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George Myers <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:09:15 -0400
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My gradnfather's Aunt Rosalie Myers was married to this man:


Cortelyou, George Bruce


Pronunciation: [kôr´tulyOO] (key)


1862–1940, American public official and business executive, b. New York City. 
He taught school, and after learning stenography, he became secretary to 
several New York City and federal officials. Appointed (1895) stenographer to 
President Cleveland, Cortelyou became secretary to Presidents McKinley (1900) 
and Theodore Roosevelt (1901). He also served under Roosevelt as Secretary of 
Commerce and Labor (1903–4), Postmaster General (1905–7), and Secretary of 
the Treasury (1907–9). He then left government service and became prominent 
as an executive of public-utility companies.


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The original Jaques Cortelyou was the first Surveyor of Brooklyn, NY for the 
Dutch West Indies Company.

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