Brief Life History of Elizabeth Mary
When Elizabeth Mary Carey was born on 21 April 1840, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, James Benajah Cary, was 29 and her mother, Mary Bacon Adams, was 34. She married Henry Belcher Geer about 1861, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. She died in Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, United States, and was buried in New Scotland Cemetery South, Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Mary E Geer in household of Henry B Geer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizabeth Cary, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Elizabeth Mary Carey Geer, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1836–1900 Male
1840– Female
Parents and Siblings
1810–1880 Male
1806–1876 Female
Siblings (5)
1835–1912 Male
1838–1917 Male
1840– Female
1842–1923 Male
1846–1862 Male
World Events (8)
1846
Age 6
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
Age 8
1872 · The First National Park
Age 32
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland surname meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark, black’. See Kerry .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.
English: from Carey Barton in Devon or Castle Cary, Lytes Cary, Cary Fitzpaine, or Babcary, all in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love, liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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