George Washington Gee II

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Gee II was born on 9 October 1841, in Ambrosia Post Office, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, George Washington Gee, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Smith, was 28. He married Sophina Alcesta Fuller on 4 May 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1867 and lived in Salt Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 18 September 1919, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Gee II
1841–1919
Sophina Alcesta Fuller
1843–1930
Marriage: 4 May 1862
George Washington Gee III
1864–1865
Elias Amos Gee
1868–1936
Georgiana Gee
1869–1899
Mary Jane Gee
1871–1916
Esther Gee
1875–1942
Sophina Alcesta Gee
1876–1959
Don Carlos Gee Sr
1878–1949
Bertha Victoria Gee
1880–1930
Martha Electa Gee
1883–1968
Adelia May Gee
1885–1964

Sources (41)

  • Geo W Gee, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George Washington GEE II - Government record: birth: 9 October 1842; Lee, Iowa, United States
  • George W. Gee, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish: pronounced originally with a hard /g/, a shortened form of McGee , Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha ‘son of Aodh’ (see McCoy ).

English: pronounced with a soft g, /dʒ/; generally a variant of Jay .

French (Gée): habitational name from any of several places called Gée or Gé, for example in Maine-et-Loire, derived from the Gallo-Roman domain name Gaiacum. Compare Ge .

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

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A Day in the Life of Provo 4th Ward, 1910

It was the Sabbath, May 1, 1910. Members of the Provo 4th Ward had come to their ward house in Provo to worship in the regular monthly fast and testimony meeting. At 1:00 that afternoon, Bishop Al …

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