Conger Family of North America
Research In Progress
         This page was most recently updated Friday, October 03, 2008

10-3-08 --   From Zoe Tom  zoetom@cox.net
      Hi, Job - My boyfriend was a Conger.David Frederick Conger passed away in 2007.  Now his father, Harold Frederick Conger, just passed away.The family is making contact with any nieces and nephews of Harold Frederick Conger and this would mean the children of Herbert George Conger.  Do have any record of their names in the Conger book?Dave's daughter has asked me to check on this situation.  I don't know where Herbert's children are.  Maybe in New Mexico, maybe in Hawaii, maybe elsewhere.  Can you help me? I want to notify them of their uncle's passing at age 95.

11-30-05 from Mary Conger  Lllmc2002@aol.com
   . . . My grandfather's name was Kenneth Vaughn Conger, Sr. who married Mary Catharine Cripe. My father says he never talked about his family, and I would like to learn more about him. -- I have checked the CFA Volumes 1 & 2 and found nothing. If you can help, please write me also -- writer@eosinc.com -- and Mary.

10-10-05 from Lydia Pierson  lpierson6236@charter.net
    . . . My email address has changed and I noticed the old one was still in the Conger Confab article.  You may change it to the new one or just remove the whole article because I believe now we are not CONGERS but just CONKERS.  I cannot place Jonathan (Conger) Conker anywhere in the Conger family at the present time.   My son erased all of my email addresses and that's why you haven't heard from me.   I also lost my husband of 34 years on Jan. 9, 2004 so I've pretty busy doing other things.  I was also sorry to hear about Maxine.  I'm sure you miss her tremendously.  Take care and keep up the good work.  Thanks for trying to help.
Lydia Pierson 

7-11-04 --  Two days agoI received a phone call from Robert Craven, Canton, OH. He was born Dan Conger November 28, 1945. He grew up in Madison, WI. He does not remember his borth mom's name, but he knows that years after he was adopted, she tried to get him back from his adopted parents. She was living in Denver, CO at the time. He doesn't know if she was still married to Robert Conger at the time. He does know, from what the adoption agency people told him, that his mom was an elevator operator. He believes that his birth mother was also adopted, and she thought she might have some black kin. If you can help Robert connect with his past, write him  rcraven@neo.rr.com and mention this web site.

121604 - from Nancy Teruya -    blueteru@hawaii.rr.com I'm a descendent of Isaac Todd, son of Thomas Isaac Todd and Zipporah Conger, Zipporrah being the daughter of Johnathan Conger and Euphemia "Fanny" Ross.  At least this is what I have been able to glean from DAR's Revolutionary War Index and Ancestry.com. 
Nancy Teruya

121304  --  also from Ginny Manning; email address below
I haven't received any listing from the Conger list for so long, I thought it was kaput.  And I never hear anything from the MyFamily Conger website.  Is that still alive?

