Martin J WAGER, Sr.
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1905
- 1964
- BIRTH: 31 AUG 1905, Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan
- DEATH: 17 DEC 1964 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Father: George Arthur WAGER
Mother: Anna Amanda POOLE
Family 1 : Flora Adele SWABY
- MARRIAGE: 3 APR 1929, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
2. James Bartlett WAGER
_____Ezra WAGER__________+
___ Benjamin WAGER___| (1748 - after 1810) m
| (1793/4 - 1865) m 1810
|____Mary SWAYZE_________+
___ Peter WAGER.________|
(.... - ....) m
| (1810 - 1876) m 1854
| ___Benjamin BURLINGAME___+
| |_ Fanny BURLINGAME___| (1753 - 1820) m
| (1790 -
1854) m 1810 |____Rebecca READ__________
__ George WAGER.________| (1753
- 1823) m
| (1859 - 1932) m 1901 |
____Norman BENTLEY_______+
|
| ____ Caleb BENTLEY_____| (1766 - 1831) m 1790
| | | (1793 - 1871) m 1820
|____Mercy TANNER_________+
|
|____ Harriet BENTLEY____| (1770 -
1863) m 1790
| (1823 -
1911) m 1854 |
___John TENNANT__________
|
|____ Susan TENNANT____| (1784 - 1841) m ca1799
|
(1799 - 1875) m 1820
|___Sarah DAWLEY_________+
|
(1783 - 1868) m ca1799
|-
- Martin J WAGER, Sr.
| (1905 - 1964) m 1929
_____Isaac POOL___________
|
_ George POOLE__________| (.... - 1805) m
|
| (1795 - 1847) m 1818
|_________________________
|
_____ Stephen POOLE______|
|
| (1822 - 1898) m 1855
|
|
| |__ Elizabeth WEAVER ___
|
| (1784 -
1850) m 1818
|___
Anna POOLE________|
(1865 - 1947) m 1901 |
_____James TURNER_________
| _____ George TURNER______|
| | (1808 - 1872) m 1832 |_____Mary DEAN____________
|____ Ruth Ann TURNER___|
(1835 -
1894) m 1855 |
_____William MACKEY_______
|____ Emily MACKEY________| (1786 - 1864) m
1812
(1813 - 1900) m 1832 |_____Elizabeth
KELSEY_______+
(1794 - 1864) m 1812
TIMELINE
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929 - MARRIAGE
1930 - Martin born
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938 - James born
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
INDEX
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Martin did not have a middle name, only the initial "J" with no period after it. According to the family story, he met his wife Flora while boating on Torch Lake when he hopped off the boat he was on and on to hers. He earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering at University of Michigan and worked as an engineer for Buick, especially during the 1930s. With the exception of his college years in Ann Arbor and his efforts during World War II (which involved working for the Government-owned plant in Melrose Park, Illinois, making Pratt & Whitney R-1830 engines), he lived all his life on the Wager family farm in Waterford. His collection of pristine autos was burned down in a fire on the farm towards the end of his life.
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