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First name(s) William Bell
Last name Lee
Birth year 1876
Age 59
Death year 1935
Burial year 1935
Burial date 24 May 1935
Burial place River, Ss Peter & Paul
County Kent
Country England
Register year range 1873-1939
Archive reference U3/170
Page 90
Archive
Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Record set Kent Burials
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Burials
Collections from England, Great Britain
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LEE, WILLIAM BELL SAWKINS
GRO Reference: 1876 J Quarter in BRIDGE Volume 02A Page 743

Yes, that's the right one, Maddie . Well found!

Transcription:
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Frogham Street, Nonington, Eastry, Kent, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Henry Lea Head Married Male 28 1853 Ag Lab Surrey, England
Sarah Lea Wife Married Female 29 1852 - Nonington, Kent, England
Anne C F Lea Daughter Single Female 7 1874 Scholar Nonington, Kent, England
William B Lea Son Single Male 4 1877 Scholar Womenswold, Kent, England
Charles H Lea Son Single Male 2 1879 - Womenswold, Kent, England
Edith Mary Lea Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Nonington, Kent, England
John Castle Boarder Single Male 18 1863 Ag Lab Nonington, Kent, England

think this is more like it

father Henry - Lyden near Dover
discharged 23/11/04
William
Last name Lee
Birth year 1874
Birth parish St Mary's
Birth town Woolwich
Birth county Kent
Birth country England
Service number 94331
Regiment Royal Artillery
Year 1892
Attestation date 24 Nov 1892
Attestation age years 18
Attestation age months 7
Attestation service number 94331
Attestation corps Royal Artillery
Discharge corps Royal Artillery
Document type Attestation
Series Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913

I don't think William Henry with father George is the right man, Megs - in which case Ada is irrelevant.

William Henry died in South Africa1901, if the army record is the right one.

Ancestry suggests this is William's birth - but that's just because 1911 gives his YOB as 1881, so isn't necessarily correct:

LEE, WILLIAM mms LOTT
GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in SHEPPEY Volume 02A Page 879


EDIT:

And it's not the correct birth.

That child's father is William:

Marriages Jun 1879 (>99%)
LEE William Sheppey 2a 1259
LOTT Elizabeth Sheppey 2a 1259

This Ada is throwing me off with conflicting birth dates.
Am I missing something?

1911 says William and Emma had had 3 children, of whom one had died.

Although the transcription says William was a yard man, the image says he was a gardener at the Duke of York R[oyal] M[ilitary] School.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York%27s_Royal_Military_School

ada from 1911 census
Name: Ada Charlotte Lee
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1883
Birth Place: Nonington, Kent, England
Father: Henry Lee
Mother: Sarah Lee

1891
Name: Ada C Lee
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Relationship: Daughter
Birth Year: 1884
Father: Henry Lee
Mother: Sarah Lee
Birth Place: Nonington, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Barfreston
Residence Place: Barfreston, Barfreston, Kent, England
Sub registration district: Eythorn
ED, Institution or Vessel: 1
Neighbors:
Piece: 737
Folio: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Lee 38
Sarah Lee 39
Annie C Lee 17
Charles Hy Lee 12
Edith M Lee 9
Ada C Lee 7
Albert E Lee 9/12

1939
Name: Ada G Brockman
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1885
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 16
Residence Place: Dover, Kent, England
Occupation: Unpaid Domestic
Schedule Number: 83
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: DHLH
Registration district: 65/2.
Inferred Spouse: C R Brockman
Inferred Children: Alma D M Brockman
Household Members:
Name
C R Brockman
Ada G Brockman
Alma D M Brockman

LEE, ADA CHARLOTTE SAWKINS
GRO Reference: 1883 D Quarter in EASTRY Volume 02A Page 939


Marriages Jun 1873 (>99%)

