Category Archives: LEE

Happy 93rd Anniversary, Cousin Roy and Evelyn!

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 93 years ago today, 14 June 1926, that my grandfather’s cousin, Roy Thomas Churches married Evelyn Harriet Lockwood in downtown Farmington. Roy would have been my first cousin, twice removed. Roy Thomas Churches was born 15 October 1901 … Continue reading →

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Remembering GGG Granduncle Richard Lee

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My Uncle Richard Lee was born 3 March 1808 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, to William and Mary Summers Lee. For the longest time the only information I had about him was the entry in the Lee … Continue reading →

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Memories of Grandpa Lee’s Aunt Myra

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My grandfather’s Aunt Myra, his mother’s sister, Hannah Almira Lee Churches, was born 4 December 1864, in Southfield, Michigan. On 26 March 1891, in Pontiac, Michigan, she married Robert Richard Churches. Five and a half years later, her younger sister, … Continue reading →

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The rain finally stopped, so part 2 …

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Made it to Acacia Park Cemetery with all of the peonies from Grandmother Weaver’s plant that had bloomed — the rain had been constant and I was sure the blooms were going to be destroyed. But, there were enough to … Continue reading →

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Dear Aunt Ora, What were your parents thinking?

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 145 years ago, 29 May 1874, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, that my grandfather’s Aunt Ora was born to Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee. Yes, that makes her full name Ora Lee. Now, say it out loud! … Continue reading →

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Happy 226th Anniversary Grandparents Lee

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 27 May 1793, William Lee and Mary Summers, my four times great grandparents, were wed in Guilford, Connecticut. Their union produced 8 children: Chauncey (1794), William (1796), Harvey (1798), Horatio (1800) [my three times great grandfather], Mary Ann (1804) … Continue reading →

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249th Anniversary of the marriage of William Lee and Eunice Hotchkiss

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 23 May 1770, in Guilford, Connecticut, William Lee and Eunice Hotchkiss were married. These were my five times great grandparents. Grandfather was a tanner by trade and he also served as a Private in the Revolutionary Army in Connecticut. … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Grandpa (et. al.) !

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Big ancestor birthday day! 21 times great grandmother, Margaret Odingsells was born on this day 742 years ago (1277). She married John de Grey. Then, closer to this era, 187 years ago (1832) , great great grandfather, Ezra Peter Koontz … Continue reading →

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Remembering 4 times Great Grandmother Lee.

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Mary Summers Lee passed away on 8 May 1860, 159 years ago, in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan. She was laid to rest beside her husband, William Lee, in the Quaker Cemetery on Gill Road in that same township. This is … Continue reading →

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Remembering a Patriot Ancestor

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 224 years ago on 29 April 1795 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, when my 5 times great grandfather, William Lee, passed away. He was born in 1741 in the same town in which he died, to Ebenezer and … Continue reading →