When Charles Stuart Gager was born on 23 December 1872, in Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States, his father, Charles Carroll Gager, was 46 and his mother, Leora Josephine Darke, was 29. He married Bertha Bagg on 25 June 1902, in Rensselaer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1930 and Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 9 August 1943, at the age of 70.
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English (Essex, Surrey): occupational name from Middle English, Old French gauger (Anglo-Norman French gaugeour) ‘one who measures or gauges’, specifically an exciseman who measured the depth of wine in barrels.
English: possibly a variant of Wager .
German: probably a topographic name from Tyrolean Gagen ‘alpine dairy hut’.
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