LEE Henry Eastry 2a 1246
Sawkins Sarah Eastry 2a 1246

Marriage Banns

County Norfolk
Place Great Yarmouth
Church St Nicholas
RegisterNumber 294
MarriageDate 16 Feb 1899
GroomForename William
GroomSurname LEE
GroomAge 22
GroomParish
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation Gunner
GroomAbode Barracks
BrideForename Mary Ann Emma
BrideSurname COOKE
BrideAge 21
BrideParish
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode King St.
GroomFatherForename Henry
GroomFatherSurname LEE
GroomFatherOccupation Labourer
BrideFatherForename Henry
BrideFatherSurname COOKE
BrideFatherOccupation Labourer
WitnessOneForename Thomas
WitnessOneSurname SMITH
WitnessTwoForename Elizabeth M
WitnessTwoSurname HUTCHINS
Notes Banns. The groom and bride signed. The witnesses signed.
FileNumber 726

Thanks
ArgllGran

William Lee
in the 1911 England Census
Name: William Lee
Age in 1911: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Woolwich, Kent
Civil Parish: Dover
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 4 Trittons Cottage, Common Lane, River
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Yard Man
Registration district: Dover
Registration District Number: 65
Sub-registration district: Dover
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Household schedule number: 96
Piece: 4604
Household Members:
Name Age
William Lee 30
Emma Lee 29 - Great Yarmouth
Charles Lee 7 - Nuneaton


LEE, CHARLES HENRY mms COOKE
GRO Reference: 1903 J Quarter in NUNEATON Volume 06D Page 520

This looks like the death for the burial posted.

Deaths Sep 1901 (>99%)
Lee Mary Ann 81 Walsingham 4b 179

In the 1901 census, William is a gunner in Royal Garrison Artillery.


William Henry's service record:

William Henry Lee
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: William Henry Lee
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1877
Birth Place: Woolwich, Kent, England
Enlistment Age: 18
Document Year: 1895
Regimental Number: 4565
Regiment Name: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment
Number of Images: 5
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
William Henry Lee Self (Head)
George Lee Father

Already serving with Royal (something unreadable) Regiment.

Among other places, he served in south Africa 16/03/1900 to 30/12/1901.

Died on 31/12/1901 of enteric fever at Norvalspont (?).

Can't be Emma's husband, unless she had given his name to the enumerator in 1901 and hadn't said he was actually in South Africa at the time.

Found another daughter for William and Mary. Eleanor Maud Lee 1901, looks like she died in 1902.

Yes thats Mary, Maylon. The burial for Mary did it give an age. The death records aren't showing anything that would fit.

Thanks Maddie, think you might be on the right track with this.

Mary's father was wrong on marriage banns, so could be a possibility William's was as well.

william could be william henry

1881
23, James St Ethel Terrace, Woolwich, London & Kent, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Lee Head Married Male 37 1844 Corp A H C Norwich, Norfolk, England
Emma Lee Wife Married Female 36 1845 - Chatham, Kent, England
Emily Lee Daughter Single Female 14 1867 - Chatham, Kent, England
George Lee Son Single Male 12 1869 - Chatham, Kent, England
Alfred Lee Son Single Male 10 1871 - Netley, Hampshire, England
Ellen Lee Daughter Single Female 6 1875 - Woolwich, Kent, England
William H Lee Son Single Male 4 1877 - Woolwich, Kent, England
Ada Lee Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Woolwich, Kent, England

sister from 1911 census

ADA
Last name LEE
Birth year 1880
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Philpot
District Woolwich

WILLIAM HENRY
Last name LEE
Birth year 1877
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Philpott
District Woolwich

William Henry
Last name Lee
Age 18
Birth year 1877
Birth town Woolwich
Birth county Kent
Birth country England
Service number 4565
Regiment Royal West Kent Regiment
Year 1895
Series WO 363
Series description Wo 363 - First World War Service Records 'Burnt Documents'

says died 1901

maybe not if father is henry on marriage banns

Marianne Elizabeth Cook
England Births and Christenings
Name Marianne Elizabeth Cook
Gender Female
Christening Date 23 May 1877
Christening Date (Original) 23 MAY 1877
Christening Place Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Mother's Name Martha Cook

Thanks everyone. Think I'll have to dig into William Lee's family a bit more. I do know his father was called Henry according to Marriage Banns.
Don't where the name Emma has come in, but her birth certificate says Mary Ann Elizabeth Cook.
She was christened Marianne Elizabeth Cook 23th May 1877.