See also

Family of John Lee and Cassandra Smith

  • Husband:

  • John Lee (1811?-1881)

  • Wife:

  • Cassandra Smith (1813?-1897)

  • Children:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Lee (1833?-1869)

  • Marriage:

  • 22 Jan 1854

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2 3

  •  

  • John a porter, both widowed and living in Fore Hamlet Ipswich, groom's father Richard Lee a deceased brewer, bride's father James Smith a deceased labourer, married by banns and witnessed by William Davey? and Sarah Davey?

     

    Cassandra appears to have married her childhood sweetheart. Why did she not marry him in 1834?

Husband: John Lee

  • Name:

  • John Lee2 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Lee (1777?-1837)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Dikes (1773?-1830)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • labourer, coal porter then as a malster5 6 7 8 9

  • Birth:

  • 1811 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 6 5 7

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Sep 1811 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Richard and Charlotte Lee late Mickelfield

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 29-30)

  • Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 30, coal porter living with his wife. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 39-40)

  • Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 30 married, coal porter living with his wife. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Criminal:

  • 1 May 1854 (age 42-43)

  • Ipswich Magistrates, Town Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • charged with two others of stealing 144lbs of coal from the Ipswich Gas Company whilst unloading coal from the ship "Visitor", John denied the charge and all three were bailed but sent for trial

  • Criminal:

  • Jul 1854 (age 42-43)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • pleaded not guilty to stealing 140lbs of coal and was discharged with George Welham, Charles Smith was sentenced to one months imprisonment

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 49-50)

  • 49 St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 49 married, coal porter living with his wife. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 59-60)

  • near Storm Yard, Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • head of the household aged 60 married, malster living with his wife. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 27 Jan 1881 (age 70)

  • Union Work House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12 13

  •  

  • Cause: of prostatic disease, infiltration of urine

    the Master of the Workhouse being in attendance. Why or how long he had been in the workhouse is not known

  • Burial:

  • 31 Jan 1881

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • aged 70

Wife: Cassandra Smith

  • Name:

  • Cassandra Smith15 16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • James Smith (1782?-1838)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Green (1785?-1875)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stay maker then a general shop keeper after her second husband died17 18

  • Birth:

  • 1813 (app)

  • Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England15 17

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Nov 1813 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Rushmere Street, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England16 19 2

  •  

  • daughter of James Smith (labourer) and Elizabeth

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 27-28)

  • Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • aged 25, living with her husband, a daughter and her mother. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 37-38)

  • Church Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • head of the household aged 37 widow, stay maker living with three lodgers (including future son-in-law Henry Palmer). Born in Rushmere Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 47-48)

  • 49 St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • wife aged 48 married, living with her husband. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 57-58)

  • near Storm Yard, Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • wife aged 60 married, living with her husband. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 67-68)

  • Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • head of the household aged 67 widow, general shop keeper living alone. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 77-78)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 1 Dec 1897 (age 86)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England15 21

  • Burial:

  • 3 Dec 1897

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • aged 86

Child 1: Cassandra Elizabeth Lee

  • Name:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Lee2 22 23

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Henry Palmer (1831-1917)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • house servant24

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Need to check surname, Smith on marriage certificate and birth index for Cassandra

  • Birth:

  • 1833 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England20 25 26

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Apr 1833 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 22 23

  •  

  • daughter of John Lee (labourer) and Cassandra of White Elm Hill

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 7-8)

  • Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • aged 8, living with step father, mother and a grandmother. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 17-18)

  • Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England24

  •  

  • servant aged 18 unmarried, house servant, living with Charlotte Chapman and another servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 28)

  • South Town, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • married wife as Cassandria (sic) living with her husband Henry, son Henry, and daughters Julia and Cassandria (sic). Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 25 Apr 1869 (age 36)

  • Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England26

  •  

  • Cause: of a diseased liver some months, peritonitis, bilious vomiting 3 days

    wife of Henry Palmer ?? merchant service, Cassandra Lee present at death

  • Burial:

  • 28 Apr 1869

  • All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England14 27

  •  

  • aged 36

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1845 quarter:1 volume:4a page:723.

2.

Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 20 January 2006.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Ipswich Holy Trinity fiche:13 of 20. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy).

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1043 folio:21 page:18.

6.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1800 folio:93 page:21.

7.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1165 folio:200 page:12.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:42 page:28.

9.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Ipswich St. Clements fiche:46 of 88, daughter Cassandra's baptism. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

10.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 6 May 1854 page:4.

11.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 8 July 1854 page:3.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1881 quarter:1 volume:4a page:430a.

13.

Adams, Wilkinson and Przeniczny Family Tree, (on-line at www.tribalpages.com).

14.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

15.

Kathy Przeniczny's nee Adams Family tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

16.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C13129-2 sys:England-ODM film:952987.

17.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1800 folio:207 page:4.

18.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1873 folio:58 page:8.

19.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Rushmere St. Andrew fiche:4 of 10. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

20.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1043 folio:65 page:28.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 quarter:4 volume:4a page:512.

22.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. Clement. Cit. Date: 4 February 2021.

23.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Ipswich St. Clements fiche:46 of 88. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

24.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1780 folio:57 page:12.

25.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1189 folio:167 page:40. Cit. Date: 4 February 2021.

26.

Death Certificate. copy supplied by Kathy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

27.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Dovercourt All Saints burials 1851-1878 ref:D/P 174/1/8 image:37 entry:546. Cit. Date: 3 February 2021.