Walter Lewis
(Wal)
Lee
Born in Pretoria, Transvaal Colony
Son of Walter Valentine Lee
and Ellen Jane (Harvey) Lee
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Iris Catherinea (Lynch) Lee
— married
21 Sep 1931 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Grace Ellen Mary (Lee) Turner
Died
at age 87
in Duiwelskloof, Transvaal, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2018
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Biography
Walter Lewis Lee was born in 1904 in Pretoria; he was baptised at St Alban's on 10 July 1904.[1] His parents were Walter Valentine Lee and Ellen (Harvey) Lee.
He was living with his parents in Dorchester, Dorset in England in 1911.[2] In 1931 he was back in Bloemfontein, South Africa, working as an engineer when he married Iris Lynch in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. There was a daughter born of this marriage.
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| Marriage of Iris Catherinia Lynch and Walter Lewis Lee |
Walter Lee, my uncle, was a farmer; he managed other folk's farms when times were tough but developed GEM Farm in Haenertsburg into a self-sufficient enterprise. He grew pine trees for the logging industry. He was a man close to nature who wrote often to the newspapers expressing his views on matters political.
He and my Aunt Iris celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in Haenertsburg in 1981. He passed away in 1991 in Duiwelskloof.[3] He is buried in the Haenertsburg Main Cemetery.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, St Alban's, Page 493/1904
- ↑ England and Wales 1911 Census
- ↑ Personal Research, Des Lynch with Gem (Lee) Turner
- ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 5 December 2019
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