WILLIAM ABRAHAM STAGGE 1850-1926

[Ancestral Link: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of William Abraham Stagge]

1900 United States Federal Census record for William Stagge

Name: William Stagge / Home in 1900: Peterson, Morgan, Utah / Age: 49 / Birth Date: October 1850 / Birthplace: Germany / Race: White / Gender: Male / Immigration Year: 1878 / Relationship to Head-of-House: Partner (David Breen) / Father's Birthplace: Germany / Mother's Birthplace: Germany / Marriage Year: 1886 / Years Married: 14 / Occupation: Miner - Quartz / Read and Write English: Yes

1920 United Stated Federal Census Record for William Stagge

Name: William Stagge / Home in 1920: Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah (Twenty-fourth Street) / Age: 68 / Estimated Birth Year: about 1852 / Birthplace: Saxony (Germany) / Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) / Father's Birth Place: Saxony (Kingdom State) (Germany) / Mother's Birth Place: Saxony (Kingdom State) (Germany) / Marital Status: Widowed / Race: White / Sex: Male / Home Owned: Rent / Year of Immigration: 1876 / Year of Naturalization: 1881 / Able to read: Yes / Able to Write: Yes

Death Certificate

Gravestone

Buried in Kaysville City Cemetery

Burial: Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, Plot: 8-1-C-4
Find A Grave Memorial# 122258
found on findagrave.com

Ogden Standard-Examiner, Sunday, July 18, 1926, Ogden, Utah
"Services for William Stagge, aged 75, who died last Thursday at a local hospital, will be held on Monday at 2 o'clock in the Larkin and Sons' chapel, with Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville in charge. Friends may call at the chapel this afternoon and evening and also on Monday until services. Interment will be in Kaysville cemetery. Mr. Stagge was born in Germany on August 15, 1850, and had been a resident of Utah for 50 years, living in Willard, South Weber and Uintah. Surviving are these sons and daughter: William Stagge of Rigby, Idaho; Mrs. J. Willard Sandall of Kaysville; Lewis Stagge of Ogden; also 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren."

Ogden Standard-Examiner, Tuesday, July 20, 1926, Ogden, Utah
"Services for William Stagge were held on Monday afternoon in the chapel of Larkin and Sons. Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville presided. The musical numbers were 'Jesus, My Savior,' 'One Sweetly Solemn Thought' and 'My Faith In Thee,' sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fernelius. Speakers were Bishop C.A. Fernelius, E.A. Larkin and Bishop Hyde. Interment was made in the Kaysville cemetery."

ELIZABETH BIRT STAGGE

Gravestone


South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery

Burial: South Weber Cemetery, South Weber, Davis County, Utah
found on findagrave.com

According to information I received from family members over the years William Abraham Stagge was born August 15, 1850 in Germany. Supposedly, he illegally entered the United States through Canada when he was around 28 years old. He married Elizabeth Birt on December 24, 1887 (he was around 37 years old and she was 15 years old) in Willard, Box Elder, Utah. Elizabeth died 25 July 1900 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, when she was around 28 years old. They had 5 children when she died, the youngest David Vivian or Vernon Stagge, born 19 October 1896, aged 3; Louis Abraham Stagge, born 13 November 1894, age 5; Ernest James Stagge, born 17 September 1891, age 8; Millie Augusta Stagge, born 27 March 1890, age 10; and the oldest William John Frederick Stagge born 17 September 1888, aged 11. From what I have heard the children went to live with Elizabeth's mother, Catherine Norris Birt. William Abraham became a quartz miner and lived with his business partner in Peterson, Morgan, Utah (according to the 1900 Census).

Some members of the family felt that William Abraham changed his name when he came into the country illegally. Because the spelling STAGGE was pronounced Stagg-ee, some of the children changed the spelling of their name to STAGGIE and some did not. It is unclear if William Abraham changed his actual last name upon coming to the United States or just the pronunciation.

I found a book entitled "The Stagge Name in History" by ancestry.com, offered by amazon.com and published by: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, Utah 84604. Nothing specific about our ancestors, but still interesting., For more information or to order a book about the family name of your choice, please visit the following web site at: http://www.ournameinhistory.com/

Obituary
Services for William Stagge were held on Monday afternoon in the chapel of Larkin and Sons.
Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville presided. The musical. numbers were, "Jesus, My Savior." "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "My Faith In Thee," sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fernelius. Speakers were Bishop C. A. Fernelius. E. A. Larkin and Bishop Hyde. Interment was made in the Kaysville cemetery.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 20, 1926

Reports Loss of Money from Room
William Stagge, residing at the European Hotel, reported to the police this morning that his room had been entered last night and that $45 in currency had been stolen. He could give the police no light on the theft, excepting to the state that he had missed the money when he awoke. Detectives have been detailed to investigate the loss.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 7, 1922

Obituary
Services for William Stagge, aged 75, who died last Thursday at a local hospital; will be held
on Monday at 2 o'clock in the Larkin and Sons' chapel with Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville in charge. Friends may call at the chapel this afternoon and evening and also on Monday until services. Interment will be in Kaysville cemetery. Mr. Stagge was born in Germany on August 15, 1850, and had been a resident of Utah for 50 years, living in Wlllard, South Weber and Uintah.

