Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 08/01/2020

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Name
Henry Finger   #5001
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Born
12 Jul 1842
Place
Baltimore, Maryland
Source
Died
1 Dec 1930
Place
Bronx, New York, New York
Source
     approx. age 88


Buried

Father
Mother

Spouse
Date
3 Oct 1865
Place
Bronx, New York
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  1  Gertrude H. Finger 12 Oct 1866
  2  George Peter Finger 21 Feb 1868
  3  Henry Finger 15 Nov 1869
  4  Anlrie Eliza Finger 15 Sep 1871
  5  Frederick William Finger 4 Jan 1873
  6  Joseph Finger 13 Sep 1874
  7  Gertrude Margaret Finger 12 Apr 1876
  8  Nellie Elizabeth Finger 24 Jul 1878
  9  Edward Anton Finger 26 Oct 1881
  10  Margaret Finger 26 Jan 1883
  11  Mary Salome Finger 2 Oct 1884
  12  Mabel E. Finger 1 Apr 1889

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Deposition Concerning his birth

Henry was a butcher, produce dealer, Civil War vet - heavy artillery who actually lost an index finger in the war.
And he was a volunteer fireman in the Fleetwood Co of Morrisania until the blizzard of 1868 when he moved to Wakefield. - Bill Bilkey

Read an interesting newspaper article describing how Henry was on his roof replacing shingles at the age of 81!

Found him on the 1860 New York Ward 20, New York, New York census (dist 3 img 124) as Henry Finger age 17.

Found him on the 1870 Morrisania, Westchester, New York census (img 341) as Henry Finger age 28, peddler. Also in his household is Salome Nelle age 64, his wife's mother

Found him on the 1880 Morrisiana, New York, New York census (dist 666 img 18) as Henry Finger age 36, pedler.

Found him on the 1900 Bronx, New York, New York census (dist 1060 img 11) as Henry Finger age 57, produce dealer.

Found him on the 1910 Bronx Assembly District 32, New York, New York census (dist 1487 img 18) as Henry Finger, Sr. age 67, retired. Also in his household are his married daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Walter Schnieder.

Found him on the 1920 Bronx Assembly District 6, Bronx, New York census (dist 365 img 12) as Henry Finger age 76, produce merchant groc. co. Also in his household are 2 granddaughters, Madeline Finger age 21 and Elizabeth Finger age 17.

Found him on the 1930 Bronx, Bronx, New York census (dist 487 img 51) as Henry Finger age 87, retired. His son Edward is living next to him.


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                                  | Johan Bernard Finger            | 
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| Johann Henrich Finger 1803      |
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|                                 | Anna Gertrud Nieman             |
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| Margaret Gertrud Scholholz 1813 |
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