Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Lee was born on 13 October 1851, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Lee, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Ann Roebuck, was 30. He married Melissa Ann Smith on 8 January 1873, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 20 December 1929, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Lee, "United States Census, 1910"
- Samuel Lee, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Samuel Lee in entry for George Thomas Lee, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (8)
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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