Re: Celestia Ferris NY-MI
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In reply to:
Celestia Ferris NY-MI
Gene Marshall 11/18/00
My great great grandfather was Henry B. Ferris.He married Dolly Ann Townsend.His sister was Celestia Ferris and she married John Fox Townsend, Dolly's brother (their mother's maiden name was Fox).Henry and Dolly had a George H. Ferris (age 9 at the time of an 1850 census).My understanding is that the inventor of the Ferris Wheel was named George Washington Gale Ferris, don't think that they are one and the same as the inventor was born in 1859 and Dolly and Henry's George was born in 1841.