Surviving are these sons and daughter: William, Stagge of Rigby, Idaho; Mrs. J. Willard Sandall of Kaysville: Lewis Stagge of Ogden: also 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 18, 1926

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William is my GGG Grandfather. The story that has been told in our family is that you was a stow away on the ship coming to America. Also after the death of Elisabeth William John Fredrick Staggie and Ernest stayed with William and Millie and Louis went to live with John Knowles family in east South Weber. Mrs. Knowles brought Elisabeth to America with her. William then married Sally Davis around 1899 and in 1900 brought Millie and Louis back home. This information comes from a Journal my GG Grandfather William John Fredrick Staggie wrote. on WILLIAM ABRAHAM STAGGE 1850-1926

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"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," William Stagge, 1897

Groom's Name:	William Stagge
Groom's Birth Date:	1851
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:	46
Bride's Name:	Sarah Davis
Bride's Birth Date:	1851
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Bride's Age:	46
Marriage Date:	26 Sep 1897
Marriage Place:	South Weber, Weber, Utah
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Groom's Marital Status:	Unknown
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:	M74693-5
System Origin:	Utah-EASy
Source Film Number:	1324657
Reference Number:	144

Source Citation

"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PL-W5Q : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," William Stagge, 1897

Name:	William Stagge
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Event:	Marriage
Event Date:	25 Sep 1897
Event Place:	Weber, Utah, United States
Age:	46
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Estimated Birth Year:	1851
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Spouse:	Sarah Davis
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Film Number:	1670859
Digital Folder Number:	004579398
Image Number:	01247

Source Citation

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRL8-N56 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," William Stagge, 1897

Name:	William Stagge
Titles and Terms:	Mr
Event:	Marriage
Event Date:	30 Sep 1897
Event Place:	Weber, Utah, United States
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Film Number:	1324657
Digital Folder Number:	004581866
Image Number:	00606

Source Citation

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRLJ-393 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," William Stagge, 1897

Name:	William Stagge
Titles and Terms:	Mr
Event:	Marriage
Event Date:	25 Sep 1897
Event Place:	Weber, Utah, United States
Age:	46
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Estimated Birth Year:	1851
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Spouse:	Sarah Davis
Spouse's Titles and Terms:	Mrs
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Film Number:	1324657
Digital Folder Number:	004581866
Image Number:	00607

Source Citation

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRLJ-397 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," Wm Stagge, 1897

Name:	Wm Stagge
Titles and Terms:	Mr
Event:	Marriage
Event Date:	25 Sep 1897
Event Place:	Weber, Utah, United States
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Film Number:	1670859
Digital Folder Number:	004579398
Image Number:	01246

Source Citation

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRL8-N58 : accessed 22 June 2012), Wm Stagge, 1897.

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," William Stagge, 1887

Name:	William Stagge
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Event:	Marriage
Event Date:	24 Dec 1887
Event Place:	Box Elder, Utah, United States
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Film Number:	480315
Digital Folder Number:	004540844
Image Number:	00536

Source Citation

"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLMP-J27 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1887.


Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
about Wilh. Stagge

Name: Wilh. Stagge Departure Date: 1 Mai 1878 (1 May 1878) Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Age Year: 28 Gender: männlich (Male) Family: Household members Residence: Darlingerode, Hannover Occupation: Arbeiter Ship Name: Frisia Captain: Meyer Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft Ship Type: Dampfschiff Accommodation: Zwischendeck Ship Flag: Deutschland Port of Departure: Hamburg Port of Arrival: New York Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 035 B Page: 173 Microfilm Roll Number: K_1722

Source Citation: Staatsarchive Hamburg; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 035 B; Seite: 173; Mikrofilm Number: K_1722.

Source Information:

Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,

Found on Ancestry.com

Life History of William John Fredrick Staggie 1888-1963 by William John Fredrick Staggie

I William John Fredrick Staggie was born September 17, 1888 at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah. My Father, William Abraham Staggie was born in Germany. My mother Elizabeth Birt was born in Glauss, Glauss, England. I was blessed by Abraham Zundell. The family moved to South Weber in 1889 where my father went to work on the Union Pacific Railroad section, Uintah, Weber County. On the 27th of March 1800 my sister Millie August was born in S. W. Davis County. She was blessed by William Firth. On the 17 of September 1891 in S. W. Davis County my brother Ernest James was born and was blessed by James Harberson, in Davis County, Utah. In the spring of 1892 my family moved across the railroad in Weber Canyon. On November 13, 1894 my brother Louis Abraham was born in Uintah, Weber County and was blessed by George Kendall. My family moved down to Marston settlement in South Weber in the spring of 1895. Father worked on a farm for David James.

