Brief Life History of Lewis
When Lewis Eager was born in 1845, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Lewis Eager, was 54 and his mother, Mary W. Whitmarsh, was 42. He lived in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Van Buren Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Charles H Eager in household of Lewis Eager, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lewis Eager - Published information: birth-name: Lewis Eager
- Lewis Eager, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
Parents and Siblings
1791– Male
1803– Female
Siblings (5)
1834– Male
1835–1841 Male
1837–1914 Female
1842–1878 Male
1845– Male
World Events (8)
1845 · Oh My Father
Age 0
1846
Age 1
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: in most cases probably a variant of Agar or Ager . The name might also have arisen as a nickname from Middle English egre ‘sharp, sour’ (Old French aigre), which developed various transferred senses when applied to people, including ‘impetuous’, ‘fierce’, and ‘angry’, and is the source of the modern English word eager. However, no Middle English examples of this kind have been found.
Irish (Cork and Wexford): variant of English Agar . Compare Eagar .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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