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From: "Lori Gilmore" <>
Subject: [LEE-L] LEE, Jacob CAN>WI>MN bef 1869 to Present
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 17:24:24 -0800


New information on parentage of William Raymond Lee. Searching primarily
for anyone else researching this line or anyone who may have found this
Jacob LEE while doing other LEE research. Thanks. Lori

Descendants of Jacob Lee
Generation No. 1

1. JACOB1 LEE was born in NewBrunswick, CAN. He married ELIZABETH TOFT
(or TAFT).

Notes for JACOB LEE:
1920 MN Census for son lists his bp as Canada and mother tongue as English.
First name and place of birth from William R. Lee's death certificate.

Notes for ELIZABETH TOFT:
1920 MN Census for son lists her bp as Canada and mother tongue as English.
Name and place of birth from son William R. Lee's death certificate.

Child of JACOB LEE and ELIZABETH TOFT is:
2.i.WILLIAM RAYMOND2 LEE, b. 14-Sep-1869, WI; d. 25-Jul-1936, St. Paul,
Polk Co. , MN.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM RAYMOND2 LEE (JACOB1) was born 14-Sep-1869 in WI, and died
25-Jul-1936 in St. Paul, Polk Co. , MN. He married EMMA MCDONALD
3-Dec-1890 in , Polk Co., MN, daughter of DONALD MCDONALD and ELLEN HANNAH.

Notes for WILLIAM RAYMOND LEE:
>From Obit (East Grand Forks Record, Jul. 31, 1936) Lived in Fisher MN &
owned a livery business there. Then employed by Northern Pacific (was a
yard foreman at the time of his death) living at Carthage Junction,
Crookston, and Hitterdal MN. Buried in Marais Cemetery near Mallory MN.
Died from a kidney ailment. From wife's obit same paper July 17, 1936 -
moved to East Grand Forks abt 1935 from Hitterdal MN. 1920 MN Census lists
his bp WI his parents bp as Canada and his and his parents' mother tongue
as English.

Notes for EMMA MCDONALD:
>From William R. Lee's Obit (East Grand Forks Record, Jul. 31, 1936). Emma
McDonald "a pioneer of the Mallory vicinity and sister of John and Dan
McDonald of Davidson MN. From her obit same paper July 17, 1936, "survived
by her brothers Jack and Dan McDonald" From obit in Crookston Times July
15, 1936 "died of a paralytic stroke . . . lived in Crookston for about
five years .... moved to East Grand Forks eight years ago". 1920 MN Census
lists her parents bp's as Canada and her and her parents mother tongue as
Scottish. Census also says that she was a naturalized citizen but unknown
as to where. Her death certificate lists her father's bp as North
Sherbrooke Ontario CAN and her mother's bp as Palmerston? Ontario CAN.
Informant was her son Cecil Lee.

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM LEE and EMMA MCDONALD:
Marriage certificate says "married in the bride's home" . Witnesses David
J. Geddes amd Mary E? McDonald.

Children of WILLIAM LEE and EMMA MCDONALD are:
i.BABY3 LEE, b. 12-Aug-1891.
3.ii.LESLIE WARD LEE, b. 7-Feb-1893, OR; d. 1952, WA.
iii.CECIL EUGENE LEE, b. 20-Aug-1894; d. 6-Sep-1988.
iv.WILLIAM IVAN LEE, b. 31-Dec-1896.
v.ALICE VIOLA LEE, b. 29-Sep-1898, Fisher,, MN; d. 29-Oct-1948.
vi.WILLIS JACOB LEE, b. 8-Oct-1900, Crookston, , MN; d. 7-May-1971.
vii.HARVEY CLEMENT LEE, b. 14-Sep-1902, Fisher,, MN; d. 17-Mar-1976.
viii.EVELYN ELLEN LEE, b. 20-Aug-1904.
ix.BERNICE MARGARETE LEE, b. 26-Nov-1906.
x.RAYMOND BERNARD LEE, b. 26-Aug-1909, Fisher,, MN; d. 3-Mar-1971.
xi.CLIFFORD CHARLES LEE, b. 26-Jul-1912, Fisher,, MN; d. 21-Sep-1978.
xii.HELEN AGNES LEE, b. 26-Apr-1914, Fisher,, MN; d. 11-Aug-1966.
xiii. ELMER BUD LEE, b. 10-Apr-1917, Fisher,, MN; d. 2-Sep-1970.

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