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« on: Saturday 25 September 10 11:48 BST (UK) »
Tony,
Sorry for my delayed reply. Life got a bit frantic for a few days with guests staying, and since then I've been sick.
What a pity you don't have more on John Lee. It would be nice to know one way or another if this was the same person. I suspect not but don't have enough information to rule him out.
"My" John Lee was born in Sept 1822, so the age is off but I thought there may have been reason in the circumstances to lie about his age. His parents (from multiple BDMs) were Joseph Lee, a ship's carpenter, and Jane King. The family were in Ratcliff in 1819, and Haggerston in 1831. He had at least two siblings, Joseph and George. I have no details of his family after that time and haven't found them in the 1841 census - too many 'Joseph and Jane's to sort through.
I do know that John Lee was married in Geelong, Victoria, in July 1849. He died in 1905, having been in Victoria for 59 years implying an arrival date of 1946.
Shelley