1,788 documented Lee ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English topographic name from Old English 'leah' — a woodland clearing or meadow.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 1,777 Lee records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, John, James, Mary and William.
Of the 1,773 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Zartha Lee, born 1814.
Documented Lee families on this page come from Biographical review of Henry County, Iowa, Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage County, Ohio and Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio.
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Deceased Lee ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English topographic name from Old English 'leah' — a woodland clearing or meadow.
The documented line here reaches back to 1814. Most Lee lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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