Individual Details
John Yager
(2 Aug 1859 - 6 Aug 1909)
Ethel notes: Cabinetmaker and carpenter - hurt from fall from church steeple was working on which affected his mind. He lived w/Adam and then at Fergus Falls Hospital where he died. May have married Marie Wendt who died at childbirth; child - Louise who may have been raised by Lizzie. Was a widower in 1900 census.
John Yager was a cabinet maker and carpenter. One time while he was working in the belfry in a church steeple he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Many bones were broken and his mind was affected. His brother, Adam, kept him on his farm for a number of years. Later he went to the Fergus Falls hospital where he died in 1918. (Or perhaps in 1909 - Calvary Recs and MN Death records)
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It appears that John married twice. His first wife was Maria or Mary Wuloyz. She was the mother of two children, John A and Mary. She died in 1886. John married second, Mary Wendt, daughter of Frederick Wendt and Mary Herzberger. She died of complications of childbirth with daughter, Louisa who lived and was raised by her aunt Elizabeth.
John is in 1885 Census in St Cloud Twp of Stearns Co, age 25 and wife, Mary, age 23 and Children John, 3, and Mary, 1
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In 1895 MN State Census, St Cloud City
John Yager, 36 born in Minn with children Louise, age 3, and Johnnie, age 12, both born in Minn. Also Lizzie, age 40, lives with them as housekeeper. (Lizzie is John's sister so his wife must have died by 1895. Lizzie helped to raise the children.)
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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He is often confused with John Paul Yaeger who was the son of Carl Yaeger and married Mary Susan Streitz. This John Paul was b. 17 Aug 1859 in Rockville Twp, Stearns or 27 Dec 1868. He died 19 May 1951 in St Cloud. HE marrried Mary Susan Streitz (1879-1954) on 15 Apr 1902. They had 11 children: Hildegard Marie 1904-2000, Louis Joseph 1905-1959, Agnes Margaret 1906-1990, William Francis 1908-1993, Carl Louis 1909-1-1975,
Clara Julia 1911-1999, Raymond John 1913- 1990, Norbert Joseph 1915-1915, Nicholas 1918-1973, Marie Susan 1920-2011, John Joseph 1923-2008.
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Daughter Louisa says in her Social Security application says her parents were John Jaeger and Mary Wendt. Her obit says she was born to John and Mary (Wendt) Yaeger.
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John Yager was born 2 Aug 1859 in Stearns County, Minnesota, to Adam Yager, Sr and Eva Katherine Vogt. He married first, Mary or Maria Wuloyz. She was the mother of two children. This family is listed in the 1885 Minnesota State Census, Stearns County, St Cloud Township: John, age 25, wife Mary, age 23, children John, 3, and Mary, 1. Mary died 13 June 1886. There is a record in the St Mary's Church records (St Cloud, MN) p. 252: Maria Jaeger died 13 June 1886, spouse of Joannis Jaeger, age 26.
John married second, Mary Wendt on 4 Nov 1890. Minnesota Certificate 29295027: Mary Went married John Yaeger on 4 Nov 1890 in Stearns County, Minnesota. There is also a record in the St Mary's Church records: Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 4 Nov 1890.
Mary died in childbirth with daughter Louise on 2 Oct 1891. Her gravestone says "Maria Aug 18, 1873 - Oct 2, 1891". Baby Louise was born 27 Sept 1891.
Grandma Ethel Condon said that : "Uncle John (my dad's brother) married Marie Wendt who was my mother's sister, Mary's daughter. She died in childbirth with Louise and Aunt Lizzie (dad's sister) raised the baby."
In the 1895 Minnesota State Census, St Cloud City, Stearns County, John Jaeger, age 36 is listed as a widower with children Louise, age 3 and Johnnie, age 12. John's sister, Lizzie Jaeger lives with them as a housekeeper. She later raised the children in St Cloud. In Louise's obituary and in her social security application her parents are listed as John Jaeger (Yaeger) and Mary Wendt.
Grandma Ethel also said that Uncle John was a cabinetmaker and carpenter. One time while working on the belfry in a church steeple he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Many bones were broken and his mind was affected. His brother, Adam, kept him on our farm for a number of years. Later he went to the Fergus Falls hospital where he died in 1909.
John, age 46, is listed in the 1905 Minnesota State Census as a patient in the insane hospital in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
Minnesota Death Index: John Yaeger died 6 Aug 1909 in Otter Tail County. Cert# 008653, Cert Year 1909, Rec# 35401.
