Sampson Geer

Brief Life History of Sampson

When Sampson Geer was born on 28 July 1867, in Long Eddy, Sullivan, New York, United States, his father, Amasa Geer, was 46 and his mother, Mary Hendricks, was 31. He married Eunice Carpenter on 16 March 1896, in Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1910 and Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States for about 15 years. He died on 8 September 1934, in Long Eddy, Sullivan, New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sullivan, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sampson Geer
1867–1934
Eunice Carpenter
1867–1954
Marriage: 16 March 1896
Alice Marjorie Geer
1896–1982
Harold S Geer
1907–1969
Robert S Geer
1917–

Sources (11)

  • Sampson Gear, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  • Sampson Geer, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Sampson Geer in entry for Charlie C Milk and Alice Marjorie Geer, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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Name Meaning

English (Kent and Sussex): variant of Gear .

German: from a personal name derived from gēr, gār ‘spear’ (see Gerhardt ).

Dutch (Van der Geer and Van de Geer): topographic name from geer ‘triangular piece of land’. Compare Degeer .

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

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