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Sarah Lees as Mayor of Oldham in 1910

Name:
Sarah Anne Buckley
 Relationship to Richard Shaw
Birth:
1 MAY 1841 Saddleworth, Yorkshire
Father:
Mother:
Married:
Charles Edward Lees 30 JUL 1874 Oldham
Children:
D Lees
Born:
Marjory Lees
Born: 9 SEP 1878 Oldham
Died: 1970
Death:
14 APR 1935 Oldham, Lancashire aged 93
Remarks:
Sarah Lees was a leading local philanthropist and public figure, the first woman on Oldham town council in 1907, and mayor in 1910. On her death in 1935, she left her former home of Werneth Park to the town

Probate:
LEES dame Sarah Anne of Werneth Park Oldham widow died 14 April 1935 Probate London 26 June to Marjory Lees spinster and Eric George Claydon solicitor. Effects £24,492 2s 1d.
Memorial to Dame Sarah Lees in Werneth Park


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