Collection: Gee Family Photos | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises family photos from the Gee family from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. Many of the family photos are from portrait studios in Nebraska, Ohio, and Illinois. Other photos may be from families related to the Gee family by marriage. Many photos include handwritten identification with first names and relationships such as aunt, or great grandfather. The collection contains other related family items such as postcards, letters, newspaper clippings, a poem, and a Cradle Roll Certificate from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Dates

Creation: Mid 1800s to early 1900s

Creator

Gee, John A., 1855- (Person)

Biographical / Historical

John A. Gee was born in May 1855 in Illinois. He married Carrie A McKee who was born in December 1866. After Carrie’s death, John married Rose. Carrie and John lived in Nebraska. They had several children together but only Marion Louisa Gee (born 1893) and George Stephen Gee (born 1904) lived to be adults. George Stephen Gee married Mary Jane Chapple and they had one son named Robert Marion Gee. The family moved to Independence, Missouri in the 1920s.