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Harry Simpson Gee

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Harry Simpson Gee (1842-1924), director of Freeman, Hardy and Willis and Richard Hornsby and Sons

Born the son of George Walker Gee, an Outfitter, and his wife Ellen Simpson

1863 Employed by Stead and Simpson

1870 Married (1) at Tonbridge to Isabella Gorham (1848-1883) and had three sons and three daughters

1877 Listed as a manufacturer of Leicester [1]

1881 Living at The Frith, Knighton, Leicestershire (age 38 born Leeds), Leather and Boot and Show Manufacturer employing about 1,000 hands. With wife Ella (age 32 born Tonbridge) and children Ernest E. S. (age 10), Ethel M. (age 9), Harry P. (age 7), George C. G. (age 5), Beatrice E. (age 2) Mabel Violet (age 5 months) and Elinor Bruns Gorman (age 28), Sister-in-Law plus six servants [2]

1883 Death of Ella age 34 the wife of Harry Simpson Gee at Knighton Frith, near Leicester [3]

1884 Married (2) at Gainsborough to Mary Blanche Dalton (1858-1908) and had one son and one daughter

1890 Trustee of the Leicester Brewing and Malting Co [4]

1891 of Stead, Simpson and Nephew, Chairman of the Leicestershire Banking Co and founder shareholder in the Securities Insurance Co [5]

1897 Director of Richard Hornsby and Sons

1901 Residing at Knighton Firth, London Road, Leicester: Harry Simpson Gee (age 59 born Leeds), Bank Director and director of various companies. With his wife Mary B., one daughter and his mother Ellen.[6]

1911 Director of Freeman, Hardy and Willis [7]

1912 Married (3) at Leicester to Emily Frances Swan and had one daughter

1924 Director of the Midland Bank [8]

1924 July. Died. Honorary Treasurer of University College, Leicester [9]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Saturday, Oct 20, 1877
  2. 1881 Census
  3. The Times, Tuesday, Apr 03, 1883
  4. The Times, Saturday, Jul 05, 1890
  5. The Times, Monday, Feb 16, 1891
  6. 1901 Census
  7. The Times, Tuesday, Jan 24, 1911
  8. The Times, Saturday, Jan 26, 1924
  9. The Times, Thursday, Feb 12, 1925