Birth: 26 December 1859 Westcott, Surrey, UK
Father: James Lee c1825-1894
Mother: Elizabeth Pelham c1827-1913
Christening: 12 February 1860 Holy Trinity, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Marriage: October-December 1880 Brentford, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Charles Clark 1855-1888
Marriage: 6 September 1890 Holy Trinity, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Wright 1860-1932
Death: January-March 1944 SE Surrey, UK
By William
Charles William Steadman Wright 1891-1978
Frederick Arthur James Wright 1893-1977
Cecil Edward P Wright 1895-1915
Kathleen Annie May Wright [Barton] 1897-1964
Elsie Sarah Alice Wright [Bone] 1899-1991
Ralph Wright 1906-1907
Birth of Alice Elizabeth Lee in FreeBMD in January-March 1860 in Dorking (2a 126).
Entry in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Alice Elizabeth Lee baptised 12 February 1860 in Westcott, Surrey, parents James and Elizabeth Lee.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Alice Elizabeth Lee baptised 12 February 1860 in Westcott, Holy Trinity, parents James and Elizabeth Lee. "Page 23 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Dorking, District of Westcott in the County of Surrey in the Year 1860 [...] 1860 February 12th 1860 No. 179 Alice Elizabeth [parents] James, [a] Labourer, & Elizabeth Lee [of] Westcott".
In the 1861 census as Alice Elizabeth Lee aged 1, born in Westcott, Surrey, and living with her parents (James and Elizabeth), four brothers (David, Frederick Moore, James and William John), sister (Charlotte Jane), and a lodger (Charles Lee - uncle?) in Westcott Street, Dorking, Surrey.
In the 1871 census as Alice Elizabeth Lee aged 11 born in Dorking, Surrey, and living with her parents (James and Elizabeth), three brothers (Charles Hargraves, Fredeick More and William John), and sister (Eliza Georgina) at ?Hill, Westcott Common, Dorking, Surrey.
Marriage of Alice Elizabeth Lee and Charles Clark in FreeBMD in October-December 1880 in Brentford (3a 83).
In the 1881 census as Alice E Clark aged 21, born in Westcott, Surrey, a machinist, and living with her husband (Charles) at 17 Hurstway Street, Kensington, London.
Her husband died in Fulham in 1888 - I have not identified any children
Marriage of William Wright and Alice Elizabeth Clark in FreeBMD in July-September 1890 in Dorking (2a 276).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Alice Elizabeth Clark aged 31, father James Lee, widowed, and William Wright on 6 September 1890 in Westcott, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for Alice Elizabth (sic) Clark aged 31, father James Lee, and William Wright on 6 September 1890 at Westcott, Holy Trinity. "Page 92 1892 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Westcott in the County of Surrey [No.] 183 Septr 6th 1890 William Wright [aged] 31, [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] Westcott, [father] William Wright [a] Labourer, [and] Anne Elizabeth Clark [aged] 31, [a] Widow [of] Westcott, [father] James Lee [a] Sawyer, married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [both signed their names] in the Presence of us Charles Hargraves Lee [and] Mary Jane Wright".
In the 1891 census as Alise (sic - on the original) E Wight aged 31, no stated place of birth, and living with her husband (William) in Victoria Road, Dorking, Surrey next door to her parents-in-law.
Her five children were born in Westcott.
In the 1901 census as Alice E Wright aged 41, born in Westcott, Surrey, a laundress working at home but not domestic, and living with her husband (William), three sons (Cecil E, Charles W, and Frederick R A) and two daughters (Elsie E and Kathleen A) in Victoria Road, Dorking, Surrey next door to her parents-in-law.
Her son was born in Guildford in 1906 and died in Dorking in 1907.
In the 1911 census as Alice Elizabeth Wright aged 51, born in Westcott, Surrey, married for twenty years with six children, one having died, does laundry work at home, and living with her husband (William), two sons (Cecil Edward and Charlie Willan), two daughters (Elsie Sarah and Kathleen Annie) and widowed mother (Elizabeth Lee) in five rooms at 2 Denbies Cottages, Watson Road, Westcott, Surrey.
There are eleven entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Alice Wright address Watson Road, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate from 1919 to 1930, other occupants William Wright (husband?), and Vincent and Kathleen Barton (son-in-law and daugher?) from 1927, and entry for Alice Elizabeth Wright address Watson Road, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate in 1931, other occupants William Wright (husband?) and Vincent Bernard and Kathleen Annie May Barton (son-in-law and daughter?).
Her husband died in April-June 1932 in Dorking.
There are seven entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Alice Elizabeth Wright address Watson Road changing to 3 Watson Road in 1938, Westcott, Dorking changing to Milton in 1934, Reigate from 1932 to 1938, other occupants Vincent Bernard and Kathleen Annie May Barton (son-in-law and daughter?), and an entry for Alice Edith (sic) Wright address 3 Watson Road, Milton, Reigate in 1939, other occupants Vincent Bernard and Kathleen Annie May Barton (son-in-law and daughter?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Alice Wright born 26 December 1859, widowed, retired, and living with Vincent Burton (son-in-law), Kathleen Burton (daughter?), Leslie Burton (grandson?), Heather Burton (granddaughter?), one other (grandson?), Benjamin Mitchell and one other at 3 Watson Road, Dorking, Surrey.
Death of Alice E Wright in FreeBMD in January-March 1944 aged 84 in Surrey SE (2a 930).
There are 28 entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Alice Elizabeth Lee.
Note that Dorking became part of Surrey South Eastern in 1934.
Alice Elizabeth Lee was the mother of Kathleen Annie May Wright, wife of Vincent Bernard Barton, second cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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