Born in London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Steedman
and Ellen Jane (Thwaites) Steedman
Sister of
William Alfred Steedman, Daniel Mackenzie Steedman, Percy Andrew Steedman MRCS LRCP, Mary Laura Steedman, Laura Steedman, Charles Mackenzie Steedman, Ester Mary Steedman and Edith Amy Steedman
Wife of
Thomas Duncan Lees
— married
1887 in St. Giles, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mother of
Dorothy Alison Frances Lees
Died
at about age 91
in Barnstaple, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Eleanor Mary Steedman was born in 1844 in London, England. She was the daughter of Daniel Steedman and Ellen Jane (Thwaites) Steedman.[1]
Eleanor was baptised on 12 June 1844 in England.
In 1881 Eleanor (age about 36) was living at 4 Cumin Place, Edinburgh.
In 1887 She married Thomas D Lees in Edinburgh.[2]
The 1891 census shows her, with her husband & daughter living in 35 Woodburn Terrace, Newington, Edinburgh and he is a Teacher of Music. [3].[4]
In 1901 Eleanor (age about 56) was living in Edinburgh Robertson Memorial, Midlothian, Scotland. Relation to Head of House: Wife.
In 1911, she is living in Clifton, Bristol with her husband and their daughter.[5]
Eleanor died at the age of 90 in March 1935 in Barnstaple, Devon and is buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Fremington.[6][7] (it says 95 on the GRO record but it is wrong!)
Research Notes
Some sources, including her birth registration, give her name as Ellen - marriage record puts an e on the end of Eleanore!
Sources
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1844 M Quarter in SAINT JAMES CLERKENWELL Volume 03 Page 81
- ↑ [1] 1887 Ref685/4 312 St Giles
- ↑ Census:: "Scotland Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSFH-HQV : 23 July 2019), Thomas D Lees, Newington, Midlothian, Scotland; from "1891 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 30, GRO6/275, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 220,401. (accessed 4 April 2021)
- ↑ Scotlands People ref 685/4 312
- ↑ Residence: "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X71C-11S : 12 July 2019), Eleanore May Lees in household of Thomas Ambrose Lees, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. (accessed 4 April 2021)
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 April 2021), memorial page for Eleanor Mary Lees (unknown–18 Mar), Find a Grave Memorial no. 201004097, citing St. Peter's Parish Churchyard, Fremington, North Devon District, Devon, England ; Maintained by Janice Dennis (contributor 47897320) .
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1935 M Quarter in BARNSTAPLE Volume 05B Page 593
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