Francis Jager

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Jager (allegedly 1928)

Francis Jager (born April 2, 1869 in Vrhnika , Carniola , Austria-Hungary as Franc Jager ; † January 30, 1941 in Alexandria , Louisiana , United States ) was a Slovenian - American clergyman , apidologist , agronomist , university teacher , and beekeeper Gardener .

Life

Francis Jager was born on April 2, 1869 as the son of Andreja Jagra and Katarine Jager (nee Primožič) near Vrhnika in Carniola and baptized in the name of Franc . The oldest of eight children (seven boys, one girl), he spent the first years of his life in his home country, where he also attended elementary school. The family lived in their village above an inn at No. 4 Railway Station. After elementary school, Jager went to high school in Ljubljana , but left it during seventh grade in 1887 to emigrate to New York City . From here he came to St. Thomas Seminary , which later became the Roman Catholic private university University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul , Minnesota . His ordination also took place here on December 17, 1892. He then served for a few months at the Boys Reform School in Red Wing , Minnesota, and subsequently came to the Church of the Ascension in the city of Minneapolis , Minnesota.

He later served as a mission pastor in Marshall , Minnesota for five years . From there he planted numerous churches in Ghent , Minneota , Taunton , Canby , St. Leo , Russell , Cottonwood , and Clara City and also visited the towns of Tracy and Springfield as a pastor . He was also involved in the construction of the church buildings in Taunton, Canby, Clara City and St. Leo; During Jager's tenure, the latter also had its own parish office. From 1898 to 1908 Jager was a member of the Church of St. Elizabeth in Minneapolis and then worked until 1918 at the church of the small town of St. Bonifacius . Here he founded a parish school in addition to the congregation and the rectory, and also worked at the mission station in Mound , Minnesota.

Jager, who also worked as an agronomist and gardener, was particularly useful as an apidologist and beekeeper. From 1913 to 1928 he taught as a professor of beekeeping in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota and was director of the university's own research station for beekeeping - all this parallel to his work as a pastor in Mound. Jager was considered to be an excellent expert on bees and an excellent teacher, and as such inspired new scientific research. In collaboration with his assistants, he worked in various areas of beekeeping, such as the artificial implantation of queens, the identification of drones, the right nutrition and breeding of honeybees, the problems of swarming, wintering, the constant inspection of queens and honey in Minnesota. He also served as an advisor to the United States Department of Agriculture, based in Washington, DC , and was recognized throughout the United States as a recognized expert. Throughout his life he published numerous papers in various specialist journals.

In 1917 he came through the university to the American Information Committee of the Red Cross in the Balkans . On the basis of a report he made, he became an unconditional commander in charge of the relief operation and was given the rank of major in the US Army . Jager served as major of the Red Cross and was Serbian field curate in the end of the First World War . As such, he settled on the Saloniki Front and took care of the people of Monastir , Vodena and Florina . As a war chaplain for Catholics in the Serbian army, Jager also helped supply the Serbian cavalry and with rehabilitation work. He was also involved in the preparations for the Thessaloniki armistice . For his services he was awarded the St. Sava Order III. Class ( Commander ) excellent and also recognized in the United States.

On January 30, 1941, Jager died in Alexandria, Louisiana, aged 71, and was buried in Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Cemetery in Minnetrista , Minnesota. While still alive, Jager bequeathed a large part of his private library in 1930 , including numerous works from the 17th, 18th, 19th and above all 20th centuries - including an insectorum from 1590 - to the Entomology Library of the University of Minnesota.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bee library of Francis Jager, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. (English), accessed on January 29, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Jager, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jager, Franc (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian-American clergyman, apidologist, agronomist, university professor, beekeeper and gardener
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH near Vrhnika , Carniola , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1941
Place of death Alexandria , Louisiana , United States