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Josiah Lees

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ashton, Under Lyne, Lancs., Engl
Death: February 21, 1908 (67)
Salt Lake City, S-Lk, UT
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Lees, Sr. and Elizabeth (Betty) Buckley
Husband of Mary Ann Lees
Father of Sarah Wood
Brother of James Lees; Mary Anne Lees; Joseph Lees; Susannah Lees Blackham; John Lees, Jr. and 2 others

Managed by: Rick Fuller
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About Josiah Lees

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)

Perpetual Emigrating Fund

Age at departure: 12

Find a Grave

Birth: Dec. 24, 1840 Ashton-Under-Lyne Lancashire, England

Death: Feb. 21, 1908 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA

Parents were John Lees and Elizabeth Buckley

Family links:

Parents:
  • John Lees (1801 - 1886)
  • Elizabeth Buckley Lees (1803 - 1870)
Spouse:
  • Mary Ann Boyden Lees (1847 - 1932)*
Children:
  • Sarah Lees Wood (1868 - 1948)*
  • Josiah A Lees (1868 - 1933)*
  • Charles Milton Lees (1872 - 1925)*
  • Susannah Lees Duncombe (1873 - 1935)*
  • William Lees (1875 - 1876)*
  • John Ernest Lees (1877 - 1880)*
  • Clarence Claude Lees (1879 - 1959)*
  • Eva Lees Perkins (1882 - 1943)*
  • LeRoy Lees (1885 - 1969)*
  • Ethel Lees Brown (1889 - 1962)*
  • Frank Earl Lees (1892 - 1963)*

Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Plot: H-5-8

Maintained by: SMS Originally Created by: Judie Latshaw Huff Record added: Jan 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 46394186


GEDCOM Note

Elder; home missionary. Deputy sheriff under Joseph Sharp, Salt Lakecounty, four years. Freighter and merchant.

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Josiah Lees's Timeline

1840
December 27, 1840
Ashton, Under Lyne, Lancs., Engl
1841
February 4, 1841
St. Michaels, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1852
July 8, 1852
Age 11
July 8, 1852
Age 11
July 8, 1852
Age 11
1863
April 18, 1863
Age 22
April 18, 1863
Age 22
April 18, 1863
Age 22