This very interesting
surname is English. Most frequently recorded in the North of England, it is
nevertheless of uncertain origin, and there may be several sources from
which it has developed. The first possibility is that it is of locational
origins from a place called Gee Cross, a prosperous village near Stockport,
in the county of Cheshire. This seems very likely, as it is in that area
that the original recordings are to be found. The second possibility is that
it derives from pre 10th century Old French "Geai" meaning the Jay bird, and
would thus have been given as a nickname name to someone who was "a bright
chatterbox". Early church registers recordings include examples such as:
Thomas Gee, who was christened on June 9th 1560 at the church of St. Gregory
by St. Pauls, in the city of London, Margarett Gee, the daughter of Edward
Gee, who was christened at Gawsworth, Cheshire on May 26th 1568, and Sara
Gee, who was christened on January 11th 1572 at St. Martins, Ludgate, also
in the city of London. Mary Gee, aged 20 years, was an emigrant to the new
United States of America. She sailed from Liverpool aboard the ship
"Shenandoah" bound for New York, on March 27th 1846. The first recorded
spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Dicon Gee. This was
dated 1494, in the register of the parish of Stockport, during the reign of
King Henry V11, Henry Tudor, 1485 - 1509.
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