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Family History & Genealogy

The Lee Family

1,790 documented Lee ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

1,790Documented ancestors
1814Earliest record
8Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Lee

English topographic name from Old English 'leah' — a woodland clearing or meadow.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Lee families we’ve reconstructed

Real Lee family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

James Leedate unknown
Maryland
James Lee ⚭ Letha Trundle
childrenJames Amos Lee · Berzella Lee · Thomas Lee · Leah Lee · Durbin Lee · Delphina Lee · Sophronia Lee · Elcana Lee · Curtis Lee
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Jonathan Leedate unknown
Henry County, Iowa
Jonathan Lee ⚭ Elizabeth Harter, Alice Boyd
childrenAmanda Lee · Curtis Lee · Edwin Lee · Oliver B. Lee · Lydia Lee · Roe F. Lee · Milo D. Lee · Raymond J. Lee
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Jane Leedate unknown
parentsThomas Lee & Phoebe Brown
Jane Lee ⚭ Samuel Hyde, John Burchard
childrenElizabeth Hyde · Phoebe Hyde · Samuel Hyde · John Hyde · William Hyde · Thomas Hyde · Jabez Hyde
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John Leeb. 1820
Pennsylvania
parentsGeorge Lee
John Lee ⚭ Elizabeth Sanborn, Electa Oviatt
childrenJohn S. Lee · Helen A. Lee · Park B. Lee
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Margaret Leedate unknown
Margaret Lee ⚭ Ezekiel Ellis Jr.
childrenAsa Ellis
James Amos Lee1819 – 1897
Montgomery County, Maryland → Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
parentsJames Lee & Letha Trundle
James Amos Lee ⚭ Mary E. Fountain (m. 1858-03)
Ellis P. Leeb. 1842
Berks County, Pennsylvania
parentsJames Lee & Lydia Lee
Ellis P. Lee
John S. Leeb. 1847
Orland, Steuben county, Indiana
parentsJohn Lee & Elizabeth Sanborn
John S. Lee
Amanda Leeb. 1859
parentsJonathan Lee & Elizabeth Harter
Amanda Lee ⚭ Henry Wood
Curtis Leeb. 1861
Jefferson County, Iowa
parentsJonathan Lee & Elizabeth Harter
Curtis Lee ⚭ Annie Cline
Edwin Leeb. 1866
Salem township, Henry County, Iowa
parentsJonathan Lee & Elizabeth Harter
Edwin Lee ⚭ Nellie Cook
Oliver B. Leeb. 1872
Ottumwa, Iowa
parentsJonathan Lee & Alice Boyd
Oliver B. Lee ⚭ Ella Wilson

