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lees family emigrated to pennsylvania

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Gritty

Gritty Report 21 Mar 2015 21:27

Almost bedtime for me- but just found that another brother (Charles b.1888 Wednesbury) also travelled to Pennsylvania (although not sure he stayed in the US):

New York, Passenger Lists,
Name: Charles Lees
Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1921
Birth Date: abt 1888
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: wednesbury
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Destination: Turtle Creek pa
Going to join brother- Mr Lees
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Southampton
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Adriatic

mgnv

mgnv Report 23 Mar 2015 07:06

Mostly just sourcing some of Gritty & Margee's work


Using http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/
West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1929
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
LEES Joseph H INSTONE Gwendoline West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO) Sandwell Register Office WBRO/93/63

West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1881
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Reference
LEES John T Wednesbury Sandwell Register Office WED/75/65



1920 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFTV-N3R
District: 854 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6A , Household ID: 122 , Line Number: 22
GS Film number: 1821530 , Digital Folder Number: 004383857 , Image Number: 00394

1930 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCZS-PZY
District: 0860 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6B , Household ID: 113 , Line Number: 92
Affiliate Film Number: 1992 , GS Film number: 2341726 , Digital Folder Number: 004661288 , Image Number: 00823

1940 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQH-QBY [with image link]
John Lees Head M 58 England
Charlotte Lees Wife F 56 England
John Lees Son M 20 Pennsylvania
Charles E Lees Son M 18 Pennsylvania

Magnify 4 clicks, then save image:
https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu1530unit#page/n391/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/fifteenthcensus00reel1992#page/n817/mode/1up


Ship: GRAMPIAN
Shipping Line: Allan Line Steamship Co.
Port of Departure:Liverpool, England
Date of Departure:1911-03-14
Port of Arrival:Halifax, N.S. Saint John, N.B.
Date of Arrival:1911-03-22 1911-03
Year: 1911
Microfilm Reel Number: T-4739
Reference: RG 76
Item Number: 12238
http://data2.archives.ca/e/e148/e003686522.jpg
[Occup: Boxer]


1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Ontario / Toronto East / 2 Toronto / page 27
8 259 Lane Thomas 179 Broadview Ave M Head M Nov 1873 37
9 259 Lane Alice F Wife M Oct 1873 37
10 259 Lane Daniel M Son S Mar 1902 9
11 259 Nach (?) Thomas G M Lodger M May 1885 26
12 259 Jones James A M Lodger S Oct 1891 20
13 259 Partridge Fredrick M Lodger S ? 1885 26
14 259 Partridge Edward M Lodger S Oct 1886 24
15 259 Rowley Samuel M Lodger S Sep 1874 36
16 259 Rowley John M Lodger S Jul 1889 22
17 259 Lees John M Lodger S Oct 1883 27
18 259 Foster Frederick M Lodger S Dec 1888 22
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e002024978.pdf


https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS88-XT7
But you need an Ancestry sub to see marr image

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG2V-VYD
But you need an Ancestry sub to see this image too

WW1 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6JP-PN8 [with image link]
WW2 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQFB-GVF [with image link]