Brief Life History of Blanche H.
When Blanche H. Lee was born on 25 July 1855, in Mount Union, Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Dr. Alfred Bond Lee, was 37 and her mother, Martha Ann Libhart, was 31. She married Horace Kimball on 11 June 1877, in Johnson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Johnson, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Lee, Florida, United States in 1920. She died on 2 June 1944, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Blanch Lee in household of Martha Lee, "United States Census, 1870"
- Blanche Lee Kimball, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Blanche H Lee, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1849–1921 Male
1855–1944 Female
Children (2)
1878–1957 Male
1880–1954 Male
Parents and Siblings
1818–1864 Male
1824–1910 Female
Siblings (1)
1855–1944 Female
World Events (8)
1857 · Oldest tobacco shop in the Country
Age 2
1863
Age 8
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 26
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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