John Lee

1829 - 1901  (72 years)

• Name	John Lee
  Born	1829	Knottingley
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Feb 1830	St Botolph, Knottingley   [1]
  Occupation	Mariner
  Died	1901
  Person ID	I40781	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Rhodes Lee,   b. 1806, Knottingley ,   d. 1841, Great Yarmouth  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Sarah Rhodes,   b. 1806, Knottingley ,   d. Abt Feb 1879, Knottingley  (Age 73 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1826	St Giles and St Mary, Pontefract   [2]
  Family ID	F12994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Whiteley,   b. 1828, Knottingley
  Married	13 Jun 1852	St John, Horsleydown, Southwark   [3]
  Children	1. Emily Whiteley,   b. Abt Aug 1851, Knottingley   2. Edwin Rhodes Lee,   b. 1854, Knottingley ,   d. 22 Aug 1884, Boulogne  (Age 30 years)   3. Albert Lee,   b. 1862, Knottingley   4. Sarah Elizabeth Lee,   b. 1863, Knottingley   5. Florence Alice Lee,   b. 1870, Knottingley
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F12988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Father named as Rhodes Lee in marriage record in London. John and Catherine must have sailed down the coast and up the Thames to the Bermondsey wharves, near Tooley Street, and married while they were there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S373592] West Yorkshire CofE Births and Baptisms (Ancestry). [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.