879 in Nanaimo BC
4. Sophia Jane SAGE b: 15 Oct 1881 in Nanaimo BC
5. Mary Ellen "Nellie" SAGE b: 13 Jun 1884 in Nanaimo BC
6. Edward Joseph SAGE b: 10 Dec 1886 in Nanaimo BC
7. Valentine SAGE b: 14 Feb 1889 in Nanaimo BC
8. Viola SAGE b: 5 Oct 1890 in Nanaimo BC
9. Albert William SAGE b: 12 Feb 1893 in Nanaimo BC
10. Lily SAGE b: 3 Jul 1894 in Nanaimo BC
11. Robert Jess SAGE b: 23 Mar 1897 in Nanaimo BC
12. Gladys Grace SAGE b: 1904 in Nanaimo, B.C.