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John pretty sure this is Enoch 1911 given birthplace

1911 Census For England & Wales
77 Balby Road Balby Doncaster Yorkshire, Balby with Hexthorpe, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England


Maria Abel Head Single Female 61 1850 - Bedford
Andrew Thomas Abel Brother Widower Male 54 1857 Fitter Discharged Medically Pupil Late Of Arsenual Woolwich St James Doncaster

Enoch Lee Boarder - Male 12 1899 School Pontefact Yorks

Spotted on 1891 census Andrew Bell ( who maybe would have been my Pops dad) states born in Yorkshire , on 1901 he is down as Andrew Lee born Durham his sister Agnes R born in Castleford but she I'd not on the 1901 . Looking back through posts a Mark Bell and on one of the Military records think it was Andrews, , he's mention as being an elder brother,

Looks like 1871 could be her, her parents must have lived in Durham because she surely wouldn't be in Durham on her own age 12. Another mystery Rambling, see one of her children on the 1901 census was Enock, Lee, found him born Pontefract in 1899 but couldn't find him or mother Margaret on the 1911 census. In 1901 she was in prison in Pontefract. name of Bell been written in.

National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914

First name(s) Enoch
Last name Lee
Birth year 1899
Birth date 25 Dec 1899
Event year 1907
School name Beechfield Junior Boys (British) School
Town Doncaster
County Yorkshire
Country England
Parent name(s) Mifs Abel
Book type Admissions
Archive reference SR78_2_3
Folio / page no. 15
Archive
Doncaster Archives
Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
Category Education & work
Subcategory Schools & Education
Collections from Great Britain, England

Sorry Rambling must have missed the 1911 post finding Enoch Lee being a boarder, poor lad , just where was his mother, probably prison again

Sadly it gets worse,

Deaths Mar 1916 (>99%)
Lee Enoch 17 Doncaster 9c 1042

Yorkshire Burials


First name(s) Enoch
Last name Lee
Sex Male
Age 17
Birth year 1899
Death year 1916
Burial year 1916
Burial date 12 Mar 1916
Burial place Doncaster, Hyde Park Cemetery
Consecrated Consecrated
Plot reference LX157
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Collection name Doncaster Cemetery
Record set Yorkshire Burials
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Burials

School post for Enoch Lee see it was 1907, wonder if he was adopted or just taken in by this couple named Abel. they were sn old couple. What a tangled web it all is.

Just spotted you have found his death, no age is it

What is quite interesting is that Maria Abel was a workhouse officer on 1901 census, described as "Girls trainer" so perhaps that is how she came to know of Enoch if he was in the workhouse?


Maria Abel
Relationship Officer
Marital status Single
Sex Female
Age 42
Birth year 1859
Birth town Bedford
Birth town as transcribed BEDFORD
Birth place England
Birth place other as transcribed -
Birth county Bedfordshire

Occupation Workhouse Officer
House name -
House number -
Street -
Town Balby with Hexthorpe
Parish Balby with Hexthorpe

This one says she was Protestant and from Barhead.

Name: Margaret Lee
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birth Place: Scotland
Age: 39
Event Date: 25 Aug 1900
Prison or Quarter Session: HMP Wakefield
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment or Servitude

poor Enoch was killed in an accident.It was decided he was' either pitched against or struck something sharp.'

Coroner, Mr. R. A. H. Tovey, investigated a rather mysterious accident in the Yorkshire Main pit at Edlington on Tuesday, as result • which a’ young rope runner, Enoch Lee, 17, of 77, Balby Road, Doncaster, lost his life. He and another youth were in
11 March 1916 - Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

How interesting, Enoch must have been a sad little soul to be taken in by Maria Abel.

Oh how sad. Alviegal. History repeating itself, because Robert Lee b 1921 , his brother Andrews Lee/Bell son was killed in the pit in Worksop I 1955

Barrhead is in Glasgow so must be the correct Margaret . I have found marriage in 1930 Gateshead , Durham between a Margaret Lee and a Percy Bell ?I wonder if any connection to Anthony Bell . Then found a death for a Margaret Bell in York Sept 1944.. On Andrew Lee's Military record, states mothers address Unknown.

Not the Margaret A Lee who married Percy A Bell 1930, they were born 1906 & 1904 and are on the 1939 register,

Sadly another early death I think , here as Lee but birth reg as Agnes Rebecca Bell

Deaths Jun 1900 (>99%)
Lee Agnes Rebecca 11 Doncaster 9c 474

Will rule the marriage of Percy and Margaret Bell out, thanks. ,Looks like Agnes R . Lee the same daughter of Margaret but in Doncaster when her brother Enoch born in 1899 Pontefract and Margaret living there in 1901. Wonder if Agnes was in a workhouse too. Can't believe how confusing the family is.

Rambling. I have been on the GRO indexes and found the following children with name of Bell, mother Lee. Robert William b 1877 Halfwhistle, Northumberland. Mark b 1881 Durham, Anthony b 1883 Lanchester Durham. Andrew b 1885 Durham, Agnes Rebecca b 1889 Pontefract. The only one with the name of Lee was Enoch b 1899 Pontefract as you said with no mothers name. . So that's confirmed all the children except Enoch had the father as being Bell. Obviously all must gave altered when Enoch was born, Margaret must have been going through rough times because of her being jailed in 1901.

Below (FMP) also applies to Andrew, some blank pages, you just have to keep going through!, he is writing to apply for Medals, address 14, Harpur Street, as 1911 posted earlier.

Chris :)

Lee Andrew 1885 — 1903 British Army Service Records Durham, Durham, England


(another for him)

WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Andrew Lee
York and Lancaster Regiment, Labour Corps 7204, 700732


(below also looks to apply)

13 September 1938 - Sheffield Independent - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

CHARGES AGAINST FOUR YOUTHS
...and Robert, Lee (17). labourer, 14, Harpur street, Rotherham, were also charged having broken into the offices of T. Wall and Sons. Ltd., Raw-marsh road, 13 July, and stolen property worth 45s. Lee was also remanded until tomorrow, bail being allowed.

(Andrew at same, 1939 (18 Nov 1885 )