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Elizabeth WOOD

Elizabeth WOOD

Female 1845 - 1929  (84 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth WOOD
    Birth 25 Nov 1845  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Dec 1929  [1] 
    Burial Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I62885  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2020

    Family 1 ___ BUTTERSWORTH
    Children 
     1. Samuel BUTTERSWORTH
    Family ID F27007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas LEES,   b. 2 Apr 1845, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1905, Coventry, Kent Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Marriage CA 1878  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    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

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [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.)