Person:Edward Lee (48)

1905 He was 28, single, worked as a grocery clerk, and living at 12 William Street with her mother and grandfather, in his grandfather’s home.

1910 He was living with his sister Cora and her husband, in Buffalo.

1915 Buffalo Telephone Book (http://www.historicmapworks.com/Books/Directory/219/166/Buffalo+1915+Telephone+Directory/ : 2010), p. 159, Edward D. Lee, r. 204 Laurel, Oxford 1058M [”M” refers to a party line, shared by multiple families]. Pub. by NY Telephone Company

1915 He was 35, and living at 204 Laurel with his sister, Cora, and her family, and his mother, Emma. He was a waiter.

1918 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com), Edward David Lee 41, b. July 21, 1877 in Buffalo, NY, was living at 69 Verplanck, Buffalo, Erie, NY. He was negro, worked as a waiter in a dining car for New York Central Railroad, His nearest relative was his wife, Florence Jackson Lee, same address. He signed his name, and registered in Buffalo, 10th District.

1920 US Census (NY, Erie, Buffalo, Ward 17, ED 135, sh 4A, ln 11), Edward D., 42, b. NY, father b. Canada (English), mother b. NY, worked as a waiter on the railroad, unable to discern if he rented or owned his home at 69 Verplanck Street. Florence J., 33, b. NJ, father b. VA, mother b. NY. Their son, Voyle J., 1-11/12, b. NY. Also living with them, Edward’s father David M., 72, b. Canada (English), father b. Canada (English), mother b. Ireland (English), worked as a nurse in a hospital. David immigrated to the U.S. in 1869 and was naturalized in 1874.

1925 He was 45, married, and living with his wife at the home of his father, at 69 Verplanck, and was a waiter for NY R.R.

1930 US Census (NY, Erie, Buffalo, Ward 12, ED 15-156, sh 38, ln 39), Edward 50, b. NY, father b. Canada (Eng), mother b. NY, worked as a waiter on the railroad, was 38 at the time of his first marriage, could read and write, and rented their home at 1400 Michigan Ave, for $40/month. His wife, Florence, 40, b. NJ, both parents b. VA, was 30 at the time of her first marriage, she did not work outside the home, and could read and write. Their children, all b. NY: J. Voyle 11, Edward 10, Bruce 10, Harriet 6, and Florence 3-11/12.

1943 U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (ancestry.com), Edward D. Lee, b. 1921 in New York, Erie County, Negro, Private, no branch assignment, enslited for duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months ... , 4 years of high school, civil occupation Millwright, single with dependents (???).

1954 NY State Dept of Health Death Certificate no. 41894, Edward Lee, Sr., d. 7/23/1954 at Edward J. Meyr Memorial Hospital, buffalo, NY. His residence was 31 Winslow Avenue, he was botn 7/21/1877, married, and a retired railroad waiter, having worked for New York Central Railroad. His widow was Florence J. Lee, his father David Moses Lee, his mother Harriette Emma Cook. He was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery, informant was Edward D. Lee, Jr., 31 Winslow Avenue.

His funeral was held at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Buffalo, which has always been a black church, founded in 1861.

1. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
2. ↑ Arteriosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurys with rupture. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church