Family page for Thomas Thornley LEE & Jane Elizabeth HARRIS

Thomas Thornley LEE [139]
1851-1908
Birth Certificate
Spouse: Jane E HARRIS

Jane Elizabeth HARRIS [115]
1850-1928
Birth Certificate of child
Married Name: Jane E LEE

Parents:

James LEE [134] 1829-1901
Elizabeth MACE [91] 1829-1891

Parents:

John Cleopas HARRIS [113] 1813-1885
Barbara MUDDELL [114] 1819-

m: 20 Dec 1869 LAN, St John the Baptist, Hulme Marriage Certificate

b:	13 May 1851 CHS, 25 Queen St West, Stockport AEL Bible
chr:	6 Jul 1851 CHS Stockport AEL Bible
d:	26 Dec 1908

b:	28 Dec 1850 SRY, 13 New Sreet, Bermondsey AEL

d:	15 Dec 1928 (CHS Stockport)

Resided
1851 CHS, 25 Queen St West, Stockport
1869 LAN, 32 Burton St, Hulme
1871 WAR, Navigation St, Nuneaton
1881 LAN, 25 Argyll Rd, Garston
1891 YKS, Lee Fold, Marsden-in-Huddersfield
1898 LAN, Harold St, Cornbrook, Manchester
1901 LAN, 27 Belgrave Rd, Moston, North Manchester

Resided
1850 SRY, 13 New Sreet, Bermondsey
1869 LAN, 32 Burton St, Hulme
1871 WAR, Navigation St, Nuneaton
1881 LAN Garston
1891 YRK Marsden-in-Huddersfield
1901 LAN, 27 Belgrave Rd, Moston, North Manchester
1908 LAN, 9 Grange St, Seedley, Manchester
1912 With Arthur C Lee
1928 (CHS Stockport)

Education

Occupation
1869: Bricklayer - LAN Hulme
1871: Bricklayer - WAR Nuneaton
1881: Bricklayer - LAN Garston
1889: Journeyman Bricklayer - CHS Cheadle
1891: Bricklayer - YKS Marsden-in-Huddersfield
1898: Building new portion of Standedge Tunnell and London Rd Station extension -
1900: Builder - LAN Garston
1901: Retired Railway Contractor - LAN North Manchester

Occupation

Notes Was invited to be Mayor of Stockport according to Arthur E Lee as told by his father Arthur C Lee.

There is alleged to be a photo of Arthur C Lee and Thomas T Lee taken at a Mayor's Ball they attended in Vernon Park Stockport Museum.

Thomas was in charge of the widening of the Stockport Viaduct (1887-9) - the first rail tracks were built in 1840. You can distinguish the 1889 arches from those built earlier.

With 2 others he formed a company (Williams Lee and Thomas) to complete the construction of the Standege Tunnel (Stalybridge to Huddersfield) sometime in the early 1890s. The tunnel is 4888m (3m 66y) and dated 5th Aug 1894.

It is known that he also worked on Crewe station (AEL) and the construction of Manchester Town Hall (ACL).

He built a house in Glenville Street Edgeley from which Elizabeth Lee was married. She travelled to church by Horse and Carriage .

Thomas was a prominent Conservative in Stockport.

The Head and Curb stone to the grave of the children of Thomas and Jane Lee was bought from a Charles Penney of 18 Lord Street Stockport on 2nd June 1897 for the sum of £13-12-0. The grave is in the churchyard of Christ Church, Wellington Road, Heaton Norris, Stockport and contains the several children who died at a very yound age. Thomas and Jane are the last to be placed in the grave.

Notes Jane lived with Arthur C Lee and children from 1912 until she died in 1928. AEL was very attached to her.

Children:

Elizabeth LEE [86]
    b: 8 Aug 1870 WAR Nuneaton   chr: 12 Jul 1871 BED Nuneaton  d: 31 May 1966
    m: Edward EDGE (b 22 Feb 1873) - 1900 CHS, Parish Church, Cheadle
Joseph LEE [151]
    b: 16 Mar 1873 BDF Leighton Buzzard   d: 3 Nov 1901
    m: Kate GASKELL (b 1874) - 1893 CHS Stockport Civil Marriage
Thomas Thornley LEE [155]
    b: Aug 1876 LAN Liverpool   d: 8 Oct 1877
Mary Anne LEE [156]
    b: Mar 1878   d: 25 Apr 1878
Nellie LEE [160]
    b: 1880   d: 1880
Charles Thornley LEE [161]
    b: 1882   d: 1882
George LEE [154]
    b: abt.1884
Arthur Cleopas LEE [157]
    b: 18 May 1886 LAN Widnes   d: 1 Aug 1967
    m: Elizabeth ELLIOTT (b 16 Sep 1888) - 1912 LAN St Thomas Ardwick Manchester
Albert Muddell(e) LEE [159]
    b: May 1889   d: 21 Jul 1889
Emily LEE [239]
    b: Oct 1894   d: 9 Dec 1894