Brief Life History of Johann Adam
When Johann Adam Wagner was born on 28 March 1749, in Dielheim, Amt Wiesloch, Baden, his father, Hans Hubert Wagner, was 43 and his mother, Anna Eva Gogel, was 31. He married Catharina Greulich on 3 February 1778, in Horrenberg, Amt Wiesloch, Baden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 5 November 1809, in Horrenberg, Bezirksamt Wiesloch, Baden, Germany, at the age of 60.
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Sources (19)
- Joannes Adamus Wagner, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
- Johann Adam Wagner in entry for Johann Adam Wagner, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Johann Adam Wagner in entry for Johann Martin Wagner, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
Spouse and Children
1749–1809 Male
1743–1806 Female
Children (5)
1777–1786 Male
1779–1836 Male
1780– Male
1782– Female
1786–1786 Male
Parents and Siblings
1707–1776 Male
1718–1779 Female
Siblings (4)
1742–1800 Male
1744–1808 Male
1749–1809 Male
1752–1823 Male
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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