Ezra Franklin Lee

Male25 May 1908–17 December 1988

Brief Life History of Ezra Franklin

Ezra Franklin Lee was born on 25 May 1908, in Alabama, United States. He married Mae Lena Wells on 20 March 1926, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 16 Blue Pond, DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 December 1988, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Chavies, DeKalb, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Franklin Lee
1908–1988
Mae Lena Wells
1908–1983
Marriage: 20 March 1926
Ralph J Lee
1926–2004

Sources (9)

  • Ezra H Lee, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ezra Lee, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
  • Ezra F. Lee, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 March 1926DeKalb, Alabama, United States

    • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 1

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    1910 · The BSA is Made

    Age 2

    Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

    1929

    Age 21

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    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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