Jane Lee

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Lee was born on 16 April 1829, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Lee, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Best, was 30. She married John Shaw Barnes on 23 March 1846, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1860. She died on 2 December 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Shaw Barnes
1824–1890
Jane Lee
1829–1885
Marriage: 23 March 1846
Fannie Emma Barnes
1848–1890
Sarah j Barnes
1853–
Ann Eliza Barnes
1857–1921
Charles E. Barnes
1858–1883
Lilian Leantine Barnes
1864–1953
Nellie Lee Barnes
1866–1869

Sources (23)

  • Jane Lee in household of John Lee, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Lee - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Jane Lee
  • Jane Lee Barnes, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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