Trager History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Trager family

The surname Trager was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Tregear.

"Tregeare in [the parish of Crowan], was for many generations, the property and residence of an ancient British family from hence denominated Tregeare, which became extinct in the year 1732." 1

Early History of the Trager family

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Trager Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tregear, Tregeare, Tregair, Tregare and others.

Early Notables of the Trager family

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Trager migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trager Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joh Anton Trager, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1770
Joh Anton Trager, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1770 2

Trager Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jacob Trager, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1832 2
Anna Trager, who sailed from Bremen to New York in 1869
George Trager, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1870 2

Trager migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trager Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jacob Trager, who settled in Nova Scotia in 1784

Contemporary Notables of the name Trager (post 1700) +

Charles Trager, American manufacturer who founded Trager, a hiking equipment company located in Seattle
Milton Trager (1908-1997), American medical doctor who founded the Trager Institute, a holistic healing foundation

Citations +

Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
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)