Richard CLEE (1857

Richard CLEE (1857 - 1925)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Gertrude Illma CLEE (1887 - 1966) Jonanna Margaret CLEE (1887 - 1962) Annie CLEE (1890 - ) Violet May CLEE (1891 - 1949) Henry Richard CLEE (1893 - 1969) Thomas Malcolm CLEE (1896 - ) Daniel Albert CLEE (1900 - ) William CLEE (1904 - 1980) Percy Edward CLEE (1907 - 1980)	Richard CLEE (1857 - 1925) + Annie FRENCH (1864 - 1944)	William CLEE (1838 - 1925)	Richard CLEE (1810 - 1847)

			Eliza Sebian BELSHAM (1814 - 1859)

		Annie MAHER (1841 - 1910)	John MAHER (1815 - 1882)

			Catharine Kitty MULLINS MULLENS (1814 - 1866)

Pic P1. Gravesite Details There are no grave markers for Richard and Annie's graves. Plots Q3 and 4 are in the middle of these unmarked graves in the old part of the RC Section.

Pic 1. Gravesite Details There are no grave markers for Richard and Annie's graves. Plots Q3 and 4 are in the middle of these unmarked graves in the old part of the RC Section.

b. 25 Dec 1857 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1886 Annie FRENCH (1864 - 1944) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

d. 21 Sep 1925 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 67

Cause of Death:

Heart failure

Near Relatives of Richard CLEE (1857 - 1925)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Richard CLEE	1810		29 Dec 1847	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	37
Grandmother	Eliza Sebian BELSHAM	1814		24 Feb 1859	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	45
Grandfather	John MAHER	1815		1882		67
Grandmother	Catharine Kitty MULLINS MULLENS	1814	Co Tipperary, Ireland	23 Nov 1866	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	52

Father in Law	Henry FRENCH	14 Feb 1843	Brungle, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30 Aug 1915	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	72
Mother in Law	Johanna KILEY	1844	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1913	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	69

Father	William CLEE	30 Nov 1838	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	20 Aug 1925	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	86
Mother	Annie MAHER	26 Feb 1841	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	23 Sep 1910	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	69

Self	Richard CLEE	25 Dec 1857	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	21 Sep 1925	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67

Wife	Annie FRENCH	08 Dec 1864	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	80

Daughter	Gertrude Illma CLEE	1887	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	22 Aug 1966	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Jonanna Margaret CLEE	15 Dec 1887	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12 Aug 1962	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter	Annie CLEE	1890	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Violet May CLEE	1891	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	06 Aug 1949	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	58
Son	Henry Richard CLEE	1893	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	27 Apr 1969	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	76
Son	Thomas Malcolm CLEE	1896	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Daniel Albert CLEE	1900	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Son	William CLEE	01 Mar 1904	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	04 Apr 1980	Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia	76
Son	Percy Edward CLEE	28 Apr 1907	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 May 1980	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73

Brother	William CLEE	1859	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jan 1901	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	42
Brother	James CLEE	1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jun 1935	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	74
Sister	Mary A CLEE	26 Oct 1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	23 May 1904	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	40
Sister	Annie Mary Chrissie CLEE	1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jan 1938	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	72
Sister	Elizabeth Ellen CLEE	1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	22 May 1941	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Sister	Frances Amelia Fanny CLEE	30 May 1870	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Sep 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Brother	John Archer CLEE	1872	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	02 May 1877		5
Sister	Margaret CLEE	1874	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jul 1909	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	35
Brother	Charles George CLEE	1877	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 Dec 1956	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	79
Brother	Walter CLEE	1879	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1967	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	88
Sister	Kathleen A CLEE	1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30 Jun 1973	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	91
Sister	Clara Gertrude CLEE	12 Aug 1884	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	27 Mar 1887	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	2
Brother	Andrew Frederick CLEE	26 Jun 1887	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	22 May 1962	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	74

Son in Law	John DALE
Son in Law	Albert Edward BACK	1888	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	20 Dec 1950	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	62
Son in Law	Charles W MILLARD
Son in Law	Walter E DEAN
Daughter in Law	Thelma Marion QUARMBY	1904	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1978	Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter in Law	Doreen May BASSETT	1912		09 Feb 1980	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	68

Grandson	Norman CLEE	1908
Granddaughter	Mary Jean BACK	1914		27 Feb 1989	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	75

