| Jane
Gill & William Lee
1.
Jane5 Gill
(William4, John3, William2,
Richard1) was born 15 November 1820 in Beckley,
Sussex, England, and died 29 March 1899 in Manning Street, Taree, New South Wales.
She married William Lee (Source: Marcia
Parkes - 2006.) 03 June 1841 in Raymond Terrace, New
South Wales, son of James
Lee and Elizabeth Lee. He was born
13 January 1816 in Stockport,
Cheshire, England, and died 14 November 1893 in Blackmans Point, New South Wales.
Coopernook Land Map showing William;s Jones' Island block of land: 58
acres
Notes for Jane
Gill:
Jane, along with her
parents, William and Susanna, came to NSW on the horrendous ship the
Maitland in 1838. The
Maitland was converted to barque rigging for its one voyage to
Australia
with emigrants in 1838. As
an old Blackwall Frigate, built at Blackwall Shipyard in Calcutta in
1810, it measured 125 feet in
length and weighed 648 tons.
The charter organisers
crammed 205 adults, 111 children and some livestock on
board.
Most passengers were
assisted to emigrate from England by their parishes, who paid 5
pounds
in
sponsorship.
Most of the emigrants came
from south-east England,
notably Kent and East Sussex.
Crowded and unhygenic
conditions, thyphus and scarlet fever resulted in a high mortality rate
on
board.Maitland left Gravesend,
England, on June 24, 1838 and
arrived Sydney,
Australia, on
November 6,
1838.
Jane and William Lee had 13
children. Both were closely associated with the Salvation Army at
Port Macquarie. After
Willliams's death, Jane moved back to the Manning River, and stayed
there until her death in
1899.
Jane was also associated
with the Salvation Army at Taree, where she was greatly loved and
known to all as Sister
Granny Lee.
William and Jan's son
Samuel and two of his brothers were also committed
Salvationists.
(From
Nola Henderson 2004)
Manning River Times,
1st April 1899
OBITUARY
MRS. WILLIAM LEE
After an illness of some
twelve months, JANE LEE, relict of the late Mr. William Lee, of
Blackman’s Point, Hastings
River, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. George Scrivner,
Manning Street, Taree,
about 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday last. She had been living with her
daughter
for
about four years, and from about the end of January had been confined to her
bed.
Deceased,
who was
born in Sussex, England, had reached the ripe old age of 78 years – 41 of
which were
spent
on the Manning and Hastings, having arrived at Cundletown with her late
husband 41 years
ago.
They remained there for thirteen years, and then went to live on the
Hastings. Mr. Lee died
over
five years ago, and was buried at Port Macquarie, where the
remains of Mrs. Lee are to
be laid
beside him – the funeral to take place on Good Friday morning
at 10 o’clock, the body
having been conveyed to Port on Thursday. Deceased has left a
grown-
up family of 4 sons and 6
daughters – all of whom are married. Her daughters and
one son were
present when she passed
away.
Two sons on the Hastings, and one in Sydney, were unable to
be with her at the time.
The
late Mrs. Lee lived a blameless life, and has gone to an honored grave.
… transcribed from a copy of obituary from Heather Owen –
February 2007
More About Jane
Gill:
Immigration: 06 November
1838, "Maitland"
More About William
Lee:
Burial: Port Macquarie
General Cemetery - Methodist, New South Wales
More About William Lee
and Jane Gill:
Marriage: 03 June 1841,
Raymond Terrace, New South
Wales
Children of Jane Gill and
William Lee are:
+ 2
i. Ellen6 Lee, born 21 October 1840
in Sydney, New South Wales; died 1924 in Taree, New South
Wales.
3
ii. Thomas Lee
(Source: Karen Gorrie - 2006.), born 1842 in Hunter River, New South
Wales.
4
iii. James Lee,
born 1844 in Hunter River, New South Wales.
More About James
Lee:
Birth Ref.: No. V18441434
55/1844
5
iv. William Lee, born 1844 in Hunter River, New
South Wales.
+ 6
v. Samuel Lee,
born 07 September 1846 in Hunter River, New South Wales; died 31
August 1910 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
7
vi. Helen Lee,
born 07 January 1849 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
+ 8
vii. Sarah Sophia Lee, born 07 January 1849 in
Sydney, New South Wales.
+ 9
viii. Elizabeth
Jane Lee, born 1850 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
+ 10
ix. Daniel Lee, born 13 October 1853 in New
South Wales; died 1919 in Glebe, Sydney, New South
Wales.
+ 11
x. Susannah Lee, born 1855 in New South
Wales.
+ 12
xi. Mary Ann Lee, born 1857 in Maitland, New
South Wales; died 1938 in Parramatta, Sydney, New South
Wales.
xii.
