Hagger
One-Name Study

Topics

• About the Hagger One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Frequency of the name
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Hagger One-Name Study

The Hagg*r One Name Study started in late 2003. The study is led by Guild Member Peter Hagger a descendent of Edward Hagger born Therfield, Hertfordshire about 1763. The picture above is Therfield Parish Church. The study was started as a result of the work done by another descendent of Edward – Martin Hagger. Martin's research into his Hagger family can be viewed as www.hagger.org. Martin has also led the research into Therfield and its people, this can viewed at www.therfield.net.

Variants

Hagger, Haggar, Hagar and Hager are the registered variations of the study.

Origin of the surname

There is no verified information on the origins of the Hagger name. However, Peter believes the most likely explanation is that the name is derived from Hacker, which was old German for woodcutter. An article on possible origins appear at www.hagger.info.

Frequency of the name

The earliest Hagger we have found recorded is the birth of William Hagger recorded in the IGI by a church member in Yorkshire in about 1538. The first entry in the IGI taken from a Parish Register is Thomas Haggers baptism in 1541 at Reed, Hertfordshire, very close to Therfiled.

The Hagger name appears 885 time in the 1881 census with Haggar appearing 454 times. Between 1837 and 1983 4841 Hagger and 1782 Haggar births were registered. It should be noted that Hagger and Haggar are completely interchangeable with the same person being shown as both in different records.

Distribution of the name

Hagger and Haggar have similar distribution patterns. At the time of the 1881 census the main settlements of Hagg*r's were in Middlesex(76 ar and 206 er), Essex (74 ar and 140 er) and Hertfordshire (64 ar and 119 er).

There were just 83 Hagar’s mainly in the West Riding of Yorkshire (28) with 15 in Kent. There were 93 Hager’ and these were mainly in Surrey (27).

Data

The latest details of available data can be found on our web site - www.hagger.info. A summary of data held is follows:

GRO Index Births: 1837 to 2006 8531 entries

GRO Index Marriages: 1837 to 2005 6100 entries

GRO Index Deaths: 1837 to 2006 5620 entries

National Burial Index: 1099 entries

VRI Baptisms 641 entries

VRI Marriages 273 entries

Electoral roll 2002/3/4 2169 entries

Cenus entries 1841 to 1901 5751 entries (this is not complete)

At October 2009 we had 35,842 records in our master database with a considerable amount of data captured but not yet cleansed and entered.

Please contact Peter Hagger who will be pleased to assist with look ups in the database.

DNA project

A DNA project commenced in September 2006, please contact Peter Hagger for details or see our one name study web site below. 13 people have been tested with 11 apparently related, although in some cases this cannot be proved with documentary evidence.

Links

Hagger One Name Study – this is the web site for the Hagger One Name Study and contains a considerable amount of information but not the actual data, there are also copies of the Hagger Newsletter available for viewing.

The following sites may also be of interest – Hagger Family History by Martin Hagger and The Village of Therfield.

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr Peter W Hagger
106 Hayling Avenue,
Little Paxton,
Huntingdon
PE19 6HQ
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 19 October 2009.

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Profiles of other one-name studies registered with the Guild may be found here.