Brief Life History of August John
When August John Jaeger was born on 21 June 1883, in Rush City, Chisago, Minnesota, United States, his father, Ferdinand Jaeger, was 29 and his mother, Emily Krautkremer, was 27. He married Mattie A Jaeger on 21 September 1909, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jordan, Scott, Minnesota, United States in 1885 and Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 50 years. He died on 9 December 1956, in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- August J Jaeger, "United States Census, 1950"
- August J Jaeger, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- August John Jaeger, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Friedrich, Klaus, Fritz, Armin, Erwin, Helmut, Ralf, Alois, Gerhard.
German (mainly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen ‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly artificial, derived from German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia (Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger). Compare Jager 1, Yaeger , and Yeager .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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