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Bernhard “Ben” Wagner

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Bernhard “Ben” Wagner

Birth
Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Death
2 Jul 1969 (aged 85)
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I Row 7 Stone 6
Memorial ID
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Born in Peru Township, Dubuque County, Iowa. Married Clara Frances Nauman at Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Sherrill, Dubuque County, Iowa on April 6, 1910.

Farmed in Sections 14, 15, and 17 in Peru Township from 1910 to 1950. Member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Parish, Sherrill, Iowa, and after retirement, of Sacred Heart Parish, Dubuque.

Died at Xavier Hospital, 801 Davis Street, Dubuque.

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Legal name was Bernhard Wagner (as shown in his last will). He had both an uncle and a grand-uncle named Bernhard Wagner, and he acquired the nicknames "Ben" and "Bennie" to distinguish him from his relatives, according to family lore.

His original birth record ("Return of Births in the County of Dubuque for the year ending October 1st, 1884," Entry #2607) indicates his date of birth as January 5, not January 4, 1884.
Born in Peru Township, Dubuque County, Iowa. Married Clara Frances Nauman at Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Sherrill, Dubuque County, Iowa on April 6, 1910.

Farmed in Sections 14, 15, and 17 in Peru Township from 1910 to 1950. Member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Parish, Sherrill, Iowa, and after retirement, of Sacred Heart Parish, Dubuque.

Died at Xavier Hospital, 801 Davis Street, Dubuque.

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Legal name was Bernhard Wagner (as shown in his last will). He had both an uncle and a grand-uncle named Bernhard Wagner, and he acquired the nicknames "Ben" and "Bennie" to distinguish him from his relatives, according to family lore.

His original birth record ("Return of Births in the County of Dubuque for the year ending October 1st, 1884," Entry #2607) indicates his date of birth as January 5, not January 4, 1884.


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