This John Yager is often confused with John Paul Yaeger, who was the son of Carl Yaeger, and married Mary Susan Streitz on 15 Apr 1902. They had 11 children.
John Yager was a cabinet maker and carpenter. One time while he was working in the belfry in a church steeple he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Many bones were broken and his mind was affected. His brother, Adam, kept him on his farm for a number of years. Later he went to the Fergus Falls hospital where he died in 1918. (Or perhaps in 1909 - Calvary Recs and MN Death records)
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It appears that John married twice. His first wife was Maria or Mary Wuloyz. She was the mother of two children, John A and Mary. She died in 1886. John married second, Mary Wendt, daughter of Frederick Wendt and Mary Herzberger. She died of complications of childbirth with daughter, Louisa who lived and was raised by her aunt Elizabeth.
John is in 1885 Census in St Cloud Twp of Stearns Co, age 25 and wife, Mary, age 23 and Children John, 3, and Mary, 1
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In 1895 MN State Census, St Cloud City
John Yager, 36 born in Minn with children Louise, age 3, and Johnnie, age 12, both born in Minn. Also Lizzie, age 40, lives with them as housekeeper. (Lizzie is John's sister so his wife must have died by 1895. Lizzie helped to raise the children.)
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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He is often confused with John Paul Yaeger who was the son of Carl Yaeger and married Mary Susan Streitz. This John Paul was b. 17 Aug 1859 in Rockville Twp, Stearns or 27 Dec 1868. He died 19 May 1951 in St Cloud. HE marrried Mary Susan Streitz (1879-1954) on 15 Apr 1902. They had 11 children: Hildegard Marie 1904-2000, Louis Joseph 1905-1959, Agnes Margaret 1906-1990, William Francis 1908-1993, Carl Louis 1909-1-1975,
Clara Julia 1911-1999, Raymond John 1913- 1990, Norbert Joseph 1915-1915, Nicholas 1918-1973, Marie Susan 1920-2011, John Joseph 1923-2008.
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Daughter Louisa says in her Social Security application says her parents were John Jaeger and Mary Wendt. Her obit says she was born to John and Mary (Wendt) Yaeger.
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John Yager was born 2 Aug 1859 in Stearns County, Minnesota, to Adam Yager, Sr and Eva Katherine Vogt. He married first, Mary or Maria Wuloyz. She was the mother of two children. This family is listed in the 1885 Minnesota State Census, Stearns County, St Cloud Township: John, age 25, wife Mary, age 23, children John, 3, and Mary, 1. Mary died 13 June 1886. There is a record in the St Mary's Church records (St Cloud, MN) p. 252: Maria Jaeger died 13 June 1886, spouse of Joannis Jaeger, age 26.
John married second, Mary Wendt on 4 Nov 1890. Minnesota Certificate 29295027: Mary Went married John Yaeger on 4 Nov 1890 in Stearns County, Minnesota. There is also a record in the St Mary's Church records: Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 4 Nov 1890.
Mary died in childbirth with daughter Louise on 2 Oct 1891. Her gravestone says "Maria Aug 18, 1873 - Oct 2, 1891". Baby Louise was born 27 Sept 1891.
Grandma Ethel Condon said that : "Uncle John (my dad's brother) married Marie Wendt who was my mother's sister, Mary's daughter. She died in childbirth with Louise and Aunt Lizzie (dad's sister) raised the baby."
In the 1895 Minnesota State Census, St Cloud City, Stearns County, John Jaeger, age 36 is listed as a widower with children Louise, age 3 and Johnnie, age 12. John's sister, Lizzie Jaeger lives with them as a housekeeper. She later raised the children in St Cloud. In Louise's obituary and in her social security application her parents are listed as John Jaeger (Yaeger) and Mary Wendt.
Grandma Ethel also said that Uncle John was a cabinetmaker and carpenter. One time while working on the belfry in a church steeple he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Many bones were broken and his mind was affected. His brother, Adam, kept him on our farm for a number of years. Later he went to the Fergus Falls hospital where he died in 1909.
John, age 46, is listed in the 1905 Minnesota State Census as a patient in the insane hospital in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
Minnesota Death Index: John Yaeger died 6 Aug 1909 in Otter Tail County. Cert# 008653, Cert Year 1909, Rec# 35401.
This John Yager is often confused with John Paul Yaeger, who was the son of Carl Yaeger, and married Mary Susan Streitz on 15 Apr 1902. They had 11 children.
