Rev.
Martin J WAGER, Jr.
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1930
-
- BIRTH: 13 JUN 1930, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
- DEATH: 30 NOV 2014, Roseville, Placer County, California
Father: Martin J WAGER, Sr.
Mother: Flora Adele SWABY
Family 1 : Junia Elizabeth NEWELL
- MARRIAGE: 25 AUG 1951, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan
1. Steven WAGER
2.+Gregg
WAGER
_____Benjamin WAGER______+
___ Peter WAGER______| (1793/4 - 1865) m 1810
| (1810 - 1876) m 1854 |____Fanny
BURLINGAME____+
___ George WAGER.______| (1790 -
1854) m 1810
| (1859 - 1932) m 1901
| ___Caleb BENTLEY_________+
| |___ Harriet BENTLEY____| (1793 - 1871) m 1820
| (1823 -
1911) m 1854 |____Susan TENNANT_______+
__ Martin J WAGER,
Sr.____|
(1799 - 1875) m 1820
| (1905 - 1964) m 1929 |
____George POOLE__________+
|
| ____ Stephen POOLE_____| (1795 - 1847) m
1818
| |
| (1822 - 1898) m 1855
|____Elizabeth WEAVER (HENION)
|
|____ Anna POOLE________| (1784 -
1850) m 1818
| (1865 -
1947) m 1901 |
____George TURNER________+
|
|____ Ruth Ann TURNER___| (1808 - 1872) m 1832
| (1835
- 1894) m 1855 |____Emily MACKEY_________+
|
(1813 -
1900) m 1832
|-
- Martin J WAGER, Jr.
| (1930 - 2014) m 1951
Christian Friedrich Traugott SCHWABE+
|
_ Franz Alfred SCHWABE___| (1828 - 1878) m 1850
|
| (1851 - 1909) m 1876 |_Anna Marie SPEER__________+
| _____ Roy SWABY_________| (1829 -
1910) m 1850
|
| (1879 - 1967) m 1904
|
_____William ANDREWS______
|
| |____ Flora ANDREWS_____| (1802/3 - 1862)
m
|
| (1853 -
1927) m 1876 |_____Eliza DAWLEY__________
|___
Flora SWABY________| (1815
- 1872) m
(1908 - 1997) m 1929 |
_____William BLAKE_________+
| _____ James BLAKE________| (1826 - 1864) m
1849
|
| (1853 - 1904) m 1881
|______Mercy JONES_________+
|____ Bessie BLAKE______| (1833
- 1912) m 1849
(1882 -
1968) m 1904 |
_____Amos DOW___________+
|____ Ada DOW____________| (1825 - 1879) m 1853
(1861 - 1907) m 1881 |_____Sophia
WATSON_______+
(1842 - 1871) m 1853
TIMELINE
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944 - spent one year in school in Des Plaines, Illinois
1945
1946
1947
1948 - started college at Michigan State University, living in campus housing
1949
1950
1951 - MARRIAGE; moved to East Lansing, Michigan
1952 - basic training in Texas and Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California
1953 - moved back to New York City
1954 - moved to Hingham, Massachusetts
1955 - moved to Oak Park, Michigan; Steven born
1956
1957 - moved to Adrian, Michigan
1958 - Gregg born
1959 - (after summer) moved to Davenport, Iowa
1960
1961 - (after summer) moved to Downey, California
1962 - (after summer) moved to East Moline, Illinois
1963 - (after AUG) moved to Fresno, California
1964
1965
1966 - (after AUG) moved to Citrus Heights, California
1967
1968
1969 - (after AUG) moved to Fair Oaks, California
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976 - moved to Monterey
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981 - moved back to Sacramento
1982
1983
1984
1985 - moved to South Sacramento
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 - moved to Granite Bay, California
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
INDEX
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Martin J Wager, Jr., grew up mostly on the family farm in Waterford, Michigan, but spent a year going to school in Des Plaines, Illinois. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration, Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation from Michigan State University in 1953. He served two years as a 1st Lieutenant in the Air Force, stationed in New York City and Boston, 1953 to 1955, and spent the four years following his military service working for Standard and Cities Service oil companies. In 1963, he earned a Master of Divinity at Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois, Rock Island Illinois campus. He served as an associate minister at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fresno, California, 1963-1966; minister at Advent Lutheran Church in Citrus Heights, California, 1966-1976; and minister at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Monterey, California, 1976-1981. After selling insurance for Lutheran Brotherhood for seven years, he returned to the ministry for Lutheran Church of the Cross in Sacramento.