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Name
Peter John Finger   #632
 Suffix
 Sex
M
 Family Line
JO1700
Born
13 Sep 1824
 Place
Columbia County, New York
Source
Died
7 Apr 1864
 Place
Yorktown, Virginia
Source
     approx. age 40


Buried

Father
JACOB J. FINGER 1786-1850   #47
Mother
CHRISTINA TRAVER 1794-    #48

Spouse
Mary Ann Barnes 1822-1897   #2849
 Date
19 Jun 1850
 Place
Penn Yan, Yates, New York
 Source
  1  Charles Henry Finger 13 Apr 1851
  2  Mary Eva Finger 13 Jan 1856

Spouse 2
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Spouse 3
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Marriage Record

Found him on the 1855 New York state census (E. D. 2 img 15) as Peter Finger age 29, sawyer.

Found him on the 1860 Benton, Yates, New York census age 35, farm labor in the household of his cousin Andrew and Rosetta Finger.

Peter died in the Civil War.

He enlisted at Jerusalem, NY on 31 August 1862 at age 37 in the regiment 148th Inf Reg. NY, Company I. His rank was private. The regiment was mustered in September 14, 1862. It left for Suffolk, Va. on Sept 22, 1862. - Ellen Gerwitz

Feby 2nd, 1865...he Died of Small Pox. Yorktown, VA April 7th, 1864 - Acknowledgement of Pension Application from Adjutant General's Office, photocopy on file.



                                                                    | MICHAEL FINGER  1728
                                                                    |
                                  | JOHANNES "JOHN" FINGER Sr. 1752 | 
                                  |                                 |
                                  |                                 | MARGARETHA MOSSER 1727 
                                  |                              
| JACOB J. FINGER 1786            |
|                                 |
|                                 |                                 | JAN DECKER  1725   
|                                 |                                 |           
|                                 | TYSJE DECKER 1754               |
|                                                                   | 
|                                                                   | ANNA SCHUTS  
|                                                              
|
|- Peter John Finger   
|
|  
|                                                                   | 
|                                                                   |                        
|                                 | JOHANNES TRAVER  1752           |   
|                                 |                                 | 
|                                 |                                 | ANNA MARGARETHA KUNTZ 1725 
|                                 |                                                  
| CHRISTINA TRAVER 1794           |
                                  |
                                  |                                 | CHRISTIAN GROOT  
                                  |                                 |                        
                                  | EVA GROT 1757                   |
                                                                    |
                                                                    |
                                                                    | CHRISTINA DINGS

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