Oscar William Wagner

Brief Life History of Oscar William

When Oscar William Wagner was born on 27 November 1898, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Edward Henry Wagner, was 25 and his mother, Pauline Herm, was 28. He married Helena Elizabeth Landregan on 30 August 1923. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States in 1935 and Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States in 1940. He died on 23 June 1943, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar William Wagner
1898–1943
Helena Elizabeth Landregan
1895–1959
Marriage: 30 August 1923
Oscar W. Wagner
1925–1995
Norbert Thomas Wagner
1926–2007
Betty Jeanne Wagner
1928–1999
Helen Devereux Wagner
1933–2015

Sources (12)

  • Oscar W Wagner in household of Edward K Wagner, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Oscar W Wagner, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Oscar William Wagner, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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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