|
DATE |
EVENT |
REFERENCE |
|
1848 |
Hydesville Rappings occur |
Contemporary reports |
|
1849 |
Lees born, 12 August, Hinckley, Leics |
Birth certificate and 1851 Census |
|
1855 |
The first spiritualist newspaper published
(Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph) |
That newspaper |
|
1861 |
Lees family living in Rugby |
1861 census |
|
1863 |
Lees psychic abilities investigated by Dr
Richard Norris in Birmingham |
Eva Lees |
|
1864 |
Lees family living in Birmingham |
Lees family papers and trade directories |
|
1868 |
Alleged seances with Queen Victoria end |
Eva Lees |
|
1871 |
Lees marries Sarah Ann Bishop, Erdington,
Warks (17 December) |
Marriage certificate |
|
1871 |
Sir William Crookes’ investigation into
spiritualism presented to the Royal Society |
SPR records |
|
1873 |
Son (1) Norman born, Warks. |
1881 census |
|
1875 |
Son (2) Ernest born, 12 September, Lancashire |
1881 census |
|
1876 |
Lees and his family living in Manchester |
1881 census |
|
1877 |
Son (3) Frank born, 12 January, Lancashire |
1881 census |
|
1877 |
Son (4) Lionel born, December, Lancashire |
1881 census |
|
1878 |
Lees and family move to London |
|
|
1878 |
Son (5) Bernard born, 1 December, Surrey |
1881 census |
|
1879 |
Daughter (1) Eva born, 14 November, Surrey |
1881 census |
|
1879 |
Titbits launched by Newnes |
|
|
1880 |
Lees father William dies in Liverpool
Workhouse (13 May) |
His death certificate |
|
1881 |
Son (6) Aylmer born, 14 January, Forest Hill,
Kent |
1881 census |
|
1881 |
Lees living at 3 Allenby Vale, Lewisham, Kent |
1881 census |
|
1882 |
Son (7) Douglas born, 3 March |
|
|
1882 |
Society For Psychical Research founded |
SPR records |
|
1883 |
Fenian Gallacher arrested |
Police and newspaper reports |
|
1884 |
Son (8) Claude born |
Leicester Mercury obituary of Claude |
|
1886 |
Lees statement on return to spiritualism
published in Light |
Light |
|
1886 |
Lees lecture tour of America |
Contemporary newspaper reports |
|
1886 |
Daughter (2) Pearl born, 11 March |
|
|
1887 |
Daughter (3) Eiola born, 8 May |
|
|
1888 |
Jack the Ripper murders |
|
|
1891 |
Daughter (4) Viola born, 15 February |
|
|
1892 |
Lees living at 67 Ondine Road, East Dulwich,
S.E. |
Letters from W.T.Stead |
|
1892 |
Son (9) Marmion born, 28 September |
|
|
1893 |
Son (10) Iolanthe born, 12 February |
|
|
1893 |
The Peoples League launched in Peckham on 18
November |
League’s Minute book and Lees diary |
|
1895 |
Chicago article on Lees and Jack the Ripper
published |
That newspaper |
|
1895 |
Lees moves to St Ives, Cornwall. Closure of
the Peoples League |
Lees diary |
|
1896 |
Lees’ will written and witnessed |
His will |
|
1897 |
Daughter (5) Muriel born, 14 April. St Ives |
Birth certificate |
|
1897 |
Lees' first book(let) `A Corner Wall Mystery'
published (25 Nov) |
The Times 5 November 1897 P12 |
|
1900 |
Lees moves to Plymouth |
|
|
1900 |
The Heretic published |
Date on 1st edition |
|
1900 |
Through the Mists published |
Date of 1st edition |
|
1902 |
Lees moves to Ilfracombe (`Craigmore’) |
|
|
1903 |
An Astral Bridegroom published |
Date of 1st edition |
|
1912 |
Sarah Ann Lees dies, Ilfracombe |
Newspaper obituary and Letter from W.T.Stead
(22/02/12) |
|
1912 |
The Life Elysian published |
Date of 1st edition |
|
1915 |
Son Wallace Caerel Lees dies in action in
Foncquevillers, France. He was serving with the 10th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
|
1922 |
Son Aylmer dies, 21 December |
|
|
1931 |
Lees dies (11 January, Leicester) |
Newspaper obituaries |
|
1931 |
Eva Lees interviewed by Brackenbury for SPR
investigation (May) |
SPR files |
|
1944 |
Daniel Black’s unpublished biography of Lees
written |
Date of manuscript |
|
1953 |
Leicester Centre for Psychic Research launched
by Eva and Claude Lees |
Leicester Mercury report |
|
1965 |
Son Claude dies, 23 October, Leicester |
Leicester Mercury obituary |
|
1968 |
Daughter Eva dies, Leicester |
Leicester Mercury obituary |