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GEE, Harry
1833 - 1896 (63 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.![[GEE], Mary](img/female.jpg)
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Name GEE, Harry Birth 1833 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 
Christening 9 Oct 1833 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Gender Male Baptism 9 Oct 1833 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Death 1896 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I2009 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father GEE, William d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother [GEE], Mary d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Family ID F3116 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WINFREY, Emma, b. 22 Dec 1829, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1911, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1857 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1053 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HARRY GEE 1833-1896
Harry, son of Wm GEE and Mary, was baptised at Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 9 October 1833.
(FamilySearch)
From the 1841 census of Langtoft, Lincolnshire:
*Harry GEE, aged 7, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/0620/10/23/16)
From the 1851 census of Market Place, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
WilliamFLETCHER, head, aged 53, grocer and draper employing 8 assistants, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Maria FLETCHER, wife, aged 41, born at Tydd St Giles, Cambridgeshire;
GeorgeFLETCHER, son, aged 15, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Robert FLETCHER, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Alfred FLETCHER, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
WilliamFLETCHER, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Frederic FLETCHER, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Mary Maria FLETCHER, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Caroline FLETCHER, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Harriet FLETCHER, daughter, aged 2, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Julia FLETCHER, daughter, aged 2 months, infant, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Edward Wm BALDERS, journeyman, unmarried, aged 38, drapers assistant, born at Swaffham, Norfolk;
Jonathan Hix OSBORNE, journeyman, unmarried, aged 22, drapers assistant, born at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire;
Richard WATTS, journeyman, aged 29, grocers assistant, born at Elmham, Norfolk;
*Harry GEE, apprentice, aged 17, drapers assistant, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Francis James NEEP, apprentice, aged 14, grocer drapers assistant, born at Walpole, Norfolk;
Elijah NORTON, warehouseman, unmarried, aged 19, grocer drapers assistant, born at Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Stephen GROUNDS, groom, unmarried, aged 18, grocer drapers assistant room [sic], born at Tydd St Giles;
Eliza LEAVER, servant, unmarried, aged 25, general house servant, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann SKELTON, servant, unmarried, aged 23, general house servant, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Fanny BARWELL, servant, aged 16, nurse maid, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Eliza BARWELL, servant, aged 13, general servant, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2097/270/56)
Emma WINFREY, daughter of Richard WINFREY, and Harry GEE, son of William GEE, were married at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, on 6 January1857.
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(GRO March Q 1857 Holbeach 7a 461)
The 1861 census of 53 Market Place, Leicester St. Martin:
*Harry GEE, head, aged 28, fancy draper and milliner, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Emma GEE, wife, aged 31, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Emma STRATTON, servant, aged 22, assistant milliner, born at Bedford, Bedfordshire;
Ellen GRANT, servant, aged 21, assistant sales woman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Susan PEAT, servant aged 23, domestic servant, born at Oakham, Rutland.
(RG9/2296/66/8)
The 1871 census of 53 Market Place, Leicester St. Martin:
*Harry GEE, head, aged 39, retailer of millinery, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Margaret JOHNSON, servant, aged 40, milliner, born in Ireland;
Annie SMITH, aged 29, saleswoman, born at Rigby, Leicestershire;
Sarah A EXTON, servant, aged 23, general domestic servant, born at Oakham, Rutland;
Sarah ROBERTS, servant, aged 16, general domestice servant, born at Barley Thorpe, Leicestershire.
(RG10/3288/47/9)
Harry's wife Emma GEE was visiting George and Betsy Ellen FLETCHER in Gedney, Lincolnshire.
From the 1881 census of Upper New Walk, Leicester St. Mary, Leicestershire:
*Harry GEE, head, aged 47, draper, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Emma GEE, wife, aged 51, draper's wife, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Emma ROBERTS, servant, aged 23, cook, born at Oakham, Rutland;
Elizth ROBERTS, servant, aged 18, housemaid, born at Oakham, Rutland;
John BILLSON, brother-in-law, aged 49, coal merchant, born in Leicester;
Mary BILLSON, sister, aged 45, born at Peterborough;
Edith M. BILLSON, niece, aged 21, governess, born in Leicester;
Elizth A. BILLSON, niece, aged 19, born in Leicester;
Emma W. BILLSON, niece, aged 12, scholar, born in Leicester;
Ellen F. BILLSON, niece, aged 11, scholar, born in Leicester;
Alexander N. BILLSON, nephew, aged 5, scholar, born in Leicester;
Mary UPTON, visitor, aged 23, domestic servant, born at Bardon Hill, Leicestershire;
Ada BURNHAM, visitor, aged 19, domestic servant, born at Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire.
The death of Harry GEE aged 61 was registered in 1895.
(GRO March 1895 Hastings 2b 23)
The Leeds Mercury reported the death aged 61 of Harry GEE of Leicester at St. Leonard's-on-Sea in its edition of 12 January 1895. He was said to have spent the early years of his life at Long Sutton, and married a sister of the late Alderman R. F. WINFREY of that town. He had been in business as a draper in Leicester for over forty years.
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