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Jager History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables World Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Jager History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Austria
Netherlands
England
Germany

The Jager family name arose the word "jagger," Yorkshire dialect from the Middle English word "jag," meaning a "carrier," or "carter." 1 Jager may have been an occupational name for a pedlar and began when someone in that family worked as a person who tends draught horses.

Early Origins of the Jager family

The surname Jager was first found in Yorkshire where Thomas Jager and John Jagher were recorded in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. A few years later, Katerina Jeggar was listed in Yorkshire in 1480. 1

Early History of the Jager family

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Jager Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Jager have been found, including: Jagger, Jaggers and others.

Early Notables of the Jager family

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Jager World Ranking

In the United States, the name Jager is the 11,361^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Jager is ranked the 3,424^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 3 And in Netherlands, the name Jager is the 123^rd popular surname with an estimated 8,618 people with that name. 4

Jager migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Jager, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were :

Jager Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Baltes Jager, who arrived in New York in 1709 5
Wendel Jager, who landed in New York in 1709 5
Christian Jager, who settled in New York in 1710
Christian Jager, who arrived in New York in 1710
Catharina Jager, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732
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Jager Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Phillip Jager, aged 24, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 5
Frederick Jager, who landed in New York in 1822 5
Hans Jager, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1833 5
C. Hermann Jager, who settled in Texas in 1836
Sophie Ernestine Friderike Jager, aged 47, who arrived in America in 1839 5
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Jager migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jager Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Caroline Jager, who sailed from Hamburg to Quebec in 1868
Frederich Jager, aged 18, who arrived in Quebec in 1868

Contemporary Notables of the name Jager (post 1700) +

Robert Jager (b. 1939), American music composer, conductor and educator
Henry Jager, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1921; Candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1930 6
Gustav Jäger (1832-1917), German naturalist and hygienist, professor at Stuttgart Polytechnic

Historic Events for the Jager family +

Bismarck

Rudolf Jäger (1922-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Klemens Jäger (1916-1941), German Mechanikersmaat (A) who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Friedrich Jäger (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Karl-Heinz Jäger (1920-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details