Frances Virginia Lee

Brief Life History of Frances Virginia

When Frances Virginia Lee was born on 15 June 1886, in Darien, McIntosh, Georgia, United States, her father, William James Robert Lee, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Ann Huggins, was 26. She married John Pleasant Harris on 14 March 1906, in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Leon, Florida, United States in 1900 and Crawfordville, Wakulla, Florida, United States in 1910. She died on 3 February 1971, in Woodville, Leon, Florida, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Woodville, Leon, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Pleasant Harris
1881–1954
Frances Virginia Lee
1886–1971
Marriage: 14 March 1906
James Edward Harris
1907–1973
John Cecil Harris
1908–1933
Donald Emanuel Harris
1910–1973
Douglas Kingsley Harris
1913–1983
Hazel Frances Harris
1915–2006
Mary Lee Harris
1917–1999
Sara Ann Harris
1919–1991
Kenneth Hoover Harris
1921–1988

Sources (20)

  • Fanny V Harris, "Florida State Census, 1945"
  • Fannie V Lee, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
  • Frances Virginia Harris, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1888

Historical Boundaries 1888: Leon, Florida, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

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.

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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