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Thomas LEES

Thomas LEES

Male 1845 - 1905  (60 years)


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  • Name Thomas LEES
    Burial PLOT AC-24  Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 2 Apr 1845  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    salesman of cotton machinery 
    Death 4 Jun 1905  Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I62884  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2020

    Father Edward LEES
    Mother Anna ___
    Family ID F56006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah SPENCER,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1877, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4]
    Marriage England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Spencer LEES,   b. 27 Mar 1871, Oldham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1943, West Middlesex, Mercer Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Annie LEES,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Florence S. LEES,   b. May 1877, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F26999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth WOOD,   b. 25 Nov 1845, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1929 (Age 84 years)
    Marriage CA 1878  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Kent County, Rhode Island (Town of Coventry), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
      Thomas Lees, 55, b. Apr 1845 in England (both parents b. England), immigrated 1880, naturalized, salesman of cotton machinery, married 22 yrs (corrected from 34 yrs); wife Elizabeth, 54, b. Nov 1845 in England (both parents b. England), immigrated (blank), naturalization entry blank, married 22 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); son James S, 29, b. Mar 1871 in England, immigrated (blank), naturalization blank, occupation "Spinner - Cotton," single; dau Florence S, 23, b. May 1877 in Pennsylvania, occupation "Burling - Woolen," single; son Herbert E, 19, b. Nov 1880 in Pennsylvania, single, occupation tinsmith; dau Eva, 16, b. Jun 1883 in Pennsylvania.

      No entry for this family was found in the 1880 Census. Thomas died in 1905.
    Children 
     1. John Wood LEES,   b. 3 Feb 1879   d. 5 Jul 1945 (Age 66 years)
     2. Herbert E. LEES,   b. 10 Nov 1880, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1906, Cranston, Providence Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     3. Eva LEES,   b. Jun 1883, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F26161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S1616] Immediate family.
      Following the death of his first wife, Sarah, in childbirth in May 1877, Thomas Lees returned to England, where he married Elizabeth. She had previously been married to a Buttersworth, by whom she had a son Samuel. (Per Thomas Lees' granddaughter, Elizabeth Lees Brown, who was named in her honor.)