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Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.17, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Kno…
Ralph Cary Geer
Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.17, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Ralph Cary Geer

American, 1816 - 1895
BiographyRalph Cary Geer was born on 13 March 1816 in Willimantic, Connecticut. He was the son of Joseph Cary Geer (1795-1881) and Mary Johnson (1797-1847). He had nine siblings: Frederick Wolcott Geer (b. 1817), Frances Emeline Geer (1821-1897), Joseph Cary Geer (1825-1908), Isaiah Geer (1827-1885), Heman Johnson Geer (1828-1903), Mary Geer (1830-1899), Elizabeth Geer (1833-1916), Juliette Geer (1835-1854), and Iantha Geer (1836-1907).

He had three half-siblings by his father's second wife, Elizabeth Smith (d. 1855): Orlando Thurston Geer (1851-1851), Lucien Geer (b. 1854), and Joel Palmer Geer (1856-1917).

Ralph married Mary Willard (b. 1819) on 8 January 1837 in London, Ohio. They had six children: Calvin Geer (b. 1837), Florinda Geer (b. 1839), Samantha Geer (b. 1842), Lagrande Byington Geer (1845-1909), Mary Geer (b. 1851), and Angeline Geer (1853-1856).

He died on 9 January 1837.


Source: Geer, Walter. "423." The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623-1923, Brentano's, 1923, pp. 125-127.

Source: Geer, Walter. "961." The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623-1923, Brentano's, 1923, pp. 193.
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