Genealogy
Gagen family of Aughton
The Gagen family were from Foulsham, Norfolk.
Stephen Gagen (c1740) Foulsham m. Mary Bull in Long Sutton, Lincs 13 Oct 1769. Children:
- Mary m.William Girling 22 November 1792
- Ann
- William m/ Ann Wilkins. Children: son Stephen(c1808),James¹
- Stephen
- Jemima
James¹(c.1811) Gagen m. Maria Yarham born in Themelthorpe 14 Feb 1817, daughter Anna Maria b. abt. 1843 Foulsham who married James Robert Booty.
Living in Aughton in 1901:
William Gagen (1877-1906)
George (1899-1911)
Mary Gregory - on her right is her mother, Eliza Waller. At the back is Mary's son Horace Gagen & Horace's
son Milton Gagen
Walter Gagen (1865-1910) from Foulsham Norfolk married Mary Gregory (b.1869 Waleswood Derbyshire).
Children:
- Horace Gagen¹, b.1888 married Edith Johnson b.1891
- Edgar Gagen b.1889 married Amelia Bradley (1890-1956). 3 children
- Lily Gagen b.1891 married Reuben Mozley b.1888 Ulley. 3 children
- Albert Gagen b.1892 married Lily Dawson b.1890 Rotherham. 8 children
- Walter Gagen b.1894 married Mary Johnson b.1895
- Mary Gagen b.1896
- James Gagen b.1897 married Hilda Bacon b.1897 Alfreton Derbys
- George Gagen b.1900
- Gladys Gagen b.1903
Children of James & Hilda (Nee Bacon):
- Muriel Gagen b.1918 married William Henry Hitchen (1914-1990) of Whiston
- Phyllis Gagen b.1918
- Gladys Gagen (1921-1922)
- Freda Gagen b.1929. Worked at Treeton Grange in 1954
Horace Gagen¹ married Edith Johnson, daughter of William Johnson², both of Aughton. Children:
- Emmie married George Bloom of Treeton.
- Miriam b.1914 married Eric Carey.
- Mildred b.1917
Notes re Wm Johnson²:
William Johnson married Mary Gregory in 1912, 2 years after the death of her first husband,
Walter Gagen, who died in 1910.
William's other daughter Mary Johnson married Walter, son of Walter Gagen and Mary Gregory(Nee Gagen).
William Johnson's father was Henry Johnson the blacksmith of Aughton. He was also a local preacher on the Methodist circuit for Aston & Aughton.
From the 1881 Census.
Living at Main Street, Aughton:
- James Gagen, b.1830, aged 57, Coal Miner, born Folsom, Norfolk, Coal Pit Laborer
- Charlotte Gagen, Wife, b.1835, aged 54, born North Walsam ?, Norfolk
- Martha A. Gagen, b.1861 Daur U Female 20 Folsom, Norfolk, Gen Serv (Dom)
- Mary A. Gagen, b.1867 Daur Female 14 Folsom, Norfolk
- John Gagen³, b.1869 Son Male 12 Folsom, Norfolk m. Clara
- Stephen Gagen, b.1873 Son Male 8 Hardwick, Yorks
- Sarah A. Gagen, b.1875 Daur Female 6 Aughton
- William Gagen, b.1877 Son Male 4 Aughton Died 1906
- Hannah E. Gagen,b.1879 Daur Female 2 Aughton
- George Henry Gagen, b.1881 Son Male 1 m Aughton
From the 1891 Census.
Living at 149 Main Street, Aughton:
- James Gagen,Head,aged 57, Coal Miner, born Fouksham Norfolk
- Charlotte Gagen, Wife,aged 54, born North Elmham, Norfolk
- Stephen Gagen, Son,Single, aged 18,Coal Miner,Employed,born, Hardwick Yorkshire
- Sarah Ann Gagen,Daughter,Single, aged 16, born Aughton
- William Gagen, Son,Single, aged 14,Coal Miner,born Aughton
- Annie Elizth Gagen,Daughter,Single, aged 12,Scholar,born Aughton
- George Henry Gagen, Son,Single, aged 10,Scholar,born Aughton
Living at Back Yard, 180 Main Street:
- John Gagen³,Head,M,aged 21,a Coal Miner,born Norfolk
- Clara Gagen,Wife, aged 21, born Aughton
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