Brief Life History of Alice Matelada
When Alice Matelada Wagner was born on 28 November 1898, in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Waggoner, was 31 and her mother, Alice Matilda Nickerson, was 24. She married Guy P Dunn on 22 May 1915, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died in 1983, at the age of 85, and was buried in Huron Valley Cemetery, Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Allice Matelada Wagner, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Alice Dunn in household of Guy Dunn, "United States Census, 1930"
- Alice Wagner in entry for Frank J Bruggner, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1894–1935 Male
1898–1983 Female
Children (2)
1917–2005 Female
1919–2007 Female
Parents and Siblings
1866–1916 Male
1873–1938 Female
Siblings (11)
1893–1958 Male
1895–1949 Male
1896–1898 Female
1898–1983 Female
1900–1977 Male
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
1904 · Belle Isle Aquarium
Age 6
1921 · The Detroit Historical Society
Age 23
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Wägner): occupational name for a carter and (in some dialects) a cartwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wagen ‘cart, wagon’, German Wagen. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Britain, Poland, and Denmark. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wágner and Vágner. In Russia, Czechia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Slovakia it is also found in the Slavicized form Vagner . Compare Wagener , Waggener , and Wagoner .
Dutch and perhaps also English: occupational name from Middle Dutch waghenaer ‘carter’ (compare 1 above). The Dutch word is not known to have been borrowed into English before 1600 but the surname Wagner is recorded in Norfolk (England) from 1379, perhaps a substitution of the Dutch word for Middle English wainer. Compare Waggoner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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