Maurice Lee

William Frank Maurice (Maurice) was the son of Arthur Lee and his wife Elizabeth (nee Henson).

His father Arthur was born in 1861 in Nottingham and his mother Elizabeth Henson in 1866 at Papplewick, Nottinghamshire. They were married in 1892 (reg. Nottingham) and had two sons, William Frank Maurice b. 1893 and Samuel Edward b. January 1899. Both sons were born in Nottingham and baptised at Christ Church, Radford, Maurice on 11 October 1893 and Samuel Edward on 8 March 1899.

The family was living at 22 Kyme Street, when Maurice was baptised in 1893 but at 71 Holden Street in 1899 when Samuel was baptised. The family was still living at 71 Holden Street, Radford, in 1901: Arthur, a lace maker, Elizabeth, and their sons, Maurice who was at school and Samuel.

Elizabeth died at 71 Holden Street on 1 February 1909 aged 38 and her husband Arthur died the following year (reg. JFM).

In 1911 Maurice and Samuel were living at 2 Buntings Yard, Denman Street, Nottingham, with their widowed grandmother, Kezia Lee, described as living on her own means. Maurice was a layer-on at a lithograph printers; his brother Samuel was still at school.

Samuel, a general labourer (Hooley Brewery), was recorded on the 1921 census as a boarder at 3 Greek Street, Radford, in the household of Harriet Morris, a widow. His grandmother, Kezia, was recorded on the census, living alone; she died later that year (JAS) aged 80.

Samuel married Evelyn Shelton in 1932; their son Maurice L. had been born in 1930 (AMJ). In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled, Samuel Edward, a general labourer, his wife Evelyn and their son Maurice were living at 2 Lombard Street, Nottingham. Samuel died in 1979 (reg. JFM Nottingham).