John Apgar

Brief Life History of John

When John Apgar was born on 18 August 1805, in Mount Pleasant, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Frederick Apgar, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Mettler, was 21. He married Mary Ann Gray on 1 March 1827, in Warren, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Clinton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States in 1880 and Alexandria, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1880. He died on 2 April 1894, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Apgar
1805–1894
Rachel Godown
1814–1904
Marriage: about 1837
Harmon K. Apgar
1839–1868
Isabella Apgar
1844–1930
Milton Apgar
1846–1938
Emma F Apgar
1850–1931
Homer Apgar
1854–1903

Sources (15)

  • John Apgar, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John Ap*, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • John Apgar, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1820

On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.

1829

Post office est. 1829

Name Meaning

Americanized form of North German Epgert: habitational name from a village in the Rhineland called Epgert. The surname Epgert is very rare in Germany. Compare Apker .

History: Friedrich Epgert alias Frederick Apgar, from Westerwald Rhineland-Palatinate, died in Cokesbury, NJ, in 1760. Sergeant Peter Apgar served in the Hunterdon County, NJ, militia in the American Revolutionary War.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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