Researching John Conard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 25 people with the Conard surname? In that year Conard was ranked number 3554 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Conard on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Conard and the Conard Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Conard surname in the USA? Conard is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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John Conard
John Conard (November 15, 1773 – May 9, 1857) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was nicknamed the "Fighting Quaker".
John Conard was born in Chester Valley in the Province of Pennsylvania. He was educated at the Friends School. He moved to Germantown, Pennsylvania about 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was a professor of mathematics at the local academy in Germantown.
Conard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1814. He was the associate judge of the district court. He was appointed United States marshal for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President James Monroe. He was reappointed by President John Quincy Adams and served two years under President Andrew Jackson. He retired from public life in 1832, and moved to Maryland about 1834 and settled in Cecil County near Port Deposit, where he lived until 1851, when he moved to Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia in 1857. Interment in St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Churchyard in North East, Maryland.
Source: John Conard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Conard
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