LEE

LEE is not an easy surname to research as it is common, found in very many places and does not seem to be locative. However whilst there are several possible origins, the most common is likely to be old English lēah, meaning a meadow or forest or wood clearing. So in the past it probalby meant you lived near to some meadow or a patch of arable land. It could also originate as ancient Irish.

Here, the family are all in Lancashire as far back as the early 1800s. There are problems earlier than that with Henry Lee, where birth dates and naming patterns dont fit, so this is still very much being researched. The generations back to Henry in 1801 are as below.

Henry LEE (abt 1801- 1870) on 13 March 1820 at Bolton married Ellen PARKINSON (1800- 1876) and they had six children: John, James, William, Robert, Henry, Sarah.

    Robert LEE (1827- 1892) on 8 April 1849 at Bolton le Moors married Ann WHALLEY (1828- 1854) and they had two children:  Henry and Emma

    Henry LEE (1851- 1902) on 2 April 1879 married Hannah ROBERTS (1851- 1898) and they had seven children:  Frederic George, Harold Hague, Edith Jessie, Harry, Arthur Johnson, Florence Beatrice and Herbert.  Note he had married before Hannah to Ann FARNWORTH (1853- 1877 in 1871 and had three children: James Henry, Jana and Walter. After Hannah died, he married again in Nov 1901 to Mary Alice Wood.

    Frederic George LEE (1885- 1967) on 6th April 1912 at Bolton married Lily BAMBER (1888- 1977) and they  had three children: James Arthur (1912- 1998), Frederick (1916- 1990) and May (1920- 2017)

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