Our Family History - McKay, Bushee, King and Mills Josh/Joe Lee United States of America d. Aft 1937 Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
 
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Josh/Joe Lee

Male - Aft 1937


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  • Name Josh/Joe Lee 
    Born United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Labourer  [1] 
    Residence 1924  Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Joseph Lee
    Residence 1931  Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Joseph Lee
    Residence 1936  Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Joseph Lee
    Residence 1937  Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Joseph Lee
    Died Aft 1937  Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Name is recorded as Josh on the marriage record, but oral history states his name was Joe.

      Joe Lee was a very lovable rogue, but he liked to drink. He was an American sailor (merchant navy?) who jumped ship in Melbourne. He came from a reasonably wealthy American family (maybe Boston?). During the time Una Alice Abbott knew him, she recalled numerous occasions when his American family would send him money to return to America. He would use the money to go on a bender (out drinking) and one of the family would end up having to retreive him from a pub in Melbourne.

      Finally, the family sent tickets on board ship for him to return and he left and said goodbye to Margaret Annie Medwin, went into Melbourne, got on board the boat and cashed in the ticket. He then got off the boat and returned some weeks later to Kooweerup. After Una Alice Abbott and Alonzo Royden King’s marriage failed, they lived with Joe and Margaret at the house in Kooweerup. Joe was very handy, and built a leanto onto the house for Una and the children to live in.

      Joe is referred to in “More Mickle Memories of Kooweerup”, but incorrectly as being Scandanavian. It appears he worked as a house painter. [5]
    Person ID I943  King/Mills Family History
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2011 

    Family Margaret Annie Medwin,   b. 19 Oct 1871, Horton, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 1920  Kooweerup, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 10073
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet

  • Documents
    ER 1931 VIC Flinders Kooweerup    		Electoral Roll 1931 VIC Flinders Kooweerup
    ER 1936 VIC Flinders Kooweerup    		Electoral Roll 1936 VIC Flinders Kooweerup
    ER 1937 VIC Flinders Kooweerup    		Electoral Roll 1937 VIC Flinders Kooweerup

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Australian Electoral Rolls, 1937, Victoria, Flinders, Kooweerup, Ancestry.com.

    2. [S106] Australian Electoral Rolls, 1924, Victoria, Flinders, Kooweerup, Ancestry.com.

    3. [S70] Australian Electoral Rolls, 1931, Victoria, Flinders, Kooweerup, Ancestry.com.

    4. [S81] Australian Electoral Rolls, 1936, Victoria, Flinders, Kooweerup, Ancestry.com.

    5. [S43] Oral History from Una Alice Abbott.

    6. [S60] Victorian Great War Index, Digger, (#10073/1920).


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