She was born in January 1884 as Margaret or Maggie Jager (Dutch for: Hunter) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, daughter of Harmannus Petrus (Henry) Jager and Trientje (Kate) de Valk, who married on 29 July 1869 in the northern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen and who emigrated in 1881 from there with their four children to the USA. Her father Harmannus was in the Netherlands a servant, day laborer, shop keeper and merchant.
In June 1900 Maggie Jaeger (16 y, born in January 1884 in Illinois, servant), her father Henry Jaeger (59, May 1841, Holland, immigrated in 1881, 30 y married, farmer), her mother Kate (57, October 1843, Holland, immigrated in 1881, mother of 6 living children), her siblings Albert ([born as Lambertus], 29, November 1871, Holland, farm laborer), Annie (22, January 1878, Holland, servant) and Peter ([born as Petrus] 20, June 1880, Holland, farm laborer) were living at a rented farm in the village of Dolton, Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On 7 February 1908 Maggie H. Yager married in Mount Greenwood, nowadays a southwestern district of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the also 24 years aged Render Aggen, who had Dutch parents too.
In 1910 Maggie (26), her husband Render Aggen (26) and their son Jacob (1, Illinois) were living in the village and/or township of Worth, just southwest of Chicago, Cook County,
On 24 June 1913 they had in Worth [Township?], Cook County, Illinois, daughter Theresa Nettie Aggen.
Maggie Aggen died on 26 May 1915 at the age of 31 years from a burst appendix in the city of Blue Island, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Source: scan of her death certificate.
The birth date on her headstone is very wrong and the death year was 1915 instead of 1914. The company that made Margaret's gravestone put probably also very incorrect information on her mother-in-law Antonetta Aggen's headstone concerning her birth date.
In June 1900 Maggie Jaeger (16 y, born in January 1884 in Illinois, servant), her father Henry Jaeger (59, May 1841, Holland, immigrated in 1881, 30 y married, farmer), her mother Kate (57, October 1843, Holland, immigrated in 1881, mother of 6 living children), her siblings Albert ([born as Lambertus], 29, November 1871, Holland, farm laborer), Annie (22, January 1878, Holland, servant) and Peter ([born as Petrus] 20, June 1880, Holland, farm laborer) were living at a rented farm in the village of Dolton, Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On 7 February 1908 Maggie H. Yager married in Mount Greenwood, nowadays a southwestern district of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the also 24 years aged Render Aggen, who had Dutch parents too.
In 1910 Maggie (26), her husband Render Aggen (26) and their son Jacob (1, Illinois) were living in the village and/or township of Worth, just southwest of Chicago, Cook County,
On 24 June 1913 they had in Worth [Township?], Cook County, Illinois, daughter Theresa Nettie Aggen.
Maggie Aggen died on 26 May 1915 at the age of 31 years from a burst appendix in the city of Blue Island, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Source: scan of her death certificate.
The birth date on her headstone is very wrong and the death year was 1915 instead of 1914. The company that made Margaret's gravestone put probably also very incorrect information on her mother-in-law Antonetta Aggen's headstone concerning her birth date.
She was born in January 1884 as Margaret or Maggie Jager (Dutch for: Hunter) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, daughter of Harmannus Petrus (Henry) Jager and Trientje (Kate) de Valk, who married on 29 July 1869 in the northern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen and who emigrated in 1881 from there with their four children to the USA. Her father Harmannus was in the Netherlands a servant, day laborer, shop keeper and merchant.
In June 1900 Maggie Jaeger (16 y, born in January 1884 in Illinois, servant), her father Henry Jaeger (59, May 1841, Holland, immigrated in 1881, 30 y married, farmer), her mother Kate (57, October 1843, Holland, immigrated in 1881, mother of 6 living children), her siblings Albert ([born as Lambertus], 29, November 1871, Holland, farm laborer), Annie (22, January 1878, Holland, servant) and Peter ([born as Petrus] 20, June 1880, Holland, farm laborer) were living at a rented farm in the village of Dolton, Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On 7 February 1908 Maggie H. Yager married in Mount Greenwood, nowadays a southwestern district of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the also 24 years aged Render Aggen, who had Dutch parents too.
In 1910 Maggie (26), her husband Render Aggen (26) and their son Jacob (1, Illinois) were living in the village and/or township of Worth, just southwest of Chicago, Cook County,
On 24 June 1913 they had in Worth [Township?], Cook County, Illinois, daughter Theresa Nettie Aggen.
Maggie Aggen died on 26 May 1915 at the age of 31 years from a burst appendix in the city of Blue Island, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Source: scan of her death certificate.
The birth date on her headstone is very wrong and the death year was 1915 instead of 1914. The company that made Margaret's gravestone put probably also very incorrect information on her mother-in-law Antonetta Aggen's headstone concerning her birth date.
In June 1900 Maggie Jaeger (16 y, born in January 1884 in Illinois, servant), her father Henry Jaeger (59, May 1841, Holland, immigrated in 1881, 30 y married, farmer), her mother Kate (57, October 1843, Holland, immigrated in 1881, mother of 6 living children), her siblings Albert ([born as Lambertus], 29, November 1871, Holland, farm laborer), Annie (22, January 1878, Holland, servant) and Peter ([born as Petrus] 20, June 1880, Holland, farm laborer) were living at a rented farm in the village of Dolton, Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On 7 February 1908 Maggie H. Yager married in Mount Greenwood, nowadays a southwestern district of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the also 24 years aged Render Aggen, who had Dutch parents too.
In 1910 Maggie (26), her husband Render Aggen (26) and their son Jacob (1, Illinois) were living in the village and/or township of Worth, just southwest of Chicago, Cook County,
On 24 June 1913 they had in Worth [Township?], Cook County, Illinois, daughter Theresa Nettie Aggen.
Maggie Aggen died on 26 May 1915 at the age of 31 years from a burst appendix in the city of Blue Island, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Source: scan of her death certificate.
The birth date on her headstone is very wrong and the death year was 1915 instead of 1914. The company that made Margaret's gravestone put probably also very incorrect information on her mother-in-law Antonetta Aggen's headstone concerning her birth date.
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