Events
| Birth | 2 Aug 1859 | Stearns, Minnesota, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1880 | Stearns Co, Minnesota, United States - Maria or Mary Wulotz | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1890 | Stearns Co, Minnesota, United States - Mary C Wendt | | ||
| Death | 6 Aug 1909 | Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1885 MN State Census | St Cloud Twp, Stearns, Minnesota, United States - Maria or Mary Wulotz | | ||
| Burial | Calvary Cemetery, St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States | | |||
| Census | 1895 MN State Census | St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Census | 1900 US Census | Ward 2, St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Census | 1905 MN State Census | Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Maria or Mary Wulotz (1860 - 1886) |
| Child | John A Yager (1882 - ) |
| Child | Mary Yager (1884 - 1886) |
| Spouse | Mary C Wendt (1873 - 1891) |
| Child | Louisa Stella Catherine Yager (1891 - 1982) |
| Father | Adam J Yager (1807 - 1895) |
| Mother | Eva Katherine Vogt (1826 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Yager (1855 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Adam Yager Jr (1857 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Helen "Lena" Yager (1862 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Katharina "Kate" Yager (1864 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Anna Yager (1865 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Joseph Yager (1867 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Eva Yager (1869 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Maria Magdalena Yager (1861 - ) |
Notes
Birth
St Mary's Catholic Church Parish Record for Adam Jaeger family p 95:Child number 3, John Born 2 Aug 1859
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Marriage
I think he married twice1885 Census his wife was Mary
in 1890 he married Mary Went on 4 Nov 1890. (Minn cert 29295027). (There is a record in St Mary's church records for Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 1890/11/04 ( 4 Nov 1890)) She died in childbirth with daughter Louise on 2 Oct 1891(the gravestone for Mary says "Maria Aug 18, 1873 - Oct 2, 1891"). Louise was born on 27 Sept 1891.
The first wife also named Mary (1885 MN State Census) died 13 June 1886 (There is a record: St Mary's Church Bapt, Marr, Death p 252: Maria Jaeger died 1886/06/13 spouse Joannis Jaeger age 26 years). This is the wife in the 1885 census. They were married before 1882 and had two children John (born 1882) and Mary (born 1884).
There is a Maria Yaeger and child buried in Calvary Cemetery (Sect 5, Row A, Grave 39 - Old Cemetery) who is next to Anna Yaeger and child (Sect5, Row 5, Grave 37 - Old Cemetery). I am pretty confident that Anna Yaeger was Adam''s 1st wife and is buried with son John aged about 7 months and Maria is John's 1st wife and is buried with daughter Mary.
There is a record that John Yaeger married Mary Wulotz on 4 Nov 1880 in Stearns County. Cert # 28006693. She is in the 1870 Cenus in St Joseph with her parents They were all born in Austria. In the 1900 census with John Yager and his two children son John A is listed as his mother being born in Austria.
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John Yaeger married 4 Nov 1880 in Stearns Co, Mary Wulotz. Cert #28006693
Marriage
There is a record in St Mary's church records for Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 1890/11/04 ( 4 Nov 1890)====================
Grma Ethel said that "Uncle John (my dad's brother) married Marie Wendt who was mother's sister, Mary's, daughter. She died in childbirth with Louise and Aunt Lizzy raised the baby."
John Yager's children were born in: John 1882, Mary born in 1884 and Louise born 27 Sept 1891. At the Stanger Cemetery, near Rockville road, 6 miles west of St Cloud, the gravestone for Mary says "Maria Aug 18, 1873 - Oct 2, 1891". Her death date would line up with Ethel's story since Louise was born 27 Sept 1891.
But there is a record in the Catholic Church that says: St Mary's church records for Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 1890/11/04 ( 4 Nov 1890). If this was her then he must have been married before. She would have been too young to have been the mother of John and Mary, John's other children. More research.
There is a record: St Mary's Church Bapt, Marr, Death p 252: Maria Jaeger died 1886/06/13 spouse Joannis Jaeger age 26 years
When Louise applied for social security she listed her parents as John Jaeger and Mary Wendt.
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Mary Went
in the Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019
Name: Mary Went
Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1890
Marriage Place: Stearns, Minnesota, USA
Spouse: John Yager
Certificate Number: 29295027
URL: https://moms.mn.gov/
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SaveSource Citation
Minnesota Association of County Officers; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota Official Marriage System
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.
Original data: Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS). Minnesota, USA: Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO). https://moms.mn.gov/.
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I think he married twice
1885 Census his wife was Mary
in 1890 he married Mary Went on 4 Nov 1890. (Minn cert 29295027). (There is a record in St Mary's church records for Joannem Jaeger married to Mariam Went on 1890/11/04 ( 4 Nov 1890)) She died in childbirth with daughter Louise on 2 Oct 1891(the gravestone for Mary says "Maria Aug 18, 1873 - Oct 2, 1891"). Louise was born on 27 Sept 1891.