121204a -  from Ginny Manning - ginman@connectcorp.net
     I had my mtDNA tested, and have been asked to submit something about my maternal ancestors.
I seem to be stuck on Mary unk, who was married to
Daniel Conger, b. abt. 1728 in Morristown, Morris Co., NJ. 
Their daughter, Abigail Conger, b. abt. 1750 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ   was married to
Nathaniel Guerin in the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ on Feb. 1, 1775.
Daniel Conger, b. abt. 1728 was the son of
Benjamin conger, b. 1700 and Experience Foord, b. 1702.
Benjamin was the son of John Belconger and Sarah Cawood as far as I've been able to determine.
Need to know if you have any idea who Mary unknown is, where she came from, and who her parents might be.
Can you help me?
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121204      Dear Job, I am trying to find a book called "The Amazing Story of the Congers in
America" By Sharon Taylor, copyright 1983 Do you know anything about it? .
Sincerely, a cousin
Robert E Conger
360 South 650 East
Orem, Utah 84097-6418
                                            ROBERT -- I have not heard about this book, and hope that anyone who has heard about it, who may have one to sell, will contact you first and me second.  writer@eosinc.com    It sounds like a volume which should be a permanent part of the Conger Family Archive.
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121204   Katie Wayt - kwayt@hotmail.com
I'm looking up some information on my grandmother's side. Her father was Jesse or Jess Conger from Delaware, Rush or Shelby County, Indiana and she never knew him or any of that side of the family. We only know the year he died, two sisters' names and that he had at least one other chiled, named Frances.
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121204   From Melinda Kashuba    TKashuba@aol.com   Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: Clarence or Loren Conger, d. bef. 1894 Columbus, Ohio?
          I hope someone can assist me on this "long shot."  I am seeking any information related to Clarence or Loren Conger.  His wife, Agnes J. Ferrell Conger, was listed in the Columbus, Ohio city directory in 1894 as widowed.  In another Columbus city directory two years later she is listed as the widow of Loren Conger.   I am seeking any information related to their marriage.  I am also
trying to find out specific information related to Clarence or Laren's birth and death.
      Agnes was from Belmont County, Ohio.  I have been unable to locate Clarence
or Laren in the 1880 census that fits what little I know.  His death is not
recorded in the vital records of Columbus, Ohio.
       Does anyone on this list have a "stray" Clarence, Lawrence, or Loren Conger
in their families who may have resided in the Ohio area in the 1880s or 1890s?
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121204  John Teate - jteate@mindspring.com
I am just beginning my family geneology research and found your website thru
information on Ancestry.com.  My greatgrandmother was Mary Emily Conger
married to John Henry Teate.  She died when my father was 11 and he does not
remember much about her.  I live in Jonesboro, Georgia which is not far from
her grave site in Palmetto.
           Can you provide family information on Mary Emily (mother, father, etc)?  I can
provide you with their geneology forward, if you are interested.
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121204   Marylyn Waxman - rickandmarylyn@msn.com
Duane Stevens gave me your email address. He thought you may be able to help me. Do you know of any of the Conger families that lived in Hamilton Co, Ohio?
         I have a William Hay who married a Margaret Conger in Hamilton Co. but do not know
the year. I think William Hay was b. abt 1800. There is also a Ketcham family in the same area.   Charles Hay ,William's brother, married an Elizabeth Ketcham/Ketchem before 1829.   I believe the Ketcham and Hay families  were the from NY/MD area.
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121204   Mitch Martin, San Antonio, TX -  mitchl@sbcglobal.net
My wife's mother (Marjorie Baumgartner Heinlein) has collected lots of
Conger information including the two huge books by Helen Leonard and a
number of Conger Confabs from 1997 through March 2001.
           Although I am only a "Conger-in-law" I am the most computer literate of
the bunch and am using Family Tree Maker to enter the Conger line into my
database of 2000 names.
           I would like to converse by e-mail.  Do you have an on-line forum?  Is
there a chat room?  I am having some difficulty interperting the CFOA format in
determining lineage way back in the 1720s that I know full well stem from
my not understanding the protocal.  I would like to get it straight.
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121204  from Emily Conger  FreckleEm@aol.com        I recently discovered that another Emily Conger is also my age. We are trying to figure out if we are related. We know only this much:
     Me: born March 12, 1984; father and grandfather: Richard CUrtis Conger Jr./Sr. from New Jersey.  Her: born October 18, 1984; f & gf: Harlon Jake Conger Jr./Sr. from New York. Would appreciate any help in solving this....
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121204  Ted Bates, Fort Wayne, IN - Tedbytes@aol.com   I have been researching the Conger family of my ggg aunt Zerue"Ruby" Bates Conger for a few years now. Aunt Zerue married a William Conger perhaps in Seneca County,NY about 1845. She is found in the Homer,Cortland County,NY census of 1865 with two known children: Persis Conger, and a Christopher Z.Conger( 1 Oct 1849-4 Feb 1907). Christopher was a boot maker and shoe maker who moved to Parma,Jackson County,Michigan before 1901. I have him and his family living in the Jackson,Michigan area but need to know more family members. I have the following:

