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Robert Lees 1783 – 1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1783

Birth Location: Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Dec 1855

Death Location: Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: David Lees

Mother: Mary Hay

Spouse(s): Margaret Cowan

Children(s): Andrew Lees

Robert Lees was born in 1783 in Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Lees and Mary Marion Hay. Robert Lees married Margaret Cowan, and had children including Andrew Lees. Robert Lees passed away in 1855 in Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Lees was born in 1783 in Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Lees and Mary Marion Hay.
  • Robert Lees married Margaret Cowan, and had children including Andrew Lees.
  • Robert Lees passed away in 1855 in Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Lees
1745 – 1812
Birth Location: Scoonie, Fife, , Scotland
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Mary Hay
1748 – 1817
Birth Location: Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Cowan
1783 – 1827
Birth Location: Hamilton, Midlothian, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Andrew Lees
1812 – 1882
Birth Location: Old Monklank, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Robert Lees's Ancestors

Self
Robert Lees
1783 – 1855
Birth Place: Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Lees
1745 – 1812
Scoonie, Fife, , Scotland
Mary (Marion) Hay
1748 – 1817
Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Lees's Descendants

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Robert Lees (11 Apr 1783 – 23 Dec 1855) m. Margaret Cowan (7 February 1783 – ABT 1827)
  1. 1. Andrew Lees (23 Nov 1812 – 01 Apr 1882) m. Mary (Margaret) Whitelaw (1817 – 20 Nov 1901)
    1. 1. Mary (Young Miller) Lees (23 Dec 1839 – 4 May 1913) m. Thomas (Little) Bell (abt 1833 – 23 Apr 1904)
      1. 1. Thomas (Lees) Bell (15 June 1869 – 12 July 1944) m. Sarah Irvine (14 Jul 1866 – 22 Oct 1941)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (McEwan) Bell (5 Feb 1906 – 17 Nov 1982) m. Arthur Barclay (Oct 1901 – 1989)

Robert Lees's Timeline

2 Records

1783
11 Apr 1783
Birth of Robert Lees in Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1855
23 Dec 1855
Age 72
Death of Robert Lees in Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1783
    Event Place: Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1855
    Event Place: Braehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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