'EddieS' Genealogy
SPACKMAN, HODGE, EDGE, LEE Ancestry
Name Index   Place Index
Arthur Cleopas LEE [157]
1886-1967
AEL
Spouse: Elizabeth ELLIOTT
 
Elizabeth ELLIOTT [158]
1888-1969
AEL
Married Name: Elizabeth LEE
 
Parents: 
Thomas Thornley LEE [139] 1851-1908
Jane Elizabeth HARRIS [115] 1850-1928
Parents: 
Walter ELLIOTT [5041] 1856-
Hannah BILLINGE [5042] 1856-
m: 7 Sep 1912 LAN St Thomas Ardwick Manchester AEL
b:
 18 May 1886 LAN, Joseph Street, Appleton, Widnes AEL
 
 
d:
 1 Aug 1967 LAN Manchester AEL
 
 
 
 
b:
 16 Sep 1888 (LAN Manchester) AEL
chr:
 4 Nov 1888 LAN, St Andrew's, Manchester AEL
d:
 23 Jan 1969 LAN Manchester AEL
 
 
 
 
Resided
1886 LAN, Joseph Street, Appleton, Widnes
1891 YRK, Lee Fold, Marsden-in-Huddersfield
1901 LAN, 27 Belgrave Rd, Moston, North Manchester
1912 LAN, 5 Wellington St, Ardwick
1967 LAN Manchester
1967 LAN, 34 Campbell Road, Swinton, Manchester
Resided
1888 (LAN Manchester)
1901 LAN, 165 Tibbins St, Ardwick
1912 LAN, 5 Wellington Street, Ardwick
1912 with Arthur C LEE (husband)
1969 LAN Manchester
Education
Education
Occupation
....: Building Trade -
1901: Apprentice Butcher [sic] - LAN North Manchester
Occupation
Notes 1923 Foundation Stone for Wrexham War memorial Hospital was laid by Edward Prince of Wales. Arthur and Mr J Mace (Clerk of Works) assisted in laying the stone.

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.

The following is a press cutting presumed to date from about 1961. A photograph showing Mr G W Richardson, Mrs Lee, Mr A C Lee and Mr J Sutor accompanies the article.

42 YEARS WITH GERRARD'S
Contracts manager retires

TO MARK HIS 42 YEARS' SERVICE with J. Gerrard and Sons, Ltd., the Swinton firm of builders, Mr. Arthur C. Lee, Campbell-rd., Swinton, received a cheque at a dinner on Friday. Mr. Lee, who Is aged 75, retires as a contracts manager with his, firm.

Present at the dinner was Mr. G. W. Richardson, a director, whose wife presented a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Lee.

One of the speakers at the dinner was a former apprentice and general foreman who had work6d under Mr. Lee. He was Mr. Ilarry Jones, now manager of Manchester Corporation Direct Works Housing Department
The cheque was presented by Mr. J. Sutor on behalf of staff of J. Gerrard and Ltd., who had contributed to it. Mr. Lee said that he stsrted work in the building trade 61 years ago at Stockport Fire Station; and after an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, worke on his own account and built 15 cinemas.

In those days, the labour cost of foundations and brickwork was only £150.

He served In the Royal Engineers in the first world war and in 1919 started his long association with Gerrard's.

Mr. Lee's father was a civil engineer and one of the men responsible for building the Standedge railway tunnel between Manchester and Huddersfield. His three sons are also engaged in the building and civil engineering industries.
Notes
Children:  A LEE [174]
   
B LEE [5302]
      d: abt.1920
L LEE [176]
   
L LEE [178]
   
 
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