James was born June 2, 1921 in Carnegie, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, USA. He was the son of Harold Wagner and Kathryn Ramsey.[1]
He married Anna Lillian Iversen on August 10, 1944 in Pensacola, Escambia county, Florida.[2]
James was a US Naval pilot who was killed November 3, 1945 at the age of 24 when his aircraft crashed into East Mountain, an 1,800 foot tall hill in the village of Wingdale, Dover, Dutchess county, New York and he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Titusville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. He was survived by his wife and his 6 month old daughter Priscilla Ann Wagner.[3]
Death
Name James Frederick Wagner
Age 24
Residence Place Brooklyn, N. Y.
Burial Date 16747
Burial Place Titusville, Penn.
Death Place Wingdale, Dutchess, New York, United States [4]
Birth Date 2 Jun 1921
Birthplace Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Marital Status Married
Occupation U. S. Navy
Father's Name Harold A. Wagner
Research Notes
Some online trees have Ensign James Wagner dying on the same date in a plane crash in Bosnia but that is NOT true.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHH8-TVF : accessed 13 July 2022), James F Wagner in household of Harold C Wagner, Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 50, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2152; FHL microfilm 2,341,886.
↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23HM-QZL : 22 February 2021), James Frederick Wagner and Anna Lillian Iversen, 1944; citing Marriage, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 2,115,785.
↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8D6-7SH : 4 November 2020), James Frederick Wagner, ; citing Death, Wingdale, Dutchess, New York, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 004024444.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7C-TQH : 7 January 2021), James F Wagner in household of Harold A Wagner, Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-3, sheet 3B, line 56, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3616.
Child, Christopher Challender. "Notable Mayflower Descendants: Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley", The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 2014) Vol. 63, Page 211
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