Andrew George Lee, born 21 December 1859
in Wingham, New South Wales
+ 13 xiii. Eliza Ann Lee, born 13 October 1861 in New South
Wales
Generation No. 2
6.
Samuel6 Lee (Jane5 Gill,
William4, John3, William2, Richard1)
was born 07 September
1846 in Hunter River, New South
Wales, and died 31 August 1910 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
He married Harriet Drury 07 January
1868, daughter of George Drury and Lucy Lock. She was
born 01 March 1847 in
Dulwich, Sydney, New South Wales, and died 20 July 1933 in Port
Macquarie, New South
Wales.
Notes for Samuel
Lee:
 Samuel and Harriet
Burial: Port Macquarie
General Cemetery - Methodist, New South Wales
More About Harriet
Drury:
Burial: Port Macquarie
General Cemetery - Methodist, New South
Wales
More About Samuel Lee
and Harriet Drury:
Marriage: 07 January
1868
Children of Samuel Lee and
Harriet Drury are:
24
i.
Irene7 Lee, born 11 November 1869 in Manning River, New
South Wales.
25
ii. Jane Lee, born 11 November 1869 in
Manning River, New South Wales.
She
married Martin Charles Ruprecht.
26
iii. George Lee,
born 29 October 1870 in Manning River, New South Wales; died 1947 in
Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
He married Jane Way Boultwood 1892 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. She was
born 1871 and died 01 June 1940 in New South Wales.
More About George Lee:
 George and Jane
Burial: Port
Macquarie General Cemetery - Methodist, New South
Wales
More About Jane Way Boultwood:
Burial: Port
Macquarie General Cemetery - Methodist, New South
Wales
27
iv. Alice
Elizabeth Lee, born 28 July 1872 in Port Macquarie, New South
Wales;
She married Josiah S Smith 1899 in Sydney, New South Wales.
28
v. Namoi Lee,
born 1874 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
She married David Percy Spindler 1910 in Bega, New South
Wales.
29
vi. Caroline Lee,
born 1876 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales and died 22 May 1960 in
New South Wales.
She married Thomas Edward Wesley 1896 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. He
was born in 1870 and died 12 September 1946 in New South
Wales.
More About Caroline Lee:
 Caroline and Thomas
Burial: Port Macquarie General Cemetery - Methodist, New South
Wales
More About Thomas Edward Wesley:
Burial: Port Macquarie General Cemetery - Methodist, New South
Wales
30
vii. Mary Ann
Lee, born 1879 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales; died 26 December 1968 in
Cheltenham, Victoria.
She married (1) Maurice James Lyttleton (Source: Nola Henderson - 2004.)
04 April
1911 in St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral Melbourne, Victoria; born 16 November
1860
in Lamplough, Victoria.
She
married (2) Charles Windsor Cochrane (Source: Nola Henderson - 2004.) 25
March 1922 in St Jude's Church of England Carlton, Victoria.
Notes for Maurice James
Lyttleton:
Maurice was born in the
Victorian goldfield town of Lamplough - now only a name on a
map.
He worked as a compositor in
Victoria, NSW and in Coolgardie, Western
Australia,
during the gold boom there
in the 1890s.
He was a keen amateur boxer
and rower.
Maurice died from pneunomia
brought on by the Spanish influenza - a world-wide epidemic in
1920.
(From Nola Henderson - 2004)
More About Maurice Lyttleton
and Mary Lee:
Marriage: 04 April 1911, St
Patrick's Catholic Cathedral Melbourne, Victoria
More About Charles Cochrane
and Mary Lee:
Marriage: 25 March 1922, St
Jude's Church of England Carlton, Victoria
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viii. Lucy Harriet Lee, born 1881 in Port
Macquarie, New South Wales.
32
ix. Samuel Henry
Lee, born 28 September 1883 in Wingham, New South Wales; died 31
August 1940 in Taree, New South Wales.
He married Minnie Elizabeth Branch 14 September 1904 in Port Macquarie,
New
South Wales; born 1882 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales; died
03 September 1935
in Taree, New South
Wales.
Notes
for Samuel Lee:
Northern Champion 23rd October 1940
OBITUARY
MR. S. H.
LEE
The many friends of Mr. Samuel Henry Lee, of the Chatham
subdivision, Taree,
heard with deep regret if his
sudden death on Saturday night. For the past two years
Mr. Lee had suffered with heart trouble, had during the past year
he had been living
quietly with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Lee, of
the local
nursery. On Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Lee came to Taree to
attend the
Salvation Army anniversary tea, and on leaving, Mr. Lee, senior,
expressed his
intention
of remaining at home. However, later in the evening he decided to walk to
town to attend the evening function in the Salvation Army hall, but when near the
Plume oil depot he apparently had a severe heart attack and collapsed on the road
way. A couple of young men foun him there about 7 p.m., and thinking he was a man
under the influence of drink, they lifted him to the side of
the road. Mr. and Mrs. Lee
returned home about 9.30 p.m. at about 11 p.m. they received a great shock when
Constable
Barrett called and informed them that Mr. Lee, senior, had passed away on
the
roadway. Up till that time they believed him to be in bed.
