CARR & PLOGER Families, Chicago, IL & Related Lines

***CARR FAMILY AND RELATED LINES***

I have traced my CARR ancestry back to my 3rd Great Grandfather, Isaac CARR, who married Harriet PINKERTON in Cattaraugus County or Allegany County, New York, about 1834. They settled in Scioto County, Ohio, where Harriet CARR died in 1850. Isaac CARR died in a steamboat accident about 1851, according to his son, Isaac Newton CARR. Isaac Newton CARR and his siblings moved to Washington County, Iowa in 1852 with the BRADFORD family. Isaac Newton CARR married, first, Elizabeth TAYLOR on October 8, 1858, in Washington Co., Iowa. Their son, Harvey Taylor CARR, moved to Minburn, Iowa, later settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harvey Taylor CARR married Sarah Katherine MYERS on October 2, 1889, in Dallas Co., Iowa. Their son, Jesse Madden CARR, married Daisy Madora LEDUC on February 2, 1915, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They moved to Chicago, Illinois, about 1923. Their son, Donald CARR married Frances PLOGER on March 2, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois.

Related CARR surnames: (Please consider joining the CARR DNA project -- see link below under "Related Links".)

Illinois: CARR, MYERS, and SOLLENBERGER

Iowa: CARR, MYERS and TAYLOR

Maryland: MILLER and ZOOK/ZUG

Minnesota: CARR, DUVAL, HANLEY, LEDUC, and McDONALD

New England: BEEBE, BENNETT, BENTLEY, BETTS, BISHOP, BOLTWOOD, BUTLER, CARR, CLARK, CULVER, ELDRED, ELLIS, FROST, GREENE, GOLDHAM, HIBBARD, PINKERTON, LANDON, LUFFE, LUMPKIN, PRATT, SQUIRES, STAFFORD, STANTON, STRAIGHT, TAYLOR, TIBBETTS, VAIL, WALDEN, and WETMORE

New York: BENNETT, BENTLEY, CARR, DUVAL, LAMBERT, LEDUC, PINKERTON, LANDON, SQUIRES, and TAYLOR

Ohio: BENNETT, CARR, SQUIRES and TAYLOR

Pennsylvania: BENEDICT, MILLER, MYERS, SOLLENBERGER, YOCKEY, and ZOOK/ZUG

Wisconsin: HANLEY and WHITE

Canada (Quebec)/France: BANNIVET, BERTHIAUME, BONHOMME, BRION, BULTE, CHAILLON, CHALOU, CHARON, CURRONE, DUFRANCOIS, DUVAL, FAUDEUX, GAYON, GOUGET, LAMARRE, LAMBERT, LAPLANTE, LARUE, LECLERC, LEDUC, and RAYMOND

Rebublic of Ireland: HANLEY and WHITE


***PLO(E)GER FAMILY AND RELATED LINES***

The PLO(E)GER family name has been traced back to Bernard PLO(E)GER, born about 1750 in Germany. The immigrant PLO(E)GER ancestor was Clemens August PLO(E)GER, born in Niedermarsberg, Westphalia, Germany, who arrived at New York City, on the ship "Zeeland" on June 28, 1881. He settled in Chicago, Illinois, and married Frances KURZEN in 1884. Their son, John A. PLOGER, married Margaret A. RUTHERFORD, on August 16, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois. Their daughter, Frances PLOGER, married Donald CARR, on March 2, 1946.

Related PLO(E)GER surnames:

Chicago, Illinois: KO(E)HLER, KURZEN, PLO(E)GER, and RUTHERFORD

Canada, Ontario (Huron, Oxford & Perth Counties): LEE and RUTHERFORD

Germany (Westphalia): DORING, FIESLER, KURZEN, MANEGOLD, MENNE, NOELLE, PLO(E)GER, PROTT, RAUE, SCHLOTHANE, and WIEMERS

Germany (Baden): KO(E)HLER, KRUEGER, GOZINGER, RUPP, and ZIEGLER

Northern Ireland: LEE

Scotland: RUTHERFORD and MORRIS or MORRICE


Please check back often, as I continue to add more information. If you find that we have a common ancestor, let me know. I am willing to share my information.

My email address is: cmkinhunter@aol.com

Family Photos

• Rutherford Family Gathering - ca. 1890 (72 KB)
  Henry Rutherford is in the back row, second male from the left. George Rutherford is in the middle Row. The other persons have not been identified. I believe that one of the two older men to Henry's left and the older woman with them may be Henry and George's parents - James Rutherford and Margaret (Lee) Rutherford. IF ANYONE CAN IDENTIFY THE PERSONS IN THIS PHOTO, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
• Dowling-Rutherford Family - pre 1916 (82 KB)
  L-R, unknown female, Annie Dowling (2nd wife of Richard), Margaret Rutherford (daughter of Richard Dowling), James L. Rutherford, Richard Dowling, unknown female, perhaps one of Richard's sisters.
• James L. Rutherford Family - ca. 1917 (134 KB)
  L-R, James Richard, James L., Margaret and Sarah Louise
• Henry Rutherford Family - 1912 (53 KB)
  L-R, Henry, Catherine, Margaret, Elizabeth, Josephine; son, Henry, in front row.
• Isaac Newton Carr Family - ca. 1890 (69 KB)
  Photo displays Isaac, his second wife, Margaret (Taylor) Carr, and nine of their children. Their oldest son, David Arthur Carr, was not present for the photo. Another son, Ezra Delos Carr died in 1879.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of John Aloysius Ploger by Carole Carr Magnuson


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Margaret Anna Rutherford


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Daisy Madora LeDuc (Updated: February 25, 2004) (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Jesse Madden Carr (Updated December 11, 2004) (View PDF)

Related Links

• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Websites
• Rootsweb.com
• LDS Family Search
• Lost Cousins
• Family Tree DNA (click on Surname Projects)