Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 12/11/2020
Tap or Use PageUp PageDown Keys
| Name Elmer Lee Fingar #1017 |
Suffix |
Sex M |
Family Line |
| Born 20 Jan 1905 |
Place Germantown, Columbia, New York |
Source |
| Died 14 Mar 1989 |
Place Florida |
Source |
Buried
| Father Peter Fingar 1859-1923 #1001 | Mother |
| Spouse |
Date 1 Sep 1928 |
Place Tevoli, New York |
Source |
2 Carol Ann Fingar 1935
3 Jane Lynn Fingar 1938
According to the Connecticut Death Index, he died in Florida.Elmer was an attorney practicing in White Plaines, New York. He was former Chief Clerk of the Surrogate Court, County of Westchester, New York and with David Bookstaver the author of New York State Wills and Testamentary Trusts. - Lee Fingar
Elmer L. Fingar, of Chappaqua, Westchester county, deputy clerk in Surrogate Charles D. Miliard's court, has been appointed chief clerk of the court, effective January 1, with the retirement of William O. Clark, of Tarrytown, employe of the court for almost 28 years and chief clerk for fourteen years. The position carries a salary of $6,300 a year.
Mr. Fingar is an attorney. He entered the Surrogate's office in 1936, was dropped from the staff during the regime of Judge Shells, but when Surrogate Miller went on the bench, he was reappointed deputy clerk.
He was born in Germantown and was educated at Cornell University, where he obtained his A.B. degree in 1923 and his LL.D. in 1928, after which he entered the law fiim of Cotton and Franklin, New York City. He later entered practice as a junior partner in Tricknor and Tricknor, Mt Kisco, and in 1936 was appointed deputy clerk of the Surrogate's Court.
He is married and has three children. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Mt. Kisco Lodge as a trustee of the Congregational church of Chappaqua and director of civilian defense in New Castle. Mr. Fingar was graduated from Hudson High school and is the son of the late Peter and Augusta Fingar, of Germantown. - Hudson Evening Register November 29, 1941
Mr. Fingar is an attorney. He entered the Surrogate's office in 1936, was dropped from the staff during the regime of Judge Shells, but when Surrogate Miller went on the bench, he was reappointed deputy clerk.
He was born in Germantown and was educated at Cornell University, where he obtained his A.B. degree in 1923 and his LL.D. in 1928, after which he entered the law fiim of Cotton and Franklin, New York City. He later entered practice as a junior partner in Tricknor and Tricknor, Mt Kisco, and in 1936 was appointed deputy clerk of the Surrogate's Court.
He is married and has three children. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Mt. Kisco Lodge as a trustee of the Congregational church of Chappaqua and director of civilian defense in New Castle. Mr. Fingar was graduated from Hudson High school and is the son of the late Peter and Augusta Fingar, of Germantown. - Hudson Evening Register November 29, 1941
Found him on the 1905 Germantown, Columbia, New York state census (E.D.01 img 4) as Elmer L. Fingar age 4 months.
Found him on the 1910 Germantown, Columbia, New York census (dist 12 img 9) age 5.
Found him on the 1920 Germantown, Columbia, New York census (dist 17 img 3) age 15. Found him on the 1930 Pleasantville, Westchester, New York census (dist 190 img 17), age 25, lawyer.
Yearbook
Found him on the 1940 New Castle, Westchester, New York census (dist 60-200 img 20) as Elmer Fingar age 35, deputy clerk, county gov't.
| Thomas "Dames" Fingar 1802
|
| James Conrad Fingar 1829 |
| |
| | Juliana "Julia" Anna S(c)hults 1806
|
| Peter Fingar 1859 |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | Margaret Dick 1838 |
| |
| |
|
|
|- Elmer Lee Fingar
|
|
| |
| |
| ||
| | |
| | |
| |
| Mary Augusta Lasher 1861 |
|
| |
| |
||
|
|
|
Finger / Fingar Family Genealogy Website
Home Search Database Complete Name List Recent Additions and Updates NewsPage Contact Us