Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McGee b. Dec 1862 Scotland d. 1925 Connecticut, USA: Smith Family Tree

Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McGee

1862 - 1925 (62 years)

Name	Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McGee [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Birth	Dec 1862	Scotland [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
Gender	Female
Arrival	1865 [2]
Immigration	3 Jun 1870	New York, New York, USA [2, 8]
	Martha and Thomas McGee, with their children, departed Glasgow aboard SS Cambria
		Ship-SS Cambria SS Cambria was a British cargo-passenger steamship wrecked off the north-west of Ireland on 19 October 1870 with the loss of 178 lives. The iron-hulled ship was built at the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow for the Anchor Line, to operate on the trans-Atlantic route. She was launched on 1 March 1869, and sailed on her maiden voyage on…
Arrival	1872 [6]
Census	1880	Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA [5]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
Census	1900	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
Census	1910	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA [6]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Arthur
Census	1920	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA [3]
	Relation to Head: Wife; Residence Marital Status: Married
Death	1925	Connecticut, USA [1]
Burial	Higganum Cemetery, Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA [1]
	Robert A Brookes and Elizabeth McGee and Arthur Brookes
		Burial-BROOKES Robert A Brookes and Elizabeth McGee & Arthur Brookes, buried together with Thomas, William, Syble, Whitney and Dorothy - Higganum Cemetery, Higganum CT + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496604/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496654/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496738/
		Higganum Cemetery Higganum, Middlesex Connecticut Find a Grave: #2146637
Person ID	I20517	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Thomas McGee, b. Abt 1817, Scotland
Relationship	natural
Mother	Martha mcgee, b. Abt 1836, Scotland
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F7910	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Arthur Brookes, b. Sep 1859, New York, USA d. 1929 (Age 69 years)

Marriage 10 Aug 1882 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [2, 4]

Children

	1. Thomas B Brookes, b. Oct 1892, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Jul 1916, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Ida L Brookes, b. Jun 1883 d. 22 Aug 1883, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Robert Albert Brookes, b. 1 Aug 1890, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 25 Sep 1967, Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Fred Edward Brookes, b. 8 Nov 1887, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Feb 1977, Deep River, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Arthur Wellington Brookes, b. 4 Oct 1898, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 6 Mar 1970, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Kenneth Whitney Brookes, b. 12 Mar 1903, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Jun 1993, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F5316 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Dec 1862 - Scotland
	Immigration - Martha and Thomas McGee, with their children, departed Glasgow aboard SS Cambria - 3 Jun 1870 - New York, New York, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - 1880 - Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
	Marriage - 10 Aug 1882 - Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - 1900 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Arthur - 1910 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Residence Marital Status: Married - 1920 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
	Death - 1925 - Connecticut, USA
	Burial - - Higganum Cemetery, Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

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Burials

Burial-BROOKES
Robert A Brookes and Elizabeth McGee & Arthur Brookes, buried together with Thomas, William, Syble, Whitney and Dorothy - Higganum Cemetery, Higganum CT + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496604/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496654/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110496738/

Places

Ship-SS Cambria
SS Cambria was a British cargo-passenger steamship wrecked off the north-west of Ireland on 19 October 1870 with the loss of 178 lives. The iron-hulled ship was built at the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow for the Anchor Line, to operate on the trans-Atlantic route. She was launched on 1 March 1869, and sailed on her maiden voyage on…

Sources

[S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave.
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: 141; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0276; FHL microfilm: 1240141.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0276; FHL microfilm: 1240141
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T625_187; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 215.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T625_187; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 215
[S299] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;).

Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
[S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut; Roll: 109; Family History Film: 1254109; Page: 271D; Enumeration District: 124.

1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut; Roll: 109; Family History Film: 1254109; Page: 271D; Enumeration District: 124
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T624_135; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0300; FHL microfilm: 1374148.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T624_135; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0300; FHL microfilm: 1374148
[S1572] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;), Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut.

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut

[S36] Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1870; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 329; Line: 21; List Number: 474.

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Year: 1870; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 329; Line: 21; List Number: 474

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