The late
Mr. Lee was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lee. He was born at
Holey Flat, near Moorland, 57 years ago, but when he was a
child his parents
Haytown, on the Hastings river. At the age of 14 years he commenced
working in the
Haytown
sawmill,
and later moved to the Newtown sawmill near Port Macquarie.
Leaving sawmill work he went on to farm at Ennis for two years,
and then some 21
years ago, he came across to the Manning. First of all he spent
seven years farming
on Oxley Island, followed by four years at Cundle and seven at Hannam
Vale. About
three years ago he came to Taree. He first spent a year on the Taree Estate
farm of
Mr.
C. M. Ford and since then he has been living quietly with his son. The
late Mr.
Lee was a man of exceptionally fine character, and one who could not fail
to win the
esteem and respect of all who met him. His life was lived in harmony with the
highest
ideals and in all his associations with his fellows he exerted a great
influence for good.
Whilst at Hannam Vale, he served as a local preacher in the Lower Manning
Circuit of
the Methodist Church, where his earnest manner and good example earned
him a
cordial welcome at the various preaching places. He rendered aid to the Hannam
Vale
flower show, on which he served as a committeeman, and when living on the Hastings
he
was well known as a cricketer and tennis player.
He was married at Haytown 36
years ago to Miss Minnie Elizabeth Branch, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Branch, of Port Macquarie. His wife passed away Hannam
Vale five years
ago.
The children are Mr. Preston Lee and Mr. Raymond Lionel Lee
(both of Taree),
Mr. Reginald Keith Lee (Hannam Vale), Mesdames Harold Sheather
(Taree Estate),
Charles Bone (Hannam Vale), Robert Bignall (Hannam Vale), and Ernest
Hawley
(Taree).
Brothers and sisters are Messrs. Wm. Lee (Hannam Vale), Charles Lee
(Kendall), Bert Lee (Rawdon
Island), Geo. Lee (Wauchope), Mesdames Martin
Ruprecht (Victoria Street,
Taree), Tom Westley (Port Macquaire), - Spindler (South
Coast), and another sister in Melbourne.
At 1.30 p.m. on Monday a
service was conducted at the Taree Methodist Church,
after which the cortege proceeded to the Dawson cemetery, where
the remains were
laid
to rest
beside those of his late wife. Re. E. W. Hyde conducted the services at the
church and graveside, and paid a warm tribute to the Christian
character of the late
Mr.
Lee.
The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. W. T. Howard.
… transcribed from a
copy of obituary from Heather Owen – February
2007
Notes for Minnie Elizabeth
Branch:
Northern
Champion
MRS. MINNIE ELIZABETH LEE
Shortly after noon on Tuesday the
death occurred in Taree of Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Lee, an old resident of the
district, aged 52 years. The late Mrs. Lee was a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Branch, of the Hastings River.
… transcribed from a copy of
obituary from Heather Owen – February 2007
More About Samuel Henry
Lee:
 Samuel and Minnie
Dawson River Cemetery,
Taree, New South Wales
More About Minnie Elizabeth
Branch:
Dawson River Cemetery,
Taree, New South Wales
More About Samuel Lee and
Minnie Branch:
Marriage: 14 September 1904,
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
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x. William Edward
Lee, born 23 September 1885 in Taree, New South Wales; died 1960 in Taree, New
South Wales.
He married Helena Mercer Gill 1909
in Kempsey, New South
Wales; born 21
October 1878 in Macleay River,
New South Wales; died 30 July 1966 in Taree,
New South
Wales.
More About William Edward
Lee:
 William and Helena
Burial: Moorland General
Cemetery, New South Wales
More About Helena Mercer
Gill:
Birth Ref.: No.
15274/1878
Burial: Moorland General
Cemetery, New South Wales
More About William Lee and
Helena Gill:
Marriage: 1909, Kempsey, New South
Wales
34
xi. Emmeline
Florence Lee, born 07 January 1887 in Port Macquarie, New South
Wales.
She married John William Garrett 1907 in Port Macquarie, New South
Wales.
35
xii. Charles
Leslie Lee, born 06 June 1890 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales; died
1968 in
Wauchope, New South Wales.
He married Ethel Ellen Garrett 1916 in Port Macquaire, New South
Wales.
36
xiii. Bertie
James Lee, born 19 July 1892 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales; died 21
January 1968 in Wauchope, New South Wales.
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