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The documented line

Lee ancestors in the record

Deceased Lee ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Charles Lee was born in 1837 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
Zartha Lee
1814 – 1899
Iowa
Henry W. Lee
1815 – 1874
Davenport
James Amos Lee
1819 – 1897
Montgomery County, Maryland
m. Mary E. Fountain (m. 1858-03)
John Lee
b. 1820
Pennsylvania
m. Elizabeth Sanborn, Electa Oviatt
Charles Lee
b. 1837
Kalida, Putnam County, Ohio
Ellis P. Lee
b. 1842
Berks County, Pennsylvania
John S. Lee
b. 1847
Orland, Steuben county, Indiana
Amanda Lee
b. 1859
m. Henry Wood
Curtis Lee
b. 1861
Jefferson County, Iowa
m. Annie Cline
Edwin Lee
b. 1866
Salem township, Henry County, Iowa
m. Nellie Cook
James Lee
1869 – 1970
Iowa
Cora Lee
1869 – 1971
Iowa
Oliver B. Lee
b. 1872
Ottumwa, Iowa
m. Ella Wilson
Samuel D Lee
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Matilda Lee
1873 – 1967
Iowa
John Lee
1873 – 1963
Iowa
Amelia Lee
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Algernon Lee
1873 – 1954
Dubuque
Frances Lee
1874 – 1976
Iowa
Nels Lee
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Lydia Lee
1876 – 1876
Edna Lee
1876 – 1962
Iowa
Ida M Lee
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Elsie R Lee
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Roe F. Lee
1877 – 1893
Frances Lee
1877 – 1966
Iowa
Susie S Lee
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Maysie Lee
1878 – 1980
Iowa
Julia Lee
1878 – 1974
Iowa
L B Lee
1878 – 1966
Iowa
John Lee
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Lillian Lee
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Jennie Lee
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Albert Lee
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Henry Lee
1879 – 1972
Iowa
John Lee
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Hanna Lee
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Samuel Lee
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Nellie Lee
1879 – 1981
Iowa
Oscar Lee
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Columbus Lee
1880 – 1974
Iowa
Dora Lee
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Walter Lee
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Anna Lee
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Charles Lee
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Clarence Lee
1880 – 1962
Iowa
Mattie Lee
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Maude Lee
1881 – 1972
Iowa
William Lee
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Roy Lee
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Carrie Lee
1881 – 1980
Iowa
Clyde Lee
1881 – 1975
Iowa
I Lee
1881 – 1968
Iowa
James Lee
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Agrim Lee
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Benedicta Lee
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Milo D. Lee
1882 – 1883
J Lee
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Ida Lee
1882 – 1981
Iowa
Ruth Lee
1882 – 1971
Iowa
Ethwell Lee
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Ella Lee
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Earl Lee
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Minnie Lee
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Emma F Lee
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Dena Lee
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Bert Lee
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Carl Lee
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Irene Lee
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Helen L Lee
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Andrew Lee
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Della Lee
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Charles Lee
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Milton Lee
1883 – 1977
Iowa
August Lee
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Gertude Lee
1883 – 1980
Iowa
Kathryn Lee
1884 – 1971
Iowa
Edna Lee
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Blanche Lee
1884 – 1980
Iowa
Ruey Lee
1884 – 1964
Iowa
John Lee
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Sarah Lee
1884 – 1977
Iowa
David Lee
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Carl Lee
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Sylvia Lee
1884 – 1980
Iowa
Euretha Lee
1884 – 1971
Iowa
John Lee
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Sally Lee
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Edwin Ferdinand Lee
1884 – 1948
Eldorado Township
Walter Lee
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Randolph Lee
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Holman Lee
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Rolla Lee
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Elmer Lee
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Myrtle Lee
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Anna Lee
1885 – 1964
Iowa
Ella Lee
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Emma Lee
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Rose Lee
1885 – 1982
Iowa
Orin Lee
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Nevin Lee
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Raymond J. Lee
b. 1886
Henry County, Iowa
m. Mary A. Bausman
Bessie Lee
1886 – 1971
Iowa
Rosa Lee
1886 – 1972
Iowa
Elizabeth Lee
1886 – 1982
Iowa
Charles Lee
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Florence E Lee
1886 – 1988
Iowa
Mary Lee
1886 – 1973
Iowa
Grace Lee
1886 – 1978
Iowa
George Lee
1886 – 1967
Iowa
John Lee
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Florence Lee
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Pearl Lee
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Cora Lee
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Lucinda Lee
1886 – 1971
Iowa
Jesse Lee
1886 – 1962
Iowa
Knudt Lee
1886 – 1973
Iowa
Henry Lee
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Ole Lee
1886 – 1962
Iowa
Ida Lee
1886 – 1972
Iowa
Mabel Lee
1886 – 1985
Clearfield
Clarence Lee
1887 – 1969
Iowa
Bessie Lee
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Chester Lee
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Alfred Lee
1887 – 1968
Iowa
William Lee
1887 – 1965
Iowa
Russell Lee
1887 – 1967
Iowa
Helga Lee
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Pearl Lee
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Ione Lee
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Francis Lee
1887 – 1971
Iowa
Mildred Lee
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Ruth Lee
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Josephine K Lee
1887 – 1988
Iowa
Katherine Lee
1888 – 1964
Iowa
Selma Lee
1888 – 1980
Iowa
Elizabeth Lee
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Lares Lee
1888 – 1974
Iowa
Eva Lee
1888 – 1987
Iowa
Martin Lee
1888 – 1973
Iowa
Margaret Lee
1888 – 1978
Iowa
Bessie Lee
1888 – 1964
Iowa
Bessie Lee
1888 – 1977
Iowa
N E Lee
1888 – 1967
Iowa
Walter Lee
