Brief Life History of Jean
Jean Wagner was born about 1745, in France. He married Elisabeth Murray about 1765. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in Territoire de Belfort, France.
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Family Time Line
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- Amish Mennonites in Tazewell County, Illinois Part 5
Spouse and Children
1745– Male
1745– Female
Children (1)
1762–1827 Male
World Events (6)
1778 · Treaty of Alliance with American Colonies
Age 33
1783 · Treaty of Paris is Signed
Age 38
1815
Age 70
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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