Gager History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Gager family

The surname Gager was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles, and letters patent confirming their nobility. The name is derived from the occupational name for a player on the fiddle, from the word "geige" meaning "fiddle."

Early History of the Gager family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gager research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1555, 1577, 1580, 1581, 1583, 1589, 1622, 1685, 1774 and 1854 are included under the topic Early Gager History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gager Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gager, Gagern, Gagers, Gage, Gages, Gagge, Geiger and many more.

Early Notables of the Gager family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

William Gager (1555-1622), an English jurist, now known for his Latin dramas...
Gager soon proved a facile Latin verse writer, and wrote a series of Latin plays, which were performed in the university with great success...
In June 1583, when Albert Alasco, prince palatine of Poland, was entertained by the university, two plays by Gager were acted at Christ Church, and the distinguished visitor expressed much satisfactio...

Gager migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gager Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Gager of Suffolk, a surgeon who sailed from Isle of Wight arriving in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630 aboard the ship "Ambrose" as part of the Winthrop Fleet, found Charlestown 1

Gager Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John B Gager, aged 25, who arrived in Missouri in 1844 1
Felix Gager, aged 22, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 1
James H Gager, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1849 1
Michael Gager, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1851 1
W Gager, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Gager migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gager Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Noah Gager, who landed in Canada in 1836

Gager migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Gager Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Charles Gager, English convict from Suffolk, who was transported aboard the "Anson" on September 23, 1843, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Gager (post 1700) +

Samuel R. Gager (1763-1835), American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Sharon, 1821-22, 1829 3
Samuel Austin Gager (1803-1846), American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Bozrah, 1839 3
Samuel Gager (1775-1855), American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Bozrah, 1824, 1826 3
John J. Gager, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Bozrah, 1893-94 3
Herman Arod Gager (1859-1923), American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Franklin, 1919-20 3
Harry Andrews Gager (1883-1929), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924 3
Benjamin A. Gager, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Somers; Elected 1920 3
Alfred Gager (1942-2022), Austrian footballer who played in six matches for the Austria national football team from 1962 to 1963
Herbert Gager (b. 1969), retired Austrian international football defender
John Goodrich Gager Jr. (b. 1937), retired Professor of Religion at Princeton University

Historic Events for the Gager family +

USS Arizona

Mr. Roy Arthur Gager, American Seaman Second Class from Kansas, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 4

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anson voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1843 with 499 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anson/1843
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html