Background Fagg was born as Pieter Fagg in Vlissingen in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on January 14, 1837, son of Captain Johannes Gerardus Fagg (Zierikzee, 1804) son of John Fagg and Jacoba Johanna van der Tollen ), who came of Scotch and English ancestors and Sara Jacoba Smith (Vlissingen, 1813) . The captain was a ship owner, sailor, and merchant who owned a large grocery business in Vlissengen. His mother, Sarah Jacoba Smith, was a Vlissingen native from a prominent local family of English and Dutch ancestry and of a prominent family of the place . Captain Fagg never learned the Dutch language, speaking only English. John Fagg died at the age of 34, and for two years his mother managed the business. She again married on March 5, 1841,Database genealogie Planje, Planjer, Planije, Zetteler en aanverwanten, Genealogical database, in Dutch. this time to Frederick T. Zetteler, a son of the royal tailor. A few years after Sarah's second marriage  and after the second bankruptcy of her husband the whole family came to the United States, taking passage at Antwerp on a sailing ship that landed them at New York City. They proceeded to Albany, New York and thence by canals and the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, landing July 3, 1848, and there they settled down on a farm. In 1853 Zetteler moved the family to Madison and opened a general store. The mother and children ran the store and the father worked for official offices of the State, including the Secretary of State of Wisconsin and the State Register of Deeds, and Peter worked in the office of former Governor Leonard J. Farwell. In 1858, a fire destroyed all of the family's property, and Zetteler returned to Milwaukee and went into the real estate business. Peter married Fyistke Fillma (called "Mary") on May 3, 1859.Marriage certificate, Peter Fagg and Fyistke Fillma ; Milwaukee County records They moved to Alto in Fond du Lac County in 1861, where he worked as a retail clerk in a general store. Fagg was elected a justice of the peace in Alto, and county supervisor for the same place, in 1862, and re-elected. In 1863 his stepfather was elected (as a Democrat) to the State Assembly back in Milwaukee.
Background Fagg was born Pieter Fagg in Vlissingen in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on January 14, 1837, son of Captain Johannes Gerardus Fagg (Zierikzee, 1804) and Sara Jacoba Smith (Vlissingen, 1813), and grandson of John Fagg and Jacoba Johanna van der Tollen , with John having Scotch and English ancestors . The captain was a ship owner, sailor, and merchant who owned a large grocery business in Vlissengen. His mother, Sarah Jacoba Smith, was a Vlissingen native from a prominent local family of English and Dutch ancestry . Captain Fagg never learned the Dutch language, speaking only English. Captain Johannes Fagg died at the age of 34, and for two years his wife managed the business. She married for a second time on March 5, 1841,Database genealogie Planje, Planjer, Planije, Zetteler en aanverwanten, Genealogical database, in Dutch. Frederick T. Zetteler, a son of the royal tailor. A few years after Sarah's second marriage , and after the second bankruptcy of her husband the whole family came to the United States, taking passage at Antwerp on a sailing ship that landed them at New York City. They proceeded to Albany, New York and thence by canals and the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, landing July 3, 1848, and there they settled down on a farm. In 1853 Zetteler moved the family to Madison and opened a general store. The mother and children ran the store and the father worked for official offices of the State, including the Secretary of State of Wisconsin and the State Register of Deeds, and Peter worked in the office of former Governor Leonard J. Farwell. In 1858, a fire destroyed all of the family's property, and Zetteler returned to Milwaukee and went into the real estate business. Peter married Tyistke Tillema (called "Mary") on May 3, 1859.Marriage certificate, Peter Fagg and Tyistke Tillema ; Milwaukee County records They moved to Alto in Fond du Lac County in 1861, where he worked as a retail clerk in a general store. Fagg was elected a justice of the peace in Alto, and county supervisor for the same place, in 1862, and re-elected. In 1863 his stepfather was elected (as a Democrat) to the State Assembly back in Milwaukee.
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