Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 09/21/2020
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| Name William H. Finger #7311 |
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Sex M |
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| Born 7 Jul 1835 |
Place Bernburg, Germany |
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| Died 27 Jun 1893 |
Place Marion, Bibb, Georgia |
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Date 23 Jun 1867 |
Place Columbus, Franklin, Ohio |
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2 Lena B. Finger abt 1869
3 Ida Finger abt 1871
4 William H. Finger Jul 1874
5 Julia Finger 10 Jun 1876
6 Josephine Finger 18 Jul 1880
7 Cecelia Finger 7 Feb 1887
Found him on the ship's passenger list Herzogin Von Brabant as Wilhelm Finger age 25, arriving in New York from Bremen, Germany in Nov 1861.
He joined the Union Army within one month of his arrival. After the end of the war he went back to Germany for a visit and to learn the upholstering trade from his father.
We next find him on the ship's passenger list Atalanta in 1867, returning to the U.S. It was on this voyage he met his future wife. - Civil War Pension Record, NARA
Read an interesting account of his life in his own words. It is in a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, February 13, 1891.
Found him on the 1870 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia census (img 57) as Wm Fingar age 32, upholsterer. Also in his household is Chas Finger age 16, painter, born Germany. It is unknown how he is related.
Found him on the 1880 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia census (dist 91 img 40) as Wm Finger age 43, upholsterer.
He joined the Union Army within one month of his arrival. After the end of the war he went back to Germany for a visit and to learn the upholstering trade from his father.
We next find him on the ship's passenger list Atalanta in 1867, returning to the U.S. It was on this voyage he met his future wife. - Civil War Pension Record, NARA
Read an interesting account of his life in his own words. It is in a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, February 13, 1891.
Found him on the 1870 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia census (img 57) as Wm Fingar age 32, upholsterer. Also in his household is Chas Finger age 16, painter, born Germany. It is unknown how he is related.
Found him on the 1880 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia census (dist 91 img 40) as Wm Finger age 43, upholsterer.
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