Hager Brothers, ca1870
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Five of the nine sons of Lawrence Hager and Susannah Teetzel.
The family called the elder Lawrence, "Lant" and his son Lawrence was "Low" but the reasons behind these nicknames are now forgotten. The spelling "Laurence" was also sometimes used by the family.
Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery use the spelling "Hager". Discussion with family in 2016 shows that most family members use the spelling "Hager" with the exception of one descendent group who preferred the other. During our discussion, we also found records with the following spellings - likely as interpreted from the new immigrants by Customs officials - Hauger, Hegi, Hauge. - Notes
- Palermo, founded as Hagartown (also written as "Hagarstown", is a former village in Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Ontario. The village was established in 1805 by Lawrence Hagar, a settler to Upper Canada from Pennsylvania at the intersection of Bronte Road and Hwy. 5, (Dundas Street). The village was named Hagartown until 1836 when it was renamed to Palermo in honour of Horatio Nelson, Lord of Palermo for the opening of the post office.
By the 1870s the village had two stores, a hotel, wagon shop, blacksmith shop, harness shop, brick school house, churches, a telegraph office and drill shed. The main businesses were run and owned by the Hagar family in the 1800's. The village was amalgamated with Oakville in 1962 along with Trafalgar Township, and other nearby villages. - Date of Original
- ca1870
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Susannah Teetzel, 1789-1855. Laurence Hager, 1784-1870. Their children: Charles Hager, 1817-1890. Lawrence Hager, 1812-1894. David Hagar, 1809-1869. John Solomon Hagar, 1811-1853. Elizabeth Hager, 1814-1815. George Hager, 1827-1908. Mary Hagar, 1821-1903. Julia Ann Hager, 1823-1906. Jonathan Hager, 1825-1897. James Wesley Hager, 1825-1834.
- Local identifier
- TTOIBEK0004
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.50011 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Recommended Citation
- Hager Brothers, ca1870
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