William CONGER - 2109  & Zerue "Pru" "Ruby" BATES - 395 (1812-1876)
  Persis M. CONGER - 1833 (1846-1900) & Luke H. COON - 1830 (1836-1902)
    Frederick H. COON - 2875 (1869-1872)
    Grace A. COON - 3011 (1878-) & William RATNOUR - 3068 (1872-)
  Christopher Z. CONGER - 2110 (1849-1907) & Melissa CRAWFOOT - 24626 (1850-)
    Jennie CONGER - 24627 (1872-)
    George Washington CONGER - 24628 (1874-1961) & Jennie SECORD - 24631 (1875-1966)
      George Geer CONGER - 24634 (1899-1981) & Excelia BOLDUC - 24635 (1901-1990)
        Gordon Ray CONGER - 26110 (1918-1918)
        Elton Vaughn CONGER - 24644 (1920-1990) & Laura ROGERS - 24645 (1922-)
          Melinda CONGER - 24649 (1960-)
          Vonnie CONGER - 24648 (1966-)
        George Ernest CONGER - 24646 (1921-) & Margaret HARRIS - 24647
        Excelia CONGER - 26111 (1923-1923)
      Ivah CONGER - 24638 (1902-) & ANDERSON - 24639
      Emma M. CONGER - 24640 (1905-) & Max McFERRIN - 24641
      Alma May CONGER - 24642 (1905-) & Leo LUSK - 24643
    Luma CONGER - 24629 (1876-)
    Millie CONGER - 24630 (1879-)
                                                    Can you elaborate further on my family? I need to know where Christopher is buried. Some of his grandchildren are buried in what is called: Chapel Cemetery on Michigan Ave.Parma,Jackson County,Michigan. Please E-mail me directly 
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121204     Job,  this was on the Greene list today and I wondered if you knew of the
Conger mentioned?
BTW, how are things with you?  ginny
----- Original Message -----
From: <Hammey@aol.com>
To: <GREENE-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:04 AM
Subject: Dorothy GREEN & Noel Conger GATES - Ellington, NY > WI > Chickasaw
County, IA
> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
> Surnames: GREEN, GREENE, GATES, HEATH, PORTER, HOLLAND, BUSH, RICE,
BARRETT, SCOTT
> Classification: Query
> Message Board URL:
> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YmZ.2ACEB/1320
> Message Board Post:
> I am looking for the family of Noel Conger GATES and Dorothy GREEN,
originally of Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York.  Noel and his family
moved to Chickasaw County, Iowa (via Dodge County, Wisconsin) after
remarrying after his wife’s death.
>
> Noel Conger GATES, son of Ira GATES and Clarissa HEATH, was born 1804 in
Malone, Franklin County, NY, and died 1857 in Utica Township, Chickasaw
County, IA.  He married (1) Dorothy GREEN / GREENE.  She was born 1803 in
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and died 1846 in Ellington,
Chautauqua County, NY.  Noel married (2) Sybil Ann THOMPSON in 1846 in
Randolph, Cattaraugus County, NY.  She was born 1818 in New York, and died
1891 in Chickasaw County, IA.
>
> Noel Conger GATES and Dorothy GREEN had at least five children:
> 1)  Electra / Electa GATES (b. about 1826 NY) m. Hiram PORTER
> 2)  Dorothy GATES (b. 1827 NY) m. Thomas HOLLAND
> 3)  Noel Conger GATES (b. about 1832 NY)
> 4)  Martha A. GATES (b. about 1840 NY) m. James BUSH
> 5)  Mary GATES (b. about 1840 NY) m. Stephen RICE
>
> Noel Conger GATES and Sybil Ann THOMPSON had at least three children:
> 6)  Lydia Louisa GATES (b. 1847 NY) m. Edward Charles BARRETT  (children
Marshall, Clinton, Minnie, Katherine, Lydia (Violet), and Edward)
> 7)  Osro GATES (b. 1849 WI)
> 8)  Worthy GATES (b. 1851 WI) m. Harriet Wesley SCOTT  (children Noel,
Ellen, Emma, and Sybil)
>
> If any of these names sound familiar to you, please contact me. 
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121204  Ron Leonard, Diamondhead 085 -  rollayo@earthlink.net         121204
I am webmaster for the 25th Aviation Battalion. I am looking for one of our old pilots in Vitnam. His name is George V. Conger. If you should know this person, please contact me.
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1212-4    Ken Birch, Virginia Beach, VA    miata93@cox.net    I'm hoping you can steer me in the right direction for a point of contact for Conger genealogy.
I am a descendant of the Conger family and have additional information about one branch (actually maybe two).
The following is extracted from "Seven Generations of the Family of Joseph Conger and Mary Marsh"
(a very exhaustive work, I am appreciative of the efforts of those who compiled this information).

 1 - Joseph CONGER
       Born - 17 May 1692 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
       Died - 22 Dec 1767 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
 sp- Mary MARSH
       Born - Abt 1692 NJ
       Mar. - 1715 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
       Died - Mar 1715 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
     2 - John CONGER
           Born - Abt 1720/1724 NJ
           Died - Dec 1767 Hanover, Morris, NJ
           Bur. - Dec 1767 Rockaway, Morris, NJ, Presbyterian Chu
     sp- Sarah TUTTLE
           Born - 1725 Hanover, Morris, NJ
           Mar. - 12 Mar 1746/1747 Hanover, Morris, NJ
           Died - Hanover, Morris, NJ
           Bur. - Rockaway, Morris, NJ, Presbyterian Chu
        3 - David CONGER
               Born -  7 Sep 1760 Hanover, Morris, NJ
               Died - 20 Jan 1807 Rockaway, Morris, NJ
               Bur. - Jan 1807 Rockaway, Morris, NJ, Presbyterian Chu
          sp- Elizabeth AYRES
               Born - 22 Sep 1764 Rockaway, Morris, NJ
               Mar. - 20 Sep 1780
               Died - 14 Aug 1822 Rockaway, Morris, NJ
               Bur. - Aug 1822 Rockaway, Morris, NJ, Presbyterian Chu
               Dau of Robert AYRES & Anna JACKSON
           4 - Phoebe CONGER
                   Born - 29 Mar 1790 Rockaway, Morris, NJ
                   Died -  1 Jan 1835
             sp- David HATHAWAY
                   Mar. - 16 Nov 1806
            
             4 - Polly CONGER
                   Born - 19 Jan 1796 Rockaway, Morris, NJ
                   Died - 18 Jun 1836
             sp- John ROLFE
                   Mar. - 25 Feb 1813

The purpose of this request is to provide additional information about Phoebe and Polly Conger and request verification of some of the source data.

1. Might as well start with the "big" one (at least for me):
I have reference that Polly (Conger) Roff married David Hathaway on 18 Jun 1836. Interesting that that is the exact date that is reflected for the death of Polly.
I also have a reference that indicates that David Hathaway was still living in 1870 and living with a Roff family (assumed to be a son of Polly Conger and her first husband).
Other information is that David Hathaway and Polly Conger had two children of their own.

2. Request source of death date of Pheobe Conger. Best I have is Feb 1834

Note: I am descended from David Hathaway and Phoebe Conger.
David and Phoebe had nine children born between 1810 and 1829.
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