Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 02/10/2021
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| Name Clark Ketterer Finger #1384 |
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| Born 2 Apr 1887 |
Place Benton, Yates, New York |
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| Died Jan 1971 |
Place Penn Yan, Yates, New York |
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Clarke Finger broke his left ankle last Thursday. He was taken to the Foster and Hatch medical group, where it was put in a cast. - Geneva Daily Times May 3, 1932 page 11.
PENN YAN. Dec. 21 - Jinx is in the trail of Clark Finger and famlly of Penn Yan. Mrs. Finger recently was taken to the hospital for an operation. In his hurry to get to the hospital and see her, Mr. Finger left his team in the yard, although it is his usual custom to separate the horses owing to the kicking propensities of one animal. When he returned home, one of the team needed the services of a veterinary. In endeavoring to lift the injured horse, it slipped and fell upon Mr. Finger, breaking his leg in two places. The horse's leg was also fractured and the animal had to be killed. Hearing of their misfortune, relatives went to the Finger home to render assistance and while away, found the home had burned to the ground. - The Evening Leader December 21, 1921 page 14
Found him on the 1900 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 134 img 14) as Clark Finger age 13. His birth date is overwritten with Jan 1887.
Found him on the 1910 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 173 img 5) as Clark K. Finger age 23, married. He and his wife Matilda are living with his parents.
Found him on the Yates County NY 1917 Militia Enrollment Index.
Found him on the 1920 Benton, Yates, New York census age 33.
WWII Draft Registration
Found him on the 1930 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 6 img 18)as Clark Finger age 43, farmer. Also in the household is lodger John Hall, age 60, widower.
Also listed in the 'New York Farm Directory, 1914' (from ancestry.com) as living in Jerusalem, Yates, New York and occupation, thresher wife's name, Matilda and one child under age 21.
PENN YAN. Dec. 21 - Jinx is in the trail of Clark Finger and famlly of Penn Yan. Mrs. Finger recently was taken to the hospital for an operation. In his hurry to get to the hospital and see her, Mr. Finger left his team in the yard, although it is his usual custom to separate the horses owing to the kicking propensities of one animal. When he returned home, one of the team needed the services of a veterinary. In endeavoring to lift the injured horse, it slipped and fell upon Mr. Finger, breaking his leg in two places. The horse's leg was also fractured and the animal had to be killed. Hearing of their misfortune, relatives went to the Finger home to render assistance and while away, found the home had burned to the ground. - The Evening Leader December 21, 1921 page 14
Found him on the 1900 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 134 img 14) as Clark Finger age 13. His birth date is overwritten with Jan 1887.
Found him on the 1910 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 173 img 5) as Clark K. Finger age 23, married. He and his wife Matilda are living with his parents.
Found him on the Yates County NY 1917 Militia Enrollment Index.
Found him on the 1920 Benton, Yates, New York census age 33.
WWII Draft Registration
Found him on the 1930 Benton, Yates, New York census (dist 6 img 18)as Clark Finger age 43, farmer. Also in the household is lodger John Hall, age 60, widower.
Also listed in the 'New York Farm Directory, 1914' (from ancestry.com) as living in Jerusalem, Yates, New York and occupation, thresher wife's name, Matilda and one child under age 21.
Clark K. Finger, 83, of RD 3, Penn Yan, died yesterday at his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Friday at the Weldon Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Dingman, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church of Potter, will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m , where an Elks memorial will be conducted at 7:30 p. m. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart Fund.
Mr. Finger was a native of Yates County and was born in the Town of Benton. He was a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 1722 of Penn Yan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda Ackerson Finger one son, Earl, of Penn Yan one sister, Mrs. Thomas Peter M. Christiansen, of Penn Yan one granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Hamm of Rochester one great-grandchild, three step-grandchildren, and seven step greatgrandchildren . The Geneva Times January 26, 1971 page 6
Mr. Finger was a native of Yates County and was born in the Town of Benton. He was a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 1722 of Penn Yan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda Ackerson Finger one son, Earl, of Penn Yan one sister, Mrs. Thomas Peter M. Christiansen, of Penn Yan one granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Hamm of Rochester one great-grandchild, three step-grandchildren, and seven step greatgrandchildren . The Geneva Times January 26, 1971 page 6
| Jeremiah Finger 1788
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| John Jeremiah Finger 1812 |
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| | Eva Rector 1794
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| William Robert Finger 1854 |
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| | | John G. Coons
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| | Sarah "Sally" Coons 1817 |
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| | Polly Unknown
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|- Clark Ketterer Finger
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| | Philip H. Ketterer 1788
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| | George Ketterer 1825 |
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| | | Anna Mary Unknown 1792
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| Amelia S. Ketterer 1854 |
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| Elizabeth Martin 1828 |
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