Heinrich Wagner

Male6 January 1888–7 January 1953

Brief Life History of Heinrich

When Heinrich Wagner was born on 6 January 1888, in Pressig, Kronach, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Adam Wagner, was 27 and his mother, Johanna Margaretha Spaethling, was 27. He married Margaretha Knopf on 12 May 1913. He died on 7 January 1953, at the age of 65.

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Heinrich Wagner
1888–1953
Margaretha Knopf
Marriage: 12 May 1913

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  • Marriage
    12 May 1913
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    World Events (6)

    1890

    Age 2

    Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

    1914

    Age 26

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

    1914 · Germany declares war on Russia

    Age 26

    On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, sparking World War I. This would not be the last time Germany caused a world war. After the Allies defeated Germany, they signed the Treaty of Versailles.

    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 .

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