Otto John Haag

Brief Life History of Otto John

When Otto John Haag was born on 30 January 1878, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Gottlieb Haag, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Jaeger, was 36. He married Elizabeth Ann Porath on 6 March 1907, in Varina, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Newell, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and Newell Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 28 July 1948, in Varina, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Varina Cemetery, Newell Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otto John Haag
1878–1948
Elizabeth Ann Porath
1883–1962
Marriage: 6 March 1907
Leola Helen Haag
1908–1990
Inez Ione Haag
1910–1997
Elvira Evelyn Haag
1913–1913
Ira I Haag
1916–2008
Ive Iwan Hang
1917–
Eunice June Haag
1922–1966

Sources (22)

  • Otto J Hang, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Otto Haag, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Otto John Haag, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

German and Dutch: topographic name from Middle High German hac ‘enclosure, hedge’, Middle Dutch haghe, or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.

South German, Swiss German, and possibly also Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hago, a short form of any of various compound names beginning with hagan ‘enclosure, protected place, scrub’. See Hagen 2.

Swedish: probably an ornamental adoption of the German name (see above).

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

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