Brief Life History of William Walter
When William Walter Rager was born on 3 April 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Rager, was 44 and his mother, Amelia World, was 27. He married Claire Kimball on 14 July 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 30 June 1961, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William W Rager in household of Minnie Rager, "United States Census, 1900"
- William W. Rager, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William Walter Rager, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
German:
(also Räger): habitational name for someone from either of two places called Ragen: in Tyrol, Austria, and in former East Prussia, or from Rägen in Schleswig-Holstein.
from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rag- ‘counsel’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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