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Robert Brooke Lea 1891–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Jul 1891

Birth Location: Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 28 Sep 1968

Death Location: Ashton, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America

Father: Henry Lea

Mother: Edith Lea

Spouse(s): Helen Sperry

Children(s): Sperry Lea

The story of Robert Brooke Lea began in 1891 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Robert Brooke Lea married Helen Marguerite Sperry, and had children including Sperry Lea. Robert Brooke Lea passed away in 1968 in Ashton, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Brooke Lea began in 1891 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Robert Brooke Lea married Helen Marguerite Sperry, and had children including Sperry Lea.
  • Robert Brooke Lea passed away in 1968 in Ashton, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Lea
1853–1912
Birth Location: Sandy Spring, Maryland
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Edith Lea
1856–1950
Birth Location: Sandy Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

Helen Sperry
1888–1977
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

Sperry Lea
1923–2012
Birth Location: Kings, New York
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Robert Lea's Ancestors

Self
Robert Lea
1891–1968
Birth Place: Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Henry Tyson Lea
1853–1912
Sandy Spring, Maryland
Edith (Helen Bentley) Lea
1856–1950
Sandy Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Lea's Descendants

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Robert (Brooke) Lea (22 Jul 1891–28 Sep 1968) m. Helen (Marguerite) Sperry (28 Jul 1888–Sep 1977)
  1. 1. Sperry Lea 1923–2012 m. Anna (Lambrinidou) Lea 1928–2014

Robert Lea's Timeline

2 Records

1891
22 Jul 1891
Birth of Robert Brooke Lea in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1968
28 Sep 1968
Age 77
Death of Robert Brooke Lea in Great Neck, Nassau, New York, USA
Great Neck, Nassau, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Jul 1891
    Event Place: Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1968
    Event Place: Great Neck, Nassau, New York, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ashton, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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