The Wagers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,544 people carried this name — #9,203 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,476 in 2000.

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In print

Wagers in American newspapers,
1895–1910.

Newspaper page from The Climax carrying the name Wagers
The Climax 1895-08-29
Newspaper page from The Climax carrying the name Wagers
The Climax 1895-08-29
Newspaper page from The Richmond Climax carrying the name Wagers
The Richmond Climax 1910-07-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 294,574 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wagers in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

82 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wagers. The most, 16, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 34
Queensland 20
Victoria 16
South Australia 6
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wagers.

In the public record

People named Wagers,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States127 records

127 records of the Wagers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 87
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lester Wagers

    Born 1922 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio; carpenter from Butler County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Butler County Memorial Park, Hamilton, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frederick Wagers

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Antarctic from Liverpool, aged 24; laborer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Astor Wagers

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1998; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 127 records for Wagers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands60 records

60 records of the Wagers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 30
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 30
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Wagers

    Married in 1887 in Maastricht. Died 1951 in Maastricht, aged 82.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederik George Wagers

    Born 1834 in Maastricht. Died 1914 in Maastricht, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hendrikje Wagers

    In the population register of Meppel; born 1798.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 60 records for Wagers in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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