Robert Owen Lee Sr

Brief Life History of Robert Owen

When Robert Owen Lee Sr was born on 25 January 1925, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Ralso Clyde Lee, was 47 and his mother, Cora Jane Jones, was 24. He married Dorthy Marie Holloway on 9 January 1945, in Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Civil District 12, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States in 2005. He died on 25 July 2005, in Callahan, Nassau, Florida, United States, at the age of 80.

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Robert Owen Lee Sr
1925–2005
Dorthy Marie Holloway
1925–2006
Marriage: 9 January 1945
Harold D Lee
1950–2013

Sources (13)

  • Robert O Lee in household of Ralso C Lee, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert Owen Lee, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Robert O Lee, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

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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