Cornelius
GEE
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Died
21 July 1844
,
Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Born: June 1757 in Eastchester, Westchester, Crown Colony of New York
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Cornelius married Rachel FOWLER 21 July 1790 in Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Rachel FOWLER was born abt. 1765 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA. Rachel was the child of Thomas FOWLER and Margaret Mary Polly UNKNOWN.
Cornelius GEE died 21 July 1844 in Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Cornelius GEE married 
Rachel FOWLER
Marriage date: 21 July 1790
Marriage place: Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rachel FOWLER was the child of Thomas FOWLER and Margaret Mary Polly UNKNOWN
Rachel FOWLERMarriage date: 21 July 1790
Marriage place: Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rachel FOWLER was the child of Thomas FOWLER and Margaret Mary Polly UNKNOWN
Children of Cornelius GEE and Rachel FOWLER
Cornelius GEEBorn: abt. 1798, Upper Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 27 March 1873, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 27 March 1873, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married: Hannah PARTRIDGE 18 November 1818
Elizabeth Hannah GEEBorn: abt. 1804, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1901, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1901, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married: William Marsden COX 8 September 1829
Benjamin GEEBorn: abt. 1806, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1882, Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1882, Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married: Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" WOODWARD 1836 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Sarah GEEBorn: abt. 1806, Florenceville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 16 August 1890, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 16 August 1890, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married: Robert DEMERCHANT 1826
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Birth — 1757June 1757
Eastchester, Westchester, Crown Colony of New York
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1790 Marriage / PartnerCornelius GEE and Rachel FOWLER 21 July 1790, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
He was 33 years old.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Death — 184421 July 1844
Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
He died at the age of 87.
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New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state
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