FatherWilliam Henry Lee b. 1888
MotherBeatrice Maud Steer b. 12 Jul 1893, d. 1982
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Philip Francis 'Bill' Lee was born in 1914 in Lake Boga, Victoria.1,2,3 
He married Nestor Mary Jones in 1937.4 
He married Grace Louisa Watt in 1949.5 
He died in 1980 in Shepparton, Victoria.6 

Family 1

Nestor Mary Jones

Family 2

Grace Louisa Watt
ChartsSteer, Edward, descendant chart

Story

Philip Francis Lee was born in Lake Boga in 1914. He was the oldest child of Beatrice and William. He was known as Bill or Billy. On his birth registration and marriage registration he is 'Philip'; on his death registration her is 'Phillip'.2,1,4,6
 
Family Gathering
This photo was taken at Murrabit, likely Maggie and Will's place at the time, around 1921.
Front: Alice McDonald (Steer), Maggie Cook (Steer), Bill (Philip) Lee, Philip Steer; others unknown; Murrabit (north of Kerang)
Bill & Nessie Marriage
Nestor Mary Jones and Philip Francis Lee were married in 1937. They had no children.

Nessie left Bill when he went to serve in the Second World War. They later divorced.4,7,8
 
In about 1944, Margaret went to Cobram for some highland dancing. Her brother Bill (Philip) drove. Whilst there with her mum Beatrice, they visited 'an elderly aunt'. This was 'Auntie Lottie', Charlotte Steer. Beat visited while Margaret was doing her dancing.9,10
 
Bill & Grace Marriage
Grace Louisa Watt and Philip Francis Lee were married in 1949. They had six children.4
 
Bill & Grace Lee with daughters Heather, Diane & Wendy
Image: Lost Mooroopna Facebook, Peter Holt
Children of Bill & Grace Lee: Bill, Don, Diane, Heather, Wendy with Jenny on her lap
Image: Lost Mooroopna Facebook, Peter Holt
Bill and Grace Lee with Wendy, Heather and Diane (c. 3 months old), near Lake Boga, c. 1950
Image: Lost Mooroopna, Facebook
In Mooroopna c. 1950.11
Bill (Philip Francis) & Gran/Beat Lee (Steer)
Image: Lost Mooroopna, Facebook, Peter Holt
Philip Francis 'Bill' Lee died in Shepparton in 1980, aged 66.6
 

Citations

  1. [S51] Margaret Sellwood, personal communication, 6 April 1996.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Philip Francis Lee entry, birth registration no. 14171, 1914.
  3. [S691] Philip Francis Lee, birth registration no. 14171, 1914.
  4. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Philip Francis Lee and Nestor Mary Jones entry, marriage registration no. 6077, 1937.
  5. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Philip Francis Lee and Grace Louisa Watt entry, marriage registration no. 23778, 1949.
  6. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Phillip Francis' Lee entry, death registration no. 18246, 1980.
  7. [S376] From the Memories of the Life of Beatrice Lee, unpublished, 1987.
  8. [S51] Margaret Sellwood, personal communication, 31 December 2022.
  9. [S51] Margaret Sellwood, personal communication, 8 July 2014.
  10. [S51] Margaret Sellwood, personal communication, 27 December 2019.
  11. [S294] Facebook, social network, Lost Mooroopna post of photo shared by Peter Holt, 20 May 2020.