Joseph
Lees
Born in East Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Son of James Lees
and Mary (Guerin) Lees
Brother of
James Henry Lees, Hannah Maria (Lees) Herbert, Caroline Rose (Lees) Foley, William Henry Lees, John Thomas Lees and Mary Anne (Lees) Sterry
Husband of
Catherine (Ring) Lees
— married
24 Jan 1885 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Alice Maud (Lees) Burgess, Mary Florence (Lees) Clements, Charlotte Ann Lees, James Henry Lees, Frederick William Lees, Elsie May (Lees) Toe, Joseph Charles Lees, Violet Lillian (Lees) Nicholls, James Thomas Lees, Albert George Lees, Doris Vera Lees, Stanley Harold Lees and Alfred Lester Lees
Died
at about age 76
in Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2018
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Biography
Joseph Lees was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Joseph was born in 1852,[1] the son of James and Mary (nee Guerin) Lees. A matching entry in the Victorian Historic Birth Index has not been found.
He married Catherine (known as Kate) Ring in 1885,[2] at St. Paul's Church, Melbourne.[3][4] The bride was the daughter of Charles Ring, who had been sent as a convict to Tasmania in 1830.
He died in 1928,[5] at McKinnon Road, Bentleigh.[6][7]
He was buried on 30 Jul 1928 in the Brighton General Cemetery.[7]
Aet 76y
"LEES.—On the 29th July, at McKinnon-road, Bentleigh, Joseph, the dearly beloved husband of Catherine Lees, and loving father of Alice (Mrs. A. Burgess), Mary (Mrs. S. Clements), James, William, Elsie (Mrs. G. Adlington), Joseph, Violet (Mrs. H. Nicholls), Jack, George and Stanley, and brother of J. Lees, of Burwood, and Mrs. C. Foley, of Footscray, born at Brighton, 1852, aged 76 years. At rest."
Sources
- ↑ Jan Rigby, "The Lees Family: Pioneer Market Gardeners in McKinnon and Bentleigh 1850-2003," Kingston Local History, City of Kingston, http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/270.htm
- ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Department of Justice (online database), Marriage Index 1885, registration number 154
- ↑ 1885 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 4 February, p. 1. , viewed 16 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196953727
- ↑ 1885 'Family Notices', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918), 7 February, p. 42. , viewed 16 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197044012
- ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Department of Justice (online database), Death Index 1928, registration number 8825. Note: Mother's name is registered as "Mary (Gunnam)"
- ↑ 1928 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 30 July, p. 1. , viewed 16 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205478942
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 1928 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 30 July, p. 1. , viewed 16 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3932770
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