Contemporary Notables of the name Finger (post 1700) +
William J. H. Finger Jr., American politician, Mayor of Roseville, California, 1952-53 3
Mary Finger, American Democratic Party politician, Member, Platform Committee, Democratic National Convention, 2008 3
Kennith Finger, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980 3
Allen W. Finger, American politician, Candidate for borough President of Manhattan, New York, 1973 3
Eduard "Edi" Finger Jr. (1949-2021), Austrian sports journalist who worked for Radio Wien
Godfrey Finger, Czechoslovakian composer
Historic Events for the Finger family +
USS Arizona
Mr. William R. Finger, American Signalman First Class working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he survived the sinking 4
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)