Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Edwin Curtis Fenner

[b 28 Oct. 1907 at Worcester, MA; d 18 Aug. 1971 at Keansburg, Monmouth, NJ] Edwin’s family moved to East Orange, Essex, NJ, between 1910 and 1920. Curtis Fenner had a child with Winifred Rita Convery [b 14 June 1912 at Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ; d 27 Aug. 1933 at Paterson Hospital, Paterson, Passaic, NJ], daughter of Charles Convery and Winifred Maria Long. Winifred was a troubled youth. On 24 Aug. 1929, Winifred and another girl, Julia Gazal, left their homes and were declared missing two days later in the local paper, The Morning Call. On 7 April 1930 she was arrested and later found “guilty of immorality” and sent to a state home for girls. A few years later, she had a child out of wedlock with Edwin; she died from complications of childbirth.

Edwin m GeorgeniaJean” E. Morongell [b 6 Nov. 1915 in NJ; d 19 Nov. 1980 in NJ], daughter of George Morongell and May Lynch, in 1934.

Child of Edwin and Winifred:

  1. Edwin Convery [b 26 Aug. 1933 at Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ; d 15 Nov. 1984 at Nanuet, Rockland, NY] m Pauline Bertha Woodsum.

Children of Edwin and Jean:

  1. Carol J. [b 1934/5 in NJ] m 1st Harold Colclough in Apr. 1954 in West Orange, NJ, had Robin, Carol, Harry, Karen; in Oct. 1975 she m 2nd Fay Frank Henry Jr. [b 1944 at Somerset, PA; d 2 Dec. 2007 at Rockaway, NJ].

  2. Marie [b 1935/6 in NJ] m Douglas Faull in Oct. 1954 at West Orange, NJ.

  3. Jean [b 1937/8 in NJ] m Robert J. Bauer in Feb. 1955 at Newark, NJ.

  4. Gail J. [b 6 July 1941 in NJ] m Robert Saunders in Jan. 1961 at Orange, NJ.

  5. Diane [b 15 Sept. 1942 in NJ; d 14 Aug. 2010] m Stanley Raymunt in May 1966 at East Orange, NJ.

  6. Curtis Edward [b 29 Apr. 1944 at Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey; d 13 Aug. 2015 at Orange Park, Clay, FL].

  7. Sharon “Sherry” L. [b 1945/6 in NJ] m Albert L. Jackson in Oct. 1962 at Newark, NJ.


Lineage:
[ Arthur | Arthur | Edward | John | John | Luther ] Luther | Susan | Edwin | Edwin

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 12 May 2020.
2. Edwin’s memorial at FindaGrave, no. 159533282
3. Additional data from Ancestry.