Margaret Lee

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Lee was born about 1845, in Alabama, United States, her father, Columbus Washington Lee, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Parker, was 27. She married Thomas Carter Hill on 4 May 1870, in Perry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Perry, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Uniontown, Perry, Alabama, United States for about 20 years.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Carter Hill
1838–1895
Margaret Lee
1845–
Marriage: 4 May 1870
Columbus Lee Hill
1871–1900
Thomas Carter Hill Jr.
1873–1938
Margaret Hill
1875–
Miranda Gregory Hill
1877–1910
Harry Edward Hill
1879–1896
Margaret Hill Benton
1885–

Sources (8)

  • Margaret Lee, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Lee, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Margaret Lee in entry for Madge Hill, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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