Fager History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Fager family

The surname Fager was first found in Auvergne at Des Fagots, in the diocèse of Clermont 1 where the name is a "trade nickname for someone, who sells or manufactures bundles," having derived from the root name "fagot," meaning "bundle" or "bundles." 2

Early History of the Fager family

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Fager Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Fager some of which are Faget, Fager, Fageait, Fageais, Fageaies, Fagez, Fagé, Fagée, Fagest, De Faget, De Fageait, Fageti, De Fageto, Faguy, Fagette, Faggette, Fagey, Fagais and many more.

Early Notables of the Fager family

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Fager Ranking

In the United States, the name Fager is the 14,074^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Fager migration to the United States +

By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Fager has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Fager were

Fager Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

George Fager, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1765 4

Fager Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Wilh Fager, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1802 4
Andrew Fager, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856
Jacob Frederick Fager, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856
Léopold Fager, who settled in Philadelphia in 1860

Contemporary Notables of the name Fager (post 1700) +

Robert M. Fager, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Dauphin County Democratic Party, 1937; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940 5

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
Dauzat, Albert, dictionaire étymologique de noms de famille et prénoms de France. Paris: Références Larousse, 17 Rue de Montparnasse, 1987. Print (ISBN 2-03-730012-3)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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 2016, March 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html