Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Lee was born on 31 December 1854, in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick John Lee, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Hambley, was 21. He married Harriet Parkins on 14 September 1874, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 25 July 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William H Lei, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- W H Lee, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- William H. Lee, "Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954"
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1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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