Theodore Elias Wagner (1862 - 1930)

Born 1 Apr 1862 in Pennsylvania, USA

Died 15 Mar 1930 at age 67 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, Name Theodore Elias Wagner, Gender Male, Event Type Christening Event Date 01 Oct 1862, Event Place CHRIST LUTHERAN, CHURCH, YORK,YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, Birth Date 01 Apr 1862, Father's Name Joseph Wagner, Mother's Name Emaline

Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 Indexing Project (Batch) Number C50686-1 System Origin Pennsylvania-ODM GS Film number Q974.841 Y1 V2Y V5-6

Theodore E Wagner, United States Census, 1880, Name Theodore E Wagner, Event Type Census, Event Date 1880, Event Place Hamilton, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, Gender Male, Age 17, Marital Status Single, Race White, Race (Original) W, Occupation Farm Laborer, Relationship to Head of Household Son, Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son, Birth Year (Estimated) 1863, Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States, Sheet Letter D, Sheet Number 357, Person Number 3, Volume 1.

Household-Role-Gender-Age-Birthplace

Joseph Wagner Self M 42 Pennsylvania, United States

Emeline Wagner Wife F 32 Pennsylvania, United States

Henry C Wagner Son M 19 Pennsylvania, United States

Theodore E Wagner Son M 17 Pennsylvania, United States

Lydia A Wagner Daughter F 13 Pennsylvania, United States

Milton E Wagner Son M 10 Pennsylvania, United States

Also may be the same person: Page 84.

THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN Descendants of Martin Luther NoTE.—The following, quoted from The Lutheran of November 28, 1907, will interest our readers. Descendants of Paul Gerhardt, the hymn-writer, live in Berks county today. Who can locate descendants of other church fathers? T may be of interest to our Church to add the following to the glad news that we may soon expect Pastor Eilif Theodore Wagner and his wife, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Theo. Cond. Appel, and his wife, at our Theological Semi nary. The Wagner family originates with Dr. Martin Luther on the maternal side through his daughter Margaret, who mar ried W. Kühlheim. Through their chil dren on the maternal side, comes the founder of the Wagner branch, Tobias, whose occupation was that of copper smith and engraver in Nordlingen. A son of his became senator in Heidenheim. His son, Tobias Wagner, was pastor, pro fessor, chancellor and dean in Tübingen, died 1680. He again had two sons, one of whom became the progenitor of the Danish branch. His son's name was George Wagner and George's son was John, who became sur veyor in Heidenheim. John's son, John Ludwig, died 1792, was agent in Königs bronn. His son, Frederick Carl von Wagner (died July 5, 1847,), enlisted as he thought, in the Prussian army, but by mistake it happened to be in the Danish army, and he died in the capacity of Danish colonel. His son, Moritz Carl Frederick August von Wag ner, became likewise Danish colonel and died as such in the year 1849. His son is the present dean Ludwig Carl Moritz Wagner in Saskjöbing. His sister was the late lamented Lady Schraeder, and it is the dean's son whose coming we look forward to with pleasure. Reverend and Chancellor Tobias Wag ner's second son became the progenitor of the American branch. His son became minister in Hausen, near Tuttlingen. He too had a son, Tobias by name, who be came minister in Heilbronn, where he re mained until June 13, 1742, when he re ceived a call as chaplain for Gen. S. Walter, Colony at the Brodd and Mus congus rivers in Massachusetts and Maine. Coming to America with wife and five children, three more children were born to him here. He left the col ony in 1743 and became pastor in Tulpe hocken, Pa. It was he who joined in matrimony the Rev. Dr. H. M. Muhlen berg to Anna Maria Weiser. He sought to organize an orthodox Lutheran confer ence in contrast to Muhlenberg and the other ministers from Halle who were of the pietistic order. He had a somewhat polemic disposition. He returned to Ger many in the year 1759 while all his chil dren remained in America and submitted to reordination by the bishop of London. He later became minister in the mar graviate of Brandenburg, and died in 1775 as pastor in Wurtenberg. His daughter, Catharine Elizabeth Wagner, married to G. Heinzelmann, of Lancaster, became the mother of General Major S. P. Heinzelmann, who died May 1, 1880, in Washington. One of the sons, John Christian Wagner, was father to Mary Wagner, who on December 19, 1811, was married to a descendant of the old Swed ish colony, John Stille. She became the mother of six children, among whom was Dr. Alfred J. Stille, of Philadelphia, and Professor Dr. Chas. Stille, dean at the University of Pennsylvania. We here have a somewhat widely branched family tree originating with Pastor Tobias Wag ner, the son of Luther's daughter Mar garet. How many, or whether any of the numerous ministers in this country by the name of Wagner belong to the same family it is impossible for me to say just now. For further information consult my History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1620 to 1820, page 394 ff. The Rev. Mr. Wagner has thus a number of American relatives, and we hope that he will find himself thor oughly at home among us and at our school.

Sources

• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NR-DND : 9 December 2014), Theodore Elias Wagner, 01 Oct 1862; Christening, citing CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH,YORK,YORK,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm Q974.841 Y1 V2Y V5-6.
• From The Pennsylvania- German

East Greenville, PA Vol. IX January-December, 1908. Downloadable PDF Copyright 1908 by H. W. Kriebel.

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