Millicent Emily (Phillis) Lee (1883 - 1955)

Born 6 Oct 1883 in Snowtown, South Australia, Australia

Wife of Charles Southcombe Lee — married 5 Mar 1906 in Snowtown, South Australia, Australia

Died 15 Dec 1955 at age 72 in Cummins, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Millicent (Phillis) Lee was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Millicent Emily Phillis was born on 6 October 1883 at Snowtown, South Australia. Her parents were William Thomas Phillis and Emily Baxter Phillis (nee White).^[1]

She married Charles Southcombe Lee on 5 March 1906 at St Columba Church, Snowtown.^[2]

They lived at Kulpara.

Charles and Millicent had ten children:

• 1907 Phyllis Millicent Jane Lee
• 1908 Carrie Evelyn Baxter Lee
• 1910 Charles Ellis Phillis Lee
• 1911 Jack Southcombe Lee
• 1912 William Lee (died aged 10 days at Kadina)
• 1913 Norman Ross Lee
• 1917 Mary Jean Coralie Lee
• 1919 Herbert George Lee
• 1920 Joan Emily Lee
• 1922 Audrey Beryl Lee

Charles died in 1941 at their home in Toorak, Adelaide.

Millicent died aged 72, on 15 December 1955 at Cummins Hospital. Her residence at the time was recorded as Blair Athol (a northern suburb of Adelaide).^[3]

She is buried at Cummins Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy SA birth index Given Name(s): Millicent Emily Last Name: PHILLIS Birth Date: 1883, October 06 Gender: F Father: William Thomas PHILLIS Mother: Emily Baxter WHITE Birth Place/Residence: Snowtown District: Daly Symbol: Book/Page: 314/475
2. ↑ Genealogy SA marriage index Groom Given Name(s): Charles Southcombe Groom Last Name: LEE Bride Given Name(s): Millicent Emily Bride Last Name: PHILLIS Marriage Date: 1906, March 05 Marriage Place: St Columba Church Snowtown Groom Age: 34 Groom Approx. Birth Year: 1872 Groom Marital Status: S Groom Father: Charles LEE Bride Age: 22 Bride Approx. Birth Year: 1884 Bride Marital Status: S Bride Father Name: William Thomas PHILLIS District: Daly Symbol: Book/Page: 226/907
3. ↑ Genealogy SA Given Name(s): Millicent Emily Last Name: LEE Death Date: 15 Dec 1955 Gender: F Age: 72y Approx. Birth Year: 1883 Marital Status: W Relative 1: Charles Southcombe LEE [DH] Relative 2: Residence: Blair Athol Death Place: Cummins District: Flinders Symbol: HS Book/Page: 837/383
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197180436/millicent-emily-lee: accessed 16 May 2023), memorial page for Millicent Emily Phillis Lee (6 Oct 1883–15 Dec 1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #197180436, citing Cummins Cemetery, Cummins, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).