Charles Stuart Gager

Brief Life History of Charles Stuart

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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Charles Stuart Gager
1872–1943
Bertha Bagg
1877–1956
Marriage: 25 June 1902
Benjamin Stuart Gager
1904–1918
Prudence Gager
1910–1976

Sources (11)

  • Stewart C Gager, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles Stuart, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  • C Stuart Gager, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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’.

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

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