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hello Hallmark, i see you're in Ireland, if you're from that part of Monaghan, have you ever come across the name Teasey there.  regards tom

hi Elizabeth,  not sure if you're named after Elizabeth Mckonkey, I know my mother is, and her maiden name was Lee.  it's odd and somewhat comforting to see many of the christian names in a family tree repeated.  for example i have a first cousin named John Lee.  If i get some time today or certainly over the next week, i'll dig out a tree supplied to me by one of the mckonkey cousins, albeit a 10th cousin or something like that.  it's varied with seveal branches.  Madden, or Madhill and Anderson are part of it..  but i'll have to see.  Your John had a bunch of siblings, aside from g grandfather Thomas, and this is by memory only mind you, there was an Ann, Jane, William, Harold. the longest lived i believe was a kind of family head known as "Abel Henry Lee", aka "Eben Henry Lee",  i don't always trust the spelling in the census.  The house Thomas and his wife Selina lived in in Grandsha beg, was described to me by another cousin, Jim Lee who got it from his father, as second class, ie, not brick, but stone or wood, probably stone, and as having an earthen floor.  pounded down earth until it resembled concrete in texture and density.  as i said before it's is a small community of three or four homes, that while still existing, cannot bee seen on google street view.  i've been to Ireland, but many years ago and on business so had no time to explore.  i will retire next year so i may find myself poking around there sometime.  i may even look up a phone book for the area.  cold calls often work.  regards tom

Hello Auz,
No doubt in my mind it's the same family.  I am named after Thomas Lee.  He was my mother's grandfather. Thomas had a number of brothers and sisters.  he farmed in a small village named Grandshabeg near Clones.  One of Thomas' many brothers was a John Lee, 1849 sounds right too.  But i don't know the middle name.  Thomas' Father was Francis Lee and his mother was Elizabeth Mckonkey.  so i suppose a Mckonkey middle name is more than possible.  There are still lot's of Mckonkeys in the area, big farming family over there still.  Francis' father was also a John Lee.  he married a woman named Anne, or Anna.  I'm afraid that's all I know for sure now.  The years are fuzzy. Thomas died 1903 or so.  Buried in Stonebridge presp cemetery near Grandshabeg, try google maps view. can't see Grandshabeg but you can see the wee church from the roadside view at Stonebridge, east on the monaghan road from Clones.  Thomas' two sons came to Canada during the rebellion in 1918.  One daughter stayed behind.  One of the sons , my grandfather, had children.  lot's Lots of Lee boys from him around here in Canada now.  I remember Grandfather well.  His name was Albert Edward Lee, died 1960 here in Toronto. Francis, his grandfather in the 1860's.  John, Francis' father ...  unknown dates.  The rumour, conjecture really, in the family is that these Lees are descended from a sort of nasty Cromwellian known in some histories as "Ensign William Lee".  You may want to Google him up.  Of some interest, I suppose, is that while I have fond memories of grandfather, he and his inlaws, among whom were, coincidentally, some Halls, were all virulently anti-Catholic.  I wonder what he would have though of me marrying a Jewish woman.  Writing about lineages etc is tough isn't it.  Good luck hunting.

 As your in Auz there is another Lee connected name that seems to only exist down there these days, ie Teasey or Teacy.  regards from Toronto.
Tom Johnston

thanks you for replying.  what i do know is that This McConkey line came to Ireland from Argyllshire...wayway  back... 1850s or so Elizabeth McConkey married Francis Lee... Their son Thomas had a farm, Lee's Farm, in Gransha Beg. I Believe the McConkey family still farms the area...  Good luck hunting