Florence (Keith) Lees (1861 - 1917)

Born 2 Dec 1861 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Ancestors

Wife of Elliott Lees 1st Bt — married 26 Jul 1882 in Kensington, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1917 at age 55 in Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Florence was born in 1861. She was the fourth daughter of Patrick Keith and his wife Margaret Blaikie. She was christened on 23 Jan 1862 in Calcutta, Bengal, India.^[1]

She married Elliott Lees on 26 Jul 1882 in Kensington, Middlesex, England ^[2]

They had five daughters and three sons.^[3]

She died in 1917 at the age of 55 and was buried at Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England.^[4]

Census

• 1901 England Census: Name: Florence Lady Lees; Sex: Female; Age: 39; Event Place (Original): Birkenhead, Cheshire, England; Sub-District: Birkenhead; Registration District: Birkenhead; Birth Year (Estimated): 1862; Birthplace: India; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Event Place Note: Hamilton Street Hamilton Square

Florence Lady Lees Wife F 39 India

Arthur Davis Housekeeper’s Husband M 30 Birkenhead, Cheshire

Agnes S Davis Servant F 26 Liverpool, Lancashire

Marie Crausaz Servant F 28 Switzerland French Subject^[5]

• 1911 England Census: Name: Florence Lees; Sex: Female; Age: 49; Event Place (Original): Lytchett Minster, , Dorsetshire, England; Sub-District: Litchett; Registration District: Poole; Birth Year (Estimated): 1862; Birthplace: India Calcutta; Marital Status: Widowed; Occupation: PRIVATE MEANS; Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Florence Lees Head F 49 India Calcutta

Bernard Lees Son M 19 Sturminster Marshall, Dorsetshire

Irene Lees Daughter F 8 Middlesex London, London

Margaret Lees Daughter F 7 Lytchett Minster, Dorsetshire

Mabel Batenn F 27 Reading, Berkshire

Mary Anne Arsell F 35 Croydon, Surrey

Minnie Hockey F 32 Basingstoke, Hampshire

Ethel Moore F 22 Dungeness, Kent

Elsie Peterson F 21 Pewsey, Wiltshire

Edith Bartholomas F 20 Westhendred, Wiltshire

Bessie Moores F 18 Wimborne, Dorsetshire

Evelyn Moris F 16 Bourneworth, Hampshire

Henry Smith M 21 Whitechurch, Hertfordshire^[6]

Research Notes

Siblings:

1. male born 20 May 1863 in Calcutta.^[7] at 2 Clive Street^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FG8Y-PBH FHL Film Number: 499006 "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG8Y-PBH : 5 February 2020), Florence Keith, 1862.
2. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NN1K-DCL FHL Film Number: 2214874; Reference ID: item 1-3 p 467
3. ↑ “Western Gazette” (Yeovil, Somerset, England) 23 Oct 1908, Fri Page 10 Elliott Lees’ obituary
4. ↑ "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8CC-9PX : 30 April 2020), Florence Keith Lees, 1917.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6G-WG3 : 21 May 2019), Florence Lady Lees, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Birkenhead subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KP-71C : 21 July 2019), Florence Lees, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom; 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.
7. ↑ https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_detail.php?id=1260871
8. ↑ https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_detail.php?id=785362