John Benjamin Stedham Lee (1856 - 1880)

Born 1856 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1880 at about age 24 in Adelaide, South Australia

Biography

The youngest child of George Lee and Mary Walsh, John was born in 1856 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] He wasn't baptised until 31st January 1867, after his family had moved to London, when He and his older brothers Malcolm and Charles were baptised on the same day. The baptism register states John's full name as John Benjamin Stedham Lee, and his date of birth as 21st June 1859.^[2]

1861 Census - Scholar, aged 3, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Address: Black Lion Lane, St Peter's Terrace, Hammersmith, Middlesex.^[3]

Ben Lee immigrated to Adelaide, Australia before his mother Mary and his sister Evelyn. He fell ill in 1879 and died in 1880.^[4] He was buried in the Walkerville Wesleyan Cemetery.^[5]

Research Notes

Note: the John Lee who immigrated to South Australia on the Queen Bee in 1865 was a 21 year old miner from Cornwall.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 30 October 2020) database entry for Lee, John Benjamin Stetham (Mother's maiden name: Welsh) GRO Reference: 1856 Q3 in Cambridge, Volume 03B, Page 437.
2. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: ASEG/PR/4/6 (Ancestry.com. Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Free Ancestry Image : accessed 29 Oct 2020) baptism record for Charles Walshe Lee (Birth Date: 26 Oct 1855, Baptism Date: 31 Jan 1867, Father: George, Residence: 70 Claverton Street, Occupation: Teacher, Mother: Mary, Location: All Saints, Grosvenor Road, Westminster)
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7KN-Q4P : 10 September 2020), John B S Lee in household of George Lee, Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ South Australia Deaths 1842-1972 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 30 October 2020) database entry for Lee, John Benjamin Stedham (Death Date: 2 November 1880, Marital Status: Not recorded, Age: 21y, Residence: North Adelaide, Death Place: North Adelaide) Reference: District: Adelaide, Book/Page: 106/230.
5. ↑ Burial Record (Town of Walkerville, https://www.walkerville.sa.gov.au/ : accessed 30 Oct 2020) database entry for Lee, john Benjamin Stedham (Cemetery: Walkerville Wesleyan, Burial Date: 4 Nov 1880, Age: 21y, Location: Plot 315).

• Inscription 16017629 - John Benjamin Stedham Lee, from the Australian Cemeteries Index first accessed online on the 1st of March, 2020 at: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=16017629

• Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLF6-MPKX : 15 March 2018), John Lee, 1864; citing Emigration, Australia, name citing , Attorney General of South Australia, Adelaide.