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LEE FAMILY PAGE
LEE NAMES INDEX
John William BEST Mary Ann LEE Born 1854 at Kirkstall Born 1844 at Eccleshill
Baptised 4 Jun 1854 at Kirkstall, St Stephen
Parents William/Eliza Parents James/Hannah
Married 27 May 1882 at Kirkstall, Congregational Chapel Puddler of 15 Fountain Terrace (widower), father : stone breaker; bride Warper of 5 Ackroyd Terrace Armley, father : slubber
Witnesses Epaphras LEE Mary Ann's brother Henry MYERS Mary Ann's sister Martha's husband
Died 1920 (age 66) Died 15 Feb 1921 (age 76) at Armley, 23 Armley Ridge Road at Armley, 23 Armley Ridge Road
Bu'd 20 Oct 1920 (grave C621) Buried 18 Feb 1921 (grave C621) at Armley, Hill Top Cemetery at Armley, Hill Top Cemetery
Remarks : John William previously married 1. (towards the end of 1880) Matilda Kelly (born at Halifax mid-1866). She died as the result of child-birth within a month or so (early 1881) alleged age 16, though actually only 14. The infant (a male) did not survive.
Addresses : 1883-84 Armley, Ridge Road 1885-86 17 Ridge Road 1887 13 Barden Street 1888-94 4 Barden Street (engine packing labourer) 1895-98 25 Ridge Road 1899 23 Ridge Road 1900-03 23 Ridge Road 1904-21 23 Armley Ridge Road [road renamed] (corporation labourer)
Children : b=born, c=christened, m=married, d=died Beatrice b 3/4/83 Armley; m. William Robert Harrison
CENSUS DETAILS
1861 Census 3354-41 Kirkstall, Cardigan Square William Best H M 37 brick maker Wortley Eliza Best W M 34 wln cloth notter Leeds John W BEST S - 7 scholar Kirkstall Joseph B Best S - 1 Kirkstall Sarah A Best D - 12 scholar Kirkstall Ellen Burnett Mr/L - 58 Pudsey 1871 Census 4573-34 Kirkstall, Springfield Place William Best H M 46 lab (road man) Wortley Eliza Best W M 44 Leeds John BEST S - 17 lab (road man) Kirkstall Joseph Benjn Best S - 11 scholar Kirkstall Tom Best S - 7 scholar Kirkstall 1881 Census 4540-146 Kirkstall, 15 Fountain Terrace William H Tiffany H M 32 leather tanner Kirkstall Sarah A Tiffany W M 32 Kirkstall and family plus : John W BEST B W 27 puddler iron Kirkstall 1881 Census 4509-54 Armley, 5 Akeroyd Square Henry Myers H M 32 coal & ironstone miner Armley Martha Myers W M 30 Calverley and family, plus Mary Ann LEE Lr U 37 wln warper Eccleshill 1891 Census 3682-75 Armley, 4 Bardon Street John William BEST H M 37 engine packing lab Kirkstall Mary Ann BEST W M 46 Eccleshill Beatrace Best D - 8 scholar Armley 1901 Census 4214-72 Armley, 23 Ridge Road John BEST H M 46 maker of engine packing Kirkstall Mary Ann BEST W M 55 Eccleshill Beatrice Best D S 17 tailoress Armley 1911 Census Armley, Ridge Road, 23 Ridge Row John W BEST H M 55 road sweeper Kirkstall Mary A BEST W M 65 Eccleshill