Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Wagner was born on 8 July 1901, in Lincoln Valley, Sheridan, North Dakota, United States, her father, Jakob Wagner, was 30 and her mother, Regina Redinger, was 18. She married Jacob Opp in April 1918, in McClusky, Sheridan, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 48 Fairview, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 28 May 1940, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Yakima, Washington, United States.
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- Emma Opp in household of Jacob Opp, "United States Census, 1930"
- Emma W Opp, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
- Wagner in entry for Ruby Bender, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
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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