The first wife also named Mary (1885 MN State Census) died 13 June 1886 (There is a record: St Mary's Church Bapt, Marr, Death p 252: Maria Jaeger died 1886/06/13 spouse Joannis Jaeger age 26 years). This is the wife in the 1885 census. They were married before 1882 and had two children John (born 1882) and Mary (born 1884).
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in digital files
"Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MP-GJZX : 9 March 2021), John Yager or Jaeger and Mary Went, 1890.
Death
Calvary Cemetery Deceased record Yager, John Block 6, Lot 58, grave 3, Death Date Aug 7, 1909======================
Possible record in St Mary's Church records Bapt, Marr and Death p 665
Yaeger, Johannes died 1909/08/07 age 50 years
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John Yaeger
in the Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002
Name: John Yaeger
Death Date: 6 Aug 1909
Death County: Otter Tail
State File Number: 008653
Certificate Number: 008653
Certificate Year: 1909
Record Number: 35401
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.
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Look for obituary and death certificate # 1909-MN-008653. Fergus Falls is in Otter Tail county.
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Family story from my grandmother, Ethel Yager Condon, that her Uncle John Yager, brother of her father (Adam Yager), was a carpenter. One day while at work he slipped and fell off the steeple of a church. He was never "right" after that. He lived on the farm with them (Adam Yager farm) until he went to Fergus Falls. Think the accident happened after 1900 and he went to Fergus Falls by 1905. He is listed in the State Mental Hospital in Fergus Falls in 1905. He died in 1909 at Fergus Falls. He is buried in Calvery Cemetery in St Cloud.
Census (family)
1885 MN State Census St Cloud Twp Stearns MNJohn Jaeger 25
Mary 23
John 3
Mary 1
Burial
John YaegerBIRTH 1859Minnesota, USA
DEATH 6 Aug 1909 (aged 49–50)Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA
BURIAL Calvary CemeterySaint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
PLOT Block 6 Lot 58 Grave 3
MEMORIAL ID 220244173
Name: John Yaeger
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 6 Aug 1909
Event Place: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
Event Place (Original): Fergus Falls, Ottertail, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Birth Date: 1859
Birthplace: Minnesota
Father's Name: Adam Yaeger
Mother's Name: Kate
Certificate Number: 8653
Family Members
Parents
Adam J Yaeger
1810–1895
Eva Katherine Yaeger
1827–1918
Siblings
Elizabeth Yaeger
1860–1953
Helena Yaeger
1861–1948
Catherine Yaeger
1863–1942
Joseph Yaeger
1867–1943
Created by: St. Cloud Area Geni
Added: 27 Dec 2020
Find a Grave Memorial 220244173
Hide citationFind a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2021), memorial page for John Yaeger (1859–6 Aug 1909), Find a Grave Memorial no. 220244173, citing Calvary Cemetery, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by St. Cloud Area Geni (contributor 48774097) .
Census
1895 MN State CensusWard 3
p 35 St Cloud, Stearns, 21 June 1895
Ancestry image 117/1054
Yager, John 36 b in MN 36y11m in state 2y1m in St Cloud carpenter
Louise 3 MN
Johnie 12 MN
Lizzie 40 MN housekeeper (John's sister)
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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Census
US Census St Cloud, Stearns, MN1509/205/232 Helen Yaeger 37 head Nov 1862 single MN Germ Germ Nurse owned house free
John 49 Bro Aug 1859 widower MN Ger Ger Carpenter
Lizzie 45 sis Sept 1854 S MN Ger GEr housekeeper
Joseph 30 bro Sept 1869 Laborer - Aug Kind
John A Yaeger 19 nephew Mar 1881 MN MN Austria Laborer - Aug Kind
Eva Yaeger 14 niece July 1885 MN MN MN school
Louissa 8 niece Oct 1891 MN MN MN school
Year: 1900; Census Place: St Cloud City Ward 2, Stearns, Minnesota; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0169; FHL microfilm: 1240792
Description
Enumeration District: 0169; Description: St Cloud City; Ward 2
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Ancestry image 22/30
Census
1905 Minnesota State Census Otter Tail County, Fergus Fallshandwritten page 238, Sheet #31, Insane Hospital June 8-14, 1905
Otter Tail Co, ED 41 Fergus Falls
Image 155 of 185
30 Yaeger, John Age 46 MN Ger Ger
Source CitationDescription
County or Description : Otter Tail, Part 2 - Fergus Falls
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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