Uncle	Richard CLEE	18 Aug 1840	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	02 Aug 1926	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Aunt	Margaret MCNAMARA	1839	Ireland	1913		74
Uncle	Archibald Archer Moon CLEE	30 Oct 1842	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	07 Aug 1921	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	78
Aunt	Ellen BOYD	16 Sep 1842	Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia	18 Mar 1940	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	97

Cousin	Archibald CLEE	1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jul 1895	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	34
Cousin	Eliza Ellen CLEE	1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Mar 1893	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30
Cousin	Richard CLEE	1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Alexander CLEE	1870	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Emma CLEE	1876	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	07 Jan 1962	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	John Michael CLEE	1880	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mary Ann Sisley CLEE	27 Jun 1877	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	82
Cousin	Margaret Ellen CLEE	16 Aug 1879	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	25 Sep 1884	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	5
Cousin	Josephine Blanche Clare CLEE	1881	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1960		79
Cousin	George Blake CLEE	1882	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1956		74
Cousin	Elizabeth CLEE	1883	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1960		77
Cousin	Thomas Matthew CLEE	16 Jan 1886	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	68
Cousin	John Archer CLEE	1887	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	68
Cousin	Jessie CLEE	1889	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1960		71
Cousin	Rosanah Emily Rosie CLEE	1895	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1984	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	89

Nephew	Elton Raymond FRENCH	1910	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	23 Mar 1984		74
Niece	Mona Isobel FRENCH	abt 1914		17 Dec 2012	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	98
Nephew	Henry Joseph DUNN	1888	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1963		75
Nephew	William DUNN	1893	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Johanna DUNN	1894	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Nov 1931	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	37
Niece	Beatrice DUNN	1900	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1989		89
Nephew	Timothy DUNN	25 Sep 1902	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1967		65
Nephew	Daniel DUNN	1904	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary DUNN	1908
Niece	Stella Elizabeth FRENCH	08 Mar 1905	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1984		79
Nephew	Archibald Edward FRENCH	03 May 1907	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	50
Niece	Dorothy Isabella Margaret FRENCH	28 Mar 1911	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1980		69
Nephew	Harold Gordon FRENCH	abt 1919	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	2000		81
Niece	Margaret M FRENCH	1899	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Edith A FRENCH	1900	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1966	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	66
Nephew	Albert Henry FRENCH	1901	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30 Aug 1968	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67
Niece	Johanna FRENCH	1906	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Bertha M FRENCH	1908	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Francis Daniel FRENCH	1912	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	08 Dec 1938	New South Wales, Australia	26
Nephew	Henry Stewart FRENCH	10 May 1898	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1969		71
Niece	Eileen Grace FRENCH	1899	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	18 Oct 1919	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	20
Nephew	Angus Arthur FRENCH	14 May 1901	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1981		80
Nephew	Donald Mack FRENCH	25 Aug 1906	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1971	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	65
Nephew	Dallis Bede FRENCH	13 Oct 1913	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1983		70
Niece	Dina Ruth PIPER	1901	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Nora A PIPER	1903	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1908	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	5
Nephew	Israel Cecil PIPER	30 May 1905	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1999		94
Nephew	Sidney Laurence PIPER	1908	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	28

Brother in Law	Henry FRENCH	1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister in Law	Margaret Mary FRENCH	05 Dec 1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	24 Oct 1942	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	73
Brother in Law	Thomas FRENCH	23 Mar 1871	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jun 1939	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Daniel FRENCH	12 Jun 1873	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	09 Apr 1939	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	65
Brother in Law	Maurice FRENCH	12 May 1875	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	10 Nov 1959	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Catherine Mary FRENCH	07 Aug 1877	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jan 1959	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	81
Brother in Law	Matthew FRENCH	04 Aug 1879	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	27 Oct 1971	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	92
Sister in Law	Johanna FRENCH	23 Mar 1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Aug 1890	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	8
Sister in Law	Mary FRENCH	1884	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother in Law	Hugh MCKINNON	21 Mar 1861	Brungle, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1926	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
Brother in Law	John Thomas KENDALL
Brother in Law	James Alexander DUFFY	1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 1927	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	61
Brother in Law	James PATTON	1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	11 Apr 1953	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Amelia Millie GREEN
Sister in Law	Ethel May KEMP	1887	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1926	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	39
Sister in Law	Annie Catherine CLOUT	19 Apr 1885	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	29 Apr 1952	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67

