When Luthera Rogers was born on 17 May 1820, in Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Justice Rogers, was 37 and her mother, Lucy Clark, was 31. She married Rufus Hovey Converse. She lived in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 25 years and Ellisburg, Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1880. She died in 1902, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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