I started to school in the fall of 1896. My mother took me out to the gate, we met a girl by the name of Bell Cook, she took me to school with her. Her brother Jim was the teacher. My brother David Vernon was born Oct. 19, 1896, and died March 4, 1897 at Marston settlement.

My mother died 25 July 1897 at the young age of 25. After mother died, me and Ernest stayed with dad, and Millie and Louis went to live with the John Knowles family, up in east South Weber. Mrs. Knowles brought my mother with her from England. My mother’s folks came over later. The next summer I took the mumps I thought I would choke at times. Dad was working with James. I was alone with my brother Ernest 3 years to the day younger than I was. When he was out playing I was alone. When I felt bad I would send him to get Mrs. Kendell. She would come down and rub my throat, she was the Bishop’s wife.

Dad got to drinking pretty heavy after mother died. That winter I went to school in Marston settlement in 1899. In 1899 dad was working for James, he got a team and wagon and we went to Ogden. We went to the Brooks place on 21st Street. Hugh Alford made him acquainted with Sally Davis and said she was a good housekeeper. Mrs. Brookes was a sister to Mrs. Alford. They all got pretty drunk. We started home and going down 21st street Dad fell off the seat, down between the horses. It is a wonder he was not killed. He had a bad cut on his head, they took him to the hospital. Me and Ernest stayed at the Brooks place that night. The next morning he took Sally Davis to keep house for us. But the Bishop saw what she was and made Dad marry her.

We were living in the old house under the hill. I went to school that winter our teacher was Jim Cook. In the spring of 1900 we moved to the East end of South Weber. We lived underneath the hill. The place belonged to Mrs. Burnside’s daughter, a sister to Bill Bryan. On the hill there was a big piece of ground, there had been a stable and corral built out of sagebrush, I had to pull it to pieces and pack it down and burn it for fire wood. Dad took Millie and Louis home to live with us.

He went to the mine to work in Cottonwood Canyon. Sally took off and went to Ogden on a drunk and left us kids there alone. They sent him word, he came down and went and got her.

We had to haul our drinking water from Weber River. We had to go down through Bill Bryan’s field. John Knowles was running it at the time. We had to haul it in a little wagon in a 10 gal milk can, we had to take the cow and horse with us. The Knowles family lived at the bottom of the field it was over a mile. The Milk can was standing back of the door in the corner, it had a sharp lid on the bottom. Dad and Sally went to town and went up to the Brookes place and Hugh Alford brought them home drunk.

Sally had no use for me. She was mad. I was standing by the milk can she grabbed the lid off the milk can and she said she would split my head open with it. Alford took it away from her. His wife took us kids and put us to bed in the next room.

Me and Millie went to school in 1900 in East South Weber. In the summer of 1900 dad went up to the mine to work. In the summer Sally beat it again and went to Ogden. Turnell went after dad. He came down and went to Ogden and got her and they came home drunk.

We had a mare. We had her staked out in the field. She got loose in the late afternoon and went upon the hill to Arther Firth’s. He came down and told dad, she had been there all day. Dad tried to catch me to beat me, he could not, he told me to go up and get her. I did and when I came back with her, they had gone to bed. Him and Sally had been to town and got drunk. The next morning, he told me to get my clothes and beat it, I did.

I went down to live with the Knowles family. He had asked me to come and live with them before. On Sept. 17, 1900 I would have been 12 years old. We went to school in South Weber in 1901. In the spring of 1902 Dad went to the mines to work, and left the rest of the family there by the hill with Sally. In July, Sally took off and went to Ogden, and left the kids up there alone without any bread baked or anything cooked for them to eat. The neighbors sent up after dad, he came down and broke up his home and sold everything he had. Millie and Louis went to live with the Knowles family, and Ernest went to live with Mrs. Ray, Sam Ray’s mother and he went back to the mine. In 1903 we went to school in South Weber.

In the spring of 1903. The Knowles family and us kids moved to west Kaysville and Ernest with us.  They moved on to the Joe Flint place.

In the fall of 1903 Levi Webster and Thomas Harris come over from Kaysville and helped up get up the spuds on the Byran place. That was when I first met Mr. Webster and Thomas Harris. We planted tomatoes and potatoes and grain and raised hay. We kids went to school and among the kids there was a boy named Thomas Harris. We became fast friends and a girl name of Laura M. Webster. She later became my wife. Our teacher was Charley Sill.

