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Title: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: dutchwouter on Sunday 05 January 14 06:24 GMT (UK)
i own a socalled "Half (or Lady) trunk" that belonged to a Mrs. M.O.G. Lees. The initials on the trunk are "O.L" (her husband?). The trunk is made by "The National". I know that a US-company with the simialar name (The national Trunk company) was shorlty in excistence, but that had a different logo. Can anyone place this Mrs. M.O.G. Lees. According to a label she came back in London again. On some NZ-passenger lists i found mentions of a Mrs Lees with servant and a mr. Lees, but i dont know if the surname Lees was/is very common in the UK. She travelled with the steamer Andes and Argentio (?) (and lots of other ships).
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 05 January 14 09:56 GMT (UK)
2 March 1938. Passenger on El Argentino arrived London from South America

Mrs Matilda Olivia Lees aged 68. Resident of Brazil. Embarked at Santos.
UK address; Douglas House, 14 Claridge Gardens, Bayswater
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 05 January 14 10:01 GMT (UK)
12 June 1930. Passengers arrived London on Avalona Star:

Henry Crawford Lees. 38.  Company Comptroller
Olivia Matilda Lees 58

Residents of Brazil
Both embarked Santos. Staying at Howard Hotel, Strand

Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 05 January 14 10:05 GMT (UK)
20 May 1930. On The Highland Chieftain from Santos:

Henry Roden Lees 43 accountant
Carmen Gitahy Lees 24
Matilda Lees 63

All staying at Douglas House 14-15 Clanricarde Gardens London W2
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 05 January 14 13:08 GMT (UK)
The family is in the UK 1911 census - see https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XW49-QX6
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Sunday 05 January 14 13:15 GMT (UK)
Jan-Feb-Mar 1889

Robert Crawford Lees married Matilda Olivia Roden
St George Hanover Square, Vol 1a, p 588

There's a previous marriage for him in 1883.

Three children baptised on the same day in 1896 - Henry Roden Crawford, aged 6, Thomas Charles Roden aged 4 and Robert Lindsay (no age given). Father's occupation is clerk
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Sunday 05 January 14 13:18 GMT (UK)
Robert Crawford Lees dies 10 Feb 1927 - leaving £1354. Address is in Ladbroke Grove.
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: dutchwouter on Sunday 05 January 14 18:25 GMT (UK)
ok, thank you all,
is it possible that the trunk first belongend to the previous wife of mr. Lees or did she simply dislike the name Mathilda and called hersef Olivia Lees?
Title: Re: Half trunk of Mrs. M.O.G. Lees
Post by: alpinecottage on Sunday 05 January 14 18:59 GMT (UK)
Quote from: dutchwouter on Sunday 05 January 14 18:25 GMT (UK)

is it possible that the trunk first belongend to the previous wife of mr. Lees or did she simply dislike the name Mathilda and called hersef Olivia Lees?

The first wife was called Lillian Hennessey or Eliza Standish (can't tell which without further work) so it doesn't seem to have been the previous wife's trunk.  It could have belonged to Mr Lees sister, mother or anyone with the initials OL