Mary Jane Sager

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Sager was born from 1825 to 1830, in Madison, New York, United States, her father, Elias Sager, was 28 and her mother, Hannah M. Abrahams, was 26. She died in 1912, and was buried in Peterboro, Madison, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elias Sager
1802–1876
Hannah M. Abrahams
1804–1910
Sager
1821–
Mary Jane Sager
1825–1912
James Elias Sager
1827–1918
Charles Sager
1828–
Charles W Sager
1830–1924
Catherine Seger
1832–
Euphemia Sager
1834–1892
John Millard Sager
1835–1890
Charles H. Seager
1835–
John W Sager Sr
1838–1891

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire): variant of Sawyer from Middle English sager, sagher ‘sawyer’. Pronounced to rhyme with vaguer, sager is a dialect variant that was still current in late 19th century Lancashire and Yorkshire, as were saag, saig, and sague for ‘saw’ (noun and verb). The Yorkshire name may be partly indigenous to the county but it is mainly associated with a family that moved in the 16th century from Burnley (Lancashire) to Rimington and then Bradford (Yorkshire).

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Säger): occupational name for a sawyer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German segen, sagen, German sägen ‘to saw’. Compare Saeger .

    German: nickname for an announcer or speaker in a legal matter, or for a chatterer or a braggart, from Middle High German sagen ‘to speak, tell, chatter’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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