Events in Richard CLEE (1857 - 1925)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
25 Dec 1857		Richard CLEE was born	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12507/1858	69
1886	29	Married Annie FRENCH (aged 22)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	7519/1886	69
1887	30	Birth of daughter Gertrude Illma CLEE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
15 Dec 1887	29	Birth of daughter Jonanna Margaret CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1890	33	Birth of daughter Annie CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1891	34	Birth of daughter Violet May CLEE	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia
1893	36	Birth of son Henry Richard CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1896	39	Birth of son Thomas Malcolm CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1900	43	Birth of son Daniel Albert CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
01 Mar 1904	46	Birth of son William CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
28 Apr 1907	49	Birth of son Percy Edward CLEE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
23 Sep 1910	52	Death of mother Annie MAHER (aged 69)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		69
20 Aug 1925	67	Death of father William CLEE (aged 86)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		69
21 Sep 1925	67	Richard CLEE died	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12400/1925	69

Personal Notes:

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser 24 Sep 1925
Obituary
DEATH OF MR. R. CLEE.
A gloom was cast over the district when it became known that Mr. Richard Clee of Meadow Creek, had passed away suddenly at the age of 67 years. Born at Gocup, the late Mr. Clee spent the whole of his life here, with the exception of a few years spent on Mt Horeb Station, where he was managing for the late Mr. A. W. Crain. In the early days he was a teamster on the road from Tumut to Wagga and travelled with Mr. Jas. Back and Messrs. Stockwell Bros. He married a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Harry French, of Brungle, who, with a large family of six sons and four daughters are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. He was ever a hard-working and industrious man and possesed all the qualities of a good, genuine neighbour, and will always be remembered by all who knew him. He was a man who always enjoyed good health, and when on last Monday morning he complained of feeling unwell his family were preparing to take him to the Doctor when he suddenly collapsed. The doctor was sent for in all haste, but life was extinct when he arrived. The members of the family are Mrs Bert. Back, Gilmore; Mrs. Dale, Sydney; Mrs. Millard, Junee; Mrs. Wallie Dean, Tumut; Henry, Tumut; Tom, Tumut Plains; Dan, William, Percy and Norman of Meadow Creek, The cortege to the new cemetery, was a long one. Rev. Fr. Sharkey attending at the graveside, and Mr. H. W. Baker carrying out the undertaker's duties. The pall-hearers were Messrs. Andrew Clee, Harry French, D. French#, Tom French. J Millay, and P, McCormick. The sudden passing of Mr. Clee was the subject of a coronial inquiry conducted by the Coroner (Mr. N.B. Mackenzie). A verdict of death from natural causes (heart failure) was returned in acordance with the medical testimony.

Source References:

69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001

- Reference = 67 (Marriage)

- Reference = 67 (Death)

- Reference = 67 (Birth)

- Reference = 67 (Name, Notes)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214962153/richard-clee (Name, Notes, Death)

- Notes: Aged 67 Years
Son of William and Annie nee Maher
Married Annie French in 1885 with 10 children born of this union.

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser (NSW : 1903 - 1925) Tue 29 Sep 1925
DEATH OF MR R. CLEE
A gloom was cast over the district when it became known that Mr. Richard Clee of Meadow Creek, had passed away suddenly at the age of 67 years. . Born at Gocup, the late Mr Clee spent the whole of his life here, with the exception of a few years spent on Mt. Horeb Station, which he was managing for the late Mr. A. W. Crain. In the early days he was a teamster on the road from Tumut to Wagga and travelled with Mr. Jas. Back and Messrs Stockwell Bros. He married a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry French, of Brungle, who, with a large family of six sons and four daughters are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. He was ever a hard-working and industrious man and possessed all the qualities of a good, genuine neighbor, and will always be remembered by all who knew him. He was a man who always enjoyed good health, and when on Monday morning of last week he complained of feeling unwell his family were preparing to take him to the doctor when he suddenly collapsed and died. The members of the family are : Mrs Bert Back, Gilmore; Mrs. Dale, Sydney; Mrs. Millard, Junee; Mrs. Wallie Dean, Tumut;Henry, Tumut; Tom, Tumut Plains; Dan, William, Percy and Norman, of Meadow Creek. The cortege to the cemetery was a long one, Rev. Fr. Sharkey officiating at the graveside, and Mr. H. W. Baker carrying, out the undertaking duties. The pall-bearers were Messrs Andrew Clee, Harry French, D. French, Tom French, D. French, Tom French, J.Millay and P. McCormick.

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