James Lee

Brief Life History of James

When James Lee was born in 1852, in Gloucester, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Lee, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Bratton, was 33. He lived in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Gloucester, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died in Carleton, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee
1816–1888
Elizabeth Bratton
1819–
Robert Lee
1841–1907
John Lee
Thomas Lee
1842–
William Lee
1845–1924
Samuel Lee
1849–1860
James Lee
1852–
Anna Lee
1856–1931
Isaac Brown Lee
1858–1933
Peter Lee
1861–
Elizabeth Lee
1864–

Sources (3)

  • James Lee in household of Robert Lee, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • James Lee, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • James Lee in household of Thomas Lee, "Canada Census, 1871"

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World Events (7)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

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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