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TRYING TO FIND GEORGE LEE WHO WAS BORN AROUND 1856 IN CHURCH FENTON, YORKSHIRE. HIS FATHER WAS CALLED WILLIAM. DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIS MOTHER WHICH IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT. HE MARRIED A JANE ANN RHODES( NEE CHATT) IN 1877 AND THEY HAD A SON CALLED ROBERT. CAN ANY ONE HELP.

his birth should be on FreeBMD IF it was registered ,Many births weren,t so in 1875 it bcame an offence not to register a birth withins six weeks or pay a fine

Just for info

Marriages Sep 1877 (>99%)
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Appleton John Thomas Auckland 10a 227
Lee George Auckland 10a 227
RHODES Jane Ann Auckland 10a 227
Winn Mary Auckland 10a 227



Have you found him on any census?

1881 ??

Name: George Lee
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane Ann Lee
Gender: Male
Where born: Church, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Preston Le Skerne
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street Address: Heworth House
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Farm Labourer

Registration district: Stockton
Sub-registration district: Sedgefield
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Lee 24
Jane Ann Lee 27
John William Lee 3
Jane Rhodes 6
Ann Chat 68

What was the occupation of his father William from the marriage cert?


If 1881 is correct then not listed as born in Yorkshire

A bit confusing our george:

1891 England Census
about George Lee
Name: George Lee
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane Lee
Gender: Male
Where born: Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Kenton
Ecclesiastical parish: Gosforth
Town: Kenton
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View image

Registration district: Castle Ward
Sub-registration district: Ponteland
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George Lee 34
Jane Lee 36
John Lee 13
George Lee 7
Robert Lee 2
Rebecca Chatt 49

There is this family in the 1861 census:-

Name: George Lee
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Levitt
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Levitt
Gender: Male
Where born: Edbro, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Wistow
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Selby
Sub-registration district: Selby
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 34
Household Members:
Name Age

William Levitt 34
Mary Ann Levitt 26
Edward Levitt 13
Robert Levitt 10
Annie Elizabeth Levitt 6
William Levitt 4
George Lee 4, son (illegitimate)

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 3534; Folio: 42; Page: 6; GSU roll: 543148.

The family are living at Wistow which is quite close to Church Fenton.

Kath. x

1861 right area for Church Fenton - Selby area

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Marriages Dec 1860 (>99%)
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Lee Mary Anne Selby 9c 889
Levitt William Selby 9c



So looks like older children are his

This looks like his mother's marriage to William Levitt:-

Name: Mary Anne Lee
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Selby
County: Yorkshire - East Riding, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 889

Also on the page is William Levitt.

He probably just gave his step-father's name on his marriage certificate as he was the only father he had known.

Kath. x

I think this is William Levitt with his first wife in the 1851 census:-


Name: William Levitt
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Charlott Levitt
Gender: Male
Where born: Brealy, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Cawood
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Selby
Sub-registration district: Carlton
ED, institution, or vessel: 10b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 52
Household Members:
Name Age

William Levitt 24
Charlott Levitt 24
Edward Levitt 3
Robert Levitt 2 MO

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2351; Folio: 412; Page: 16; GSU roll: 87611-87612.

Kath. x

Two possible deaths for William's first wife:-

Name: Charlotte Levitt
Year of Registration: 1856
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Selby
County: Yorkshire - East Riding, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 298

or:-

Name: Charlotte Levitt
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Selby
County: Yorkshire - East Riding, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9C
Page: 364_

Kath. x

Is this George and his wife in the 1901 census:-

Name: George Lee
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane A Lee
Gender: Male
Where born: Church Fenting, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Chathill
Ecclesiastical parish: Ellingham
Town: Chathill
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View image
Registration district: Belford
Sub-registration district: Belford
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 50
Household Members:
Name Age

George Lee 43
Jane A Lee 48
George Lee 17
Robert Lee 12
Rebecca Chatt 63, sister-in-law
Patsy Hoolan 30, boarder

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4843; Folio: 59; Page: 10.

Kath. x

THIS WAS ROBERT WAS BORN IN 1889.WHICH IS WHERE MY SEARCH STATRED

YES. WILL LOOK INTO THE LEVITT'S TO SEE IF THIS GOES ANY WHERE. THANKS FOR THE INFO
EILEEN

YES. WILL LOOK INTO THE LEVITT'S TO SEE IF THIS GOES ANY WHERE. THANKS FOR THE INFO
EILEEN