DeLee, a carpenter by trade, was the son of Peter & Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (nee DeLee) Wotier. [Peter immigrated from Mundorn, Alsace-Lorraine/At Metz, France; Peter's father, Maximilian Wotier, came from Germany.]

DeLee's siblings: Charles John, Nellie [m. James Griffith, 1900], Jessie Pauline, Mary M, Henry Peter.

DeLee was single in 1900 [age 20]; married to Bernadena Tamble by 1910 [their eldest born c.1906]; still together, having had 4 children by 1920. He's listed as being "widowed" by 1930 and "divorced" @his death in 1940; institutionalized (hospital) 1940. (senile degeneration.) Bernadena and son Lee Edward Wotier in Louisville, Ky between 1920-30, during which time Bernadena (aka Dena) marries again.

Apparently, DeLee's son, Lee, brought John DeLee to Louisville to bury him, as that is where Lee and Lee's mother were living at the time of DeLee's death. It appears Lee Edward dutifully buried both his parents. See their headstones in Portland cemetery, inscribed "Mother" and "Father".
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1916 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Lee J Wotier
Residence Year: 1916
Residence Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation: Carpenter
Spouse: Dena Wotier
Pub Title: Nashville, Tn City Directory, 1916
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Home in 1920: Nashville, Davidson, Tenn
Lee Wotier 39 - b.1880
Dena Wotier 34 - b.1885
-- Joseph Wotier 12 - b.1906
-- Buna D Wotier 13 - b.1907
-- Peter "Pete" Wotier 10 - b.1910
-- Lee Edward Wotier 7 - b.1912
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Home in 1930: Nashville
Marital Status: Widowed [not]
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Household Members:
Lee Wotier 49 [w/approx 14 fellow boarders]
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Home in 1940: Davidson, Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed [not]
Relation to Head of House: Inmate (patient)
Institution: Davidson County Hospital
4.7.2015: Date and place of death submitted by contributor #48391120.
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