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United States Wagener migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wagener Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Paulus Wagener, who arrived in New York in 1709-1710 1
  • Abraham Wagener, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 1
  • Johan Wagener, aged 16, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 1
  • Peter Wagener, aged 16, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 1
  • Andrew Wagener, who arrived in New Jersey in 1763-1765 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Wagener Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Friedrich Wagener, aged 27, who arrived in America in 1844 1
  • Mr. Hermann Wagener, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Element"
  • Mr. Joh. Jost. Wagener, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Element"
  • Mr. Joh. Hein. Wagener, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "York"
  • John Wagener, aged 26, who arrived in St Louis, Missouri in 1847 1
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Canada Wagener migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wagener Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Barbara Wagener, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757
  • Henrich Wagener, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1757
  • Mana Wagener, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1757
  • Margereta Wagener, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757
  • Maria Wagener, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1757
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Contemporary Notables of the name Wagener (post 1700) +

  • David Douglas Wagener (1792-1860), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • George Wagener, American politician from New York in the 1800s
  • Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener (1782-1861), German banker and patron of the arts
  • Leutnant Werner Wagener (b. 1894), German World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
  • Carl Wagener (1901-1988), German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Wagener (1815-1889), Prussian jurist, chief editor of the Kreuzzeitung
  • Pater Sigbert Wagener OFMCap (1919-2004), German Capuchin priest, a teacher, a scientist and naturalist
  • Otto Wagener (1888-1971), German major general

Bismarck
  • Richard Wägener (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 2
  • Joachim Wagener (1920-1941), German Fähnrich (W) who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
  • Dietrich Wagener (1920-1941), German Sanitätsobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2


  1. 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)
  2. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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