Robert LEES [4412] (1852-Aft 1897)

Jane Matilda GRAHAM [4413] (1852-Aft 1897)

John Alexander LEES [788] (1874-1939)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Eliza Ann LEWIS [165] Robert "Bert" LEES [5870] Edith Matilda "Dot" LEES [4359]+ Alexandra Wilhelmina "Minnie" LEES [5871] John Alexander "Bill" LEES [5872] Annie May "Nan" LEES [5873] Grace "Pip" LEES [789] John Alexander LEES [788] Born: 9 Nov 1874, Ballymena, ANT, Northern Ireland 2 Marriage: Eliza Ann LEWIS [165] on 10 Feb 1897 in 4, Morrison Place, Glasgow 1 Died: 26 Nov 1939, Ranui, Henderson, New Zealand aged 65 2 Buried: Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand 3   Noted events: John worked as a mercantile clerk. 1881 census: enumerated at 215, Bernard Street, Glasgow, LNK. 10 Feb 1897: John was married from 636, Duke Street, Glasgow. 1 John married Eliza Ann LEWIS [165] [MRIN: 129], daughter of John LEWIS, (2) [51] and Edith Letitia BANKS [53], on 10 Feb 1897 in 4, Morrison Place, Glasgow.1 (Eliza Ann LEWIS [165] was born on 6 Jan 1879 in Workington, CUL, England,4 died on 21 Sep 1955 in Whangarei, New Zealand 2 and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand 3.)   Marriage Notes: Married at Eliza's home address, 4 Morrison Place, Glasgow.

1 Glasgow Camlachie Marriages 1897 644-2/0056.
10 February 1897 at at 4 Morrison Place, Glasgow; after banns, forms of the Congregationalists
JOHN ALEXANDER LEES 22 bachelor, mercantile clerk, 636 Duke Street, Glasgow
parents Robert Lees, spirit salesman; Jane Matilda Lees ms Graham.
LIZA ANNE LEWIS 18 spinster, clerk, 4 Morrison Place, Camlachie, Glasgow
parents John Lewis, hairdresser; Edith Letitia Lewis ms Banks
witnesses William Lees, Sissy Allan.

2 June Brown family tree.

3 June Brown 2006-05-05 re Family Plots.
Here are the places of rest for the LEES.
Eliza Ann & John Alexander LEES are buried at Waikumete Cemetery, which is in Auckland.
Their son Robert LEES and his wfe Eva are buried at Manui Cemetery which is at Whangarei, north of Auckland.
Minnie LEES & Douglas COUPLAND (aka COPELAND) are at Manui also.
Nan LEES, I'm not sure ...
John Alexander jnr. (Bill) LEES was buried at Monto, Queensland, Australia. His wife Phyllis cremated in Bundaberg Queensland.
Grace (Pip) LEES and Astor MORTENSEN are both buried at Hill Cemetery Whakatane, Bay of Plenty.
John Alexander & Eliza Ann LEES and family arrived at Wellington NZ on 26 July 1906 aboard the "Devon". They settled in Nelson, South Island where Grace (Pip) was born.

4 Cockermouth Births 1879 image (Book 35, page 27, item 3).
ELIZA ANN LEWIS female
born, 6 January 1879 at 29 Bridge Street, Workington
parents John Lewis, Edith Letitia Lewis formerly Banks
informant John Lewis father, 29 Bridge Street, Workington
registered 12 February 1879.