Melinda Lee
1839–1892 (Age 52)
Otto,Cattaraugus,New York
The Life of Melinda
When Melinda Lee was born on 17 August 1839, her father, Daniel Lee, was 31 and her mother, Mary Cheney, was 21. She lived in Otto, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 21 January 1892, in Oberlin, Decatur, Kansas, United States, at the age of 52.
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Family Time Line
Daniel Lee
1808–
Mary Cheney
1818–1880
Susan Lee
1837–1909
Melinda Lee
1839–1892
Sophia Caroline Lee
1842–1909
Milton Oliver Lee
1847–1894
Levi George Lee
1849–1865
Warren Hurd Lee
1853–1937
George Cheney Lee
1856–1939
Parents & Siblings
1808–Male
1818–1880Female
siblings
(7)
1837–1909Female
1839–1892Female
1842–1909Female
1847–1894Male
1849–1865Male
+2 More Children
World Events (7)
1846
Age 7
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Age 22
Kansas is the 34th state
1863
Age 24
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
1 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’.2 English: habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.3 Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach’, a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem’, ‘song’ (originally a byname for a poet).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Melinda Lee in household of Daniel Lee, "United States Census, 1860"
Malinda Lee in household of Daniel Lee, "United States Census, 1850"
Velinda Lee in household of Daniel Lee, "United States Census, 1870"
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