Brief Life History of Deborah
When Deborah Lees was born on 13 October 1782, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Lees, was 49 and her mother, Sarah Hyde, was 25. She married John Harrison Miller on 29 March 1807, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 1 May 1865, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Debora Miller in household of Hannah Clark, "United States Census, 1860"
- Deborah Lees, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Deborah Lees, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields, arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee ), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture, meadow’ (Old English lǣs).
English: habitational name fromLeece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from OldEnglish lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural oflēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably namedwith a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall, court, the principalhouse in a district’.
English: variant of Leece 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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