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Hazel Lee
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Ira Lee
1888 – 1962
Iowa
Alma Lee
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Louise Lee
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Golda Lee
1888 – 1987
Iowa
Agnes S Lee
1888 – 1989
Iowa
Ben Lee
1888 – 1967
Iowa
Blantchfor Lee
1889 – 1963
Iowa
Wayne Lee
1889 – 1971
Iowa
Bessie Lee
1889 – 1963
Iowa
Mabel Lee
1889 – 1981
Iowa
Verna Lee
1889 – 1984
Iowa
Bertha Lee
1889 – 1964
Iowa
Maude Lee
1889 – 1970
Iowa
Anne Lee
1889 – 1982
Iowa
Myrtle Lee
1889 – 1968
Iowa
John Lee
1889 – 1963
Iowa
John Lee
1889 – 1981
Iowa
Isaac Lee
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Mabel Lee
1889 – 1978
Iowa
Carrie K Lee
1889 – 1988
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Emma Lee
1889 – 1967
Iowa
Leslie Lee
1889 – 1970
Iowa
Bertha Lee
1889 – 1971
Iowa
Hilda Lee
1889 – 1979
Iowa
Hattie Lee
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Ethel Lee
1889 – 1967
Iowa
Ella Lee
1889 – 1986
Iowa
George Lee
1889 – 1973
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Martha Lee
1889 – 1977
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Anita Lee
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Deelda Lee
1889 – 1972
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George Lee
1889 – 1981
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Fannie Lee
1890 – 1993
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Jennie Lee
1890 – 1982
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Robert Lee
1890 – 1969
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Fred Lee
1890 – 1970
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Adrian Lee
1890 – 1978
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Arthur Lee
1890 – 1975
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Anna Lee
1890 – 1986
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Lillian Lee
1890 – 1982
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Ruth Lee
1890 – 1980
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James Lee
1890 – 1980
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Olava Lee
1890 – 1986
Iowa
Fred Lee
1890 – 1980
Iowa
Haakon Lee
1890 – 1983
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Jacob Lee
1890 – 1980
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Tarald Lee
1890 – 1972
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Lila Lee
1891 – 1974
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Ray Lee
1891 – 1974
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Anna Lee
1891 – 1991
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Luella Lee
1891 – 1980
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Otho Lee
1891 – 1976
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Anton Lee
1891 – 1972
Iowa
Carson Lee
1891 – 1977
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Rance Lee
1891 – 1980
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Margaret C Lee
1891 – 1992
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Gladys Lee
1891 – 1975
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Clara Lee
1891 – 1970
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Marvel Lee
1891 – 1966
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Knud Lee
1891 – 1977
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Laura Lee
1891 – 1982
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Ledlie Lee
1891 – 1964
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Hazel Lee
1891 – 1976
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Clara Lee
1891 – 1972
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Hardy Lee
1891 – 1967
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Joseph Lee
1892 – 1966
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Olga Lee
1892 – 1984
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Elsie Lee
1892 – 1986
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Amanda E Lee
1892 – 1989
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Joe Lee
1892 – 1963
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George J Lee
1892 – 1964
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Edith Lee
1892 – 1977
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Jennie Lee
1892 – 1987
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George Lee
1892 – 1978
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Bertha Lee
1892 – 1976
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Harold Lee
1892 – 1969
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Olga Lee
1892 – 1977
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Selma Lee
1892 – 1986
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Walter Lee
1892 – 1981
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Jacob Lee
1892 – 1971
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Ole Lee
1892 – 1965
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Minnie Lee
1892 – 1973
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Grace Lee
1893 – 1970
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George Lee
1893 – 1972
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Myrtle Lee
1893 – 1973
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Beulah L Lee
1893 – 1971
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Gladys Lee
1893 – 1975
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Harry Lee
1893 – 1978
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William Lee
1893 – 1963
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John Lee
1893 – 1970
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George W Lee
1893 – 1990
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Elleazer Lee
1893 – 1959
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Ada Lee
1893 – 1975
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Theodore Lee
1893 – 1972
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Emma Lee
1893 – 1982
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Lela Lee
1893 – 1980
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Harold Lee
1893 – 1982
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Ralph Lee
1893 – 1976
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Elda Lee
1893 – 1984
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Eunice Lee
1893 – 1981
Iowa
Olive S Lee
1893 – 1992
Iowa
Bertha Lee
1893 – 1968
Iowa
William Lee
1893 – 1979
Iowa
Frank Lee
1894 – 1963
Iowa
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Common questions

Lee genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Lee surname come from?

English topographic name from Old English 'leah' — a woodland clearing or meadow.

How far back does the Lee family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1814. Most Lee lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Lee family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Lee family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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