Brief Life History of William Orme
When William Orme Lee was born on 28 November 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred Gilham Lee, was 57 and his mother, Rebecca Orme, was 24. He married Louisa Calder on 17 November 1886, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 26 January 1911, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 48, and was buried in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- William Lee in household of Alfred Lee, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Orme Lee - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Orme Lee
- Willam O Lee, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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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