We farmed the Joe Flint farm the year of 1904. I worked for George Webster and his son Jack Webster and Jack Flint and went to school in the winter of 1904 and 1905 and never went back. I worked for George Webster and his son Jack Webster and I went to Salt Lake with Frank Flint the son of Jack Flint. That was my first trip to Salt Lake....

In the spring of 1910 I worked for Van Patten, a contractor. He had a patent he wanted to try out. He had been working on it for some time. Dad was working for the company Van Patten had sold the mine to. Dad had a contract at so much for a foot. Van talked Dad into letting his son in on the contract. And they would start up the compressor and use the electric drills in the mine. They did. I went up and dragged logs down with horses each day to keep the boiler going. Van talked to Dad for me and him to go together and buy a lot and let him build us a house on it. We did. We got the basement built, and we moved in to save paying rent. I was working for Van paying him so much a week. We had put a temporary roof of tar paper over the floor of the basement.

In the spring of 1910 I was working in Ogden Canyon cutting wood for a man by the mane of Sketter. My wife’s sister Amanda and her two children had move in with us. Her husband had pulled out and left her. She never heard from him. She was at work cleaning house for a woman. My wife Laura was taking care of the kids. She had a baby about the same age as ours. The house took fire. Laura, my wife, grabbed a baby under each arm and ran up the stairs with them and jumped of the basement with them. I was working up in the canyon at the time. When I came home on the street car a neighbor lady said she was sorry that my house had burnt down. That was the first that I had heard. They did not know where to find me. It had burnt the roof and all the woodwork. The fire department had got there in time to save the furniture. After the fire dad gave it up and would not do any more with it. I did not have a job at the time so I had to let it go. We moved to 23rd street on Monroe. I got a job down at the railroad department store building for $2.00 a day....

In 1917 the world war started. My brother Louis volunteered and they took him. When Ernest heard that Louis had volunteered he went and volunteered and they turned him down, and two months later they drafted him. Louis was in the Marines and Ernest in the 32 regiment. I had four children and was exempted. ...

In the spring of 1927 I put a patch of wheat in for a man on Antelope he furnished the seed and I done the work. It did not come up very good and what did the dear took. We moved down to the Rap place in the last of June. I worked for Charley Bormforts that summer and fall. In October 1926 Dad died we went down to his funeral in Ogden. When we come back I helped a man get out some wood. In the spring of 1927 we moved out to Osgood. I farmed there in the summer and in the fall I and others hauled wood off the lavas. On January 28, 1928 Leona married Rulon Radford. In the spring our first grandchild was born David Vernon Radford. In the summer for 1928 me and my wife and Rulon and Roy went to Spokane Washington to look at some cut over land. We found nothing there we wanted.

Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed to by Lorin Clements 20 March 2018)

Frisia,Hamburg America Line steamship When launched the Frisia was rated by the Hamburg America Line as the "best and fastest" of the fleet. She was about 3,500 tons burden; with a length of 364 feet, and 43 feet breadth of beam (also given as 350ft x 40ft in some sources). She was a four-decked ship, with hull and three lower decks of iron and the upper deck laid in teak. Her engines were 750 horse-power and had 106-inch cylinders with 6½ feet stroke. She was considered to be very strongly built, and had seven water-tight compartments, with all of which the pumps were connected. As a precaution against accident or damage by fire, all the apartments of the ship were traversed by steam-pipes, from any of which a strong head of steam could be obtained. She also had 10 large metallic life-boats ready for use in case of a disaster. The original accommodations for passengers were as follows: First-class, 102; second-class, 126; steerage, 620. The steerage, winch was seven feet in height, had all the recognized improvements, including, in common with the other passenger decks, ventilating fans, propelled by a separate engine, by which a continuous current of pure air was insured from the lowest to the uppermost deck. The state-rooms were 8 by 10 feet in floor space, and were well furnished and neatly and durably ornamented. The cabins, saloons, conversation-rooms and smoking-rooms were of mahogany, with bird's-eye maple panels, the other ornamentation was gilded figure-work, and, in all convenient and desirable positions. The sitting-room on the upper deck, was designed for ladies' use in unpleasant weather was deemed a most desirable addition to the ship's conveniences. The stairways connecting the several decks had two upper openings, one on either side or the mast, thereby preventing unpleasant meetings of the upward and downward bound. Her first passage from Hamburg to New York was made in eleven days, though the weather was almost continuously rough. Her officers and Crew on the maiden voyage consisted of Capt. E. Meier, an experienced seaman, four additional officers, four engineers and 126 men as a Crew.

FRISI

Picture of the S/S Frisia (Hamburg America Line)

Ship that William Stagge may have come to America on.
Found on http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=frisi