Levi Walter Yaggy

Brief Life History of Levi Walter

When Levi Walter Yaggy was born in 1848, in Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Yaggy, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Pfister, was 41. He married Sarah Emilie Esher on 6 May 1875, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1900 and St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 18 October 1912, in Watkins Glen, Dix, Schuyler, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Walter Yaggy
1848–1912
Sarah Emilie Esher
1852–1902
Marriage: 6 May 1875
Edward Esher Yaggy
1876–1940
Arthur Frederic Yaggy
1880–1956
Ralph Yaggy
1884–1885
Walter Esher Yaggy
1888–1959

Sources (20)

  • Levi Yaggg in household of Elizabeth Yaggg, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Levi W. Yaggy, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
  • Levi W Yaggy, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"

World Events (8)

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Däge, which is probably from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names based on tac ‘day’, or of North German Dagge, which is from Middle Low German dagge ‘dagger, long knife’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of those.

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

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