Lee Thomas Edward O'Hara
- Born: 22 Jul 1892, South March, Ontario, Canada
- Marriage: Alma Clara Brennan about 1924 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Died: 26 Dec 1955, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada aged 63
- Buried: Dec 1955, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 Cause of his death was Coronary Thrombosis.
General Notes:
Lee O'Hara's father spent a couple of years in
New Orleans, following the American Civil War. Thomas was a carpenter and probably worked at that trade. The family with whom he boarded had a son named Lee after the General, Robert E. Lee. Joseph was quite taken with this boy and decided that if he ever had a son he would name him after this boy.When Lee went into the army in 1914 he was upset and his father was distressed to find that Lee's
baptismal certificate (no birth certificates in those days) was made out as Leo.
Dad's father had some words with the priest, who was still available, and who explained that the son had to be named after a saint. My grandfather is reputed to have replied, "There's got to be a first one. Dad never made sainthood but he did retain the name Lee for the rest of his life.
Lee married Alma Clara Brennan, daughter of Dennis Brennan and Jane Angela Casey, about 1924 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Alma Clara Brennan was born on 6 Oct 1897 in Quyon, Quebec, Canada and died on 18 Aug 1984 in London, Ontario, Canada.)
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