George Mortin Bleecker was born on 17. Nov. 1861 at Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Henry Ellis Bleecker and
Phoebe Wilson Cook. George Mortin Bleecker married
Mary Frances Martin c 1888.
George Mortin Bleecker was shown in the census on 4. Jun. 1900 as an attorney.
George Mortin Bleecker and
Mary Frances Martin appeared on the census of 4. Jun. 1900 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota,
; 2 childre, 2 living
in the household
Dorothy Bleecker grand daughter age 19 b. Minnesota
Phoebe Bleecker grand daughter age 16 b Minnesota.
George Mortin Bleecker was shown in the census on 15. Jan. 1920 as a lawyer.
George Mortin Bleecker and
Mary Frances Martin appeared on the census of 15. Jan. 1920 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
Vol II, pg 688-691
GEORGE M. BLEECKER
A representative of an old American family is George M. Bleecker, attorney of Minneapolis. His paternal great-great-grandfather, John Jacob Bleecker, came to this country from Holland about the year 1750, accompanied by a brother. He located on the island of Manhattan, and owned a farm in the center of what is now New York city. Bleecker street perpetuates the family name in that metropolis. A grandson of John Jacob Bleecker, was John Anthony Bleecker, who was born in New York city in 1791. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. In 1824 he moved with his family to a new home in New Jersey, and became an active figure in the public life of that state. He was a member of the state senate from Morris county for some time, and was judge of the county court for several years. His son, Henry E. Bleecker, was the father of George M., whose name introduces this review.
In the great rush for the gold fields in California in 1849, after gold was discovered in that state, Henry E. Bleecker, as a young man of twenty years, was one of a party Of young men who chartered a ship and made the trip to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn. He remained in California for four years, and then returned to his home in New Jersey, where in 1854, lie was married to Phoebe Wilson Cook, whose parents had come some years before from Connecticut, where their forbears had lived since early colonial days.
George M. Bleecker was born in the village of Whippany, Morris county, New Jersey, and there received his early education. In 1883 he came to Minneapolis, enrolling in the University of Minnesota for special academic work, and then took up the study of law. He entered the legal department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from that school in 1887. In December of that year he was admitted to the bar of Hennepin county and immediately began practice in Minneapolis.
During the years 1891 and 1892 he served as clerk of the probate court of Hennepin county. In 1892 he was elected to the state legislature and served throughout one session in that body. In 1893 he resumed the practice of law and has been in continuous practice ever since that date. From 1913 to 1918 he was a member of the Civil Service Commission of Minneapolis. In 1920 Mr. Bleecker was appointed a member of the first City Planning Commission of Minneapolis, and is still an active member of that, body. He is a director in a number of corporations and his practice has been devoted quite largely to corporate and real estate law.
Mr. Bleecker was married in 1889, to Mary Frances Martin of Minneapolis. They have two sons and two daughters: Warren T., John D., Dorothy Gould and Phoebe Isabelle.