William Orme Lee, son of Alfred Gilham Lee and Rebecca Orme, married Louise Calder (daughter of George Calder and Mary Bennion) 17 Nov 1886 in the LDS Logan Temple, having 6 children - Louise, Harry, Maggie, William, Erma and Rebecca (who died at birth); wife Louisa died 11 Sep 1900. William then married Armenia Willey (daughter of Parley Pratt Willey and Sarah Jane Pace) on 6 Mar 1901 in the LDS Salt Lake Temple, and had another 5 children - Grant, Lawrence, Caroline, Harold and Orme. William and Armenia with William's children moved to Cardston in 1902.
William Lee first served as a missionary in the Samoan Mission (11 September 1888 - 13 August 1890) at age 25, and then later served as the first Mission President of the Samoan Missions (13 August 1890 - 4 February 1892) at age 47. He then went on to introduce the LDS Church to Tonga and French Polynesia. He was set apart 11 September 1888, and served in this role for 3.5 years, arriving back home and being released 13 March 1892 at age 29.
He was the first Mission President in Samoa following on from the almost 15 years of missionary service from the companionship of Hawaiian natives Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio - the first missionaries sent to Samoa by Walter Murray Gibson from Hawaii. They served for almost fifteen years together until Pelio's death, at which time the Samoa Mission was created and William and his wife were then sent to preside. Elder Dean from the Hawaii Mission was once housed by William Lee following Dean's release from prison, before moving to Hawaii to serve the Church. It was Elder Dean who requested that the presiding leaders of the Church send his friend William O. Lee and his wife to Samoa as missionaries. On October 10, 1888, the Lees arrived in Tutuila with Willaim aged 25, along with two other Elders. This small band of devout and determined Latter-day Saints immediately began organizing the Church in the Samoan Islands. At the time there was only thirty-five baptized members and twelve unbaptized children.
Elder Lee became one of the most prolific writers of the LDS Samoan Mission, eloquently speaking out against Western imperialism in the Samoan Islands (think American Samoa). Elder Lee was even described as being astonishingly anti-imperialist and even denounced Western culture for the deleterious impacts it had on fa'asamoa (Samoan culture). "Samoa is all the world to them, and unless a more humane policy is adopted they will keep on fighting until, like their neighbors, the Hawaiians, and their North America cousins, the Indians, they are wasted away"- WM. O. Lee, Missionary in Samoa in 1899.
I also find it humorous that he wrote "it is true that the Samoans are cursed with idleness, and have nothing to do for the greater part of the time but eat the tropical fruit that grows almost spontaneously, drink kava". Yet he also highly praised the Samoan's traditional form of government, and stated that the virtues of Samoan society are "surprising to the foreigner, who has been falsely taught to look upon these brown-skinned Polynesians as but little above cannibals... if you want to know how it feels to be treated like a king, go to Samoa and partake of the natives' hospitality in some remote part of the islands where the white man's selfishness has not contaminated them".
Elder Lee also tells of a run-in he and his fellow missionaries had with a missionary of another denomination who, hearing of the Mormon progress on Aunuʻu, came from Apia to investigate the new religion on the islands."One day we received a call from him, and, naturally, our conversation drifted onto religious matters. Before going, he asked the question, 'Do you expect to establish your Church here?' To which we replied, 'Most certainly; we have come five-thousand miles for that purpose.' 'Then,' he said, 'I have come ten-thousand miles [from England] to stop you.' We met Mr. Clark many times after this, and each time we had more converts, more branches, of The Church; and, lastly, our headquarters was established on the island of Upolu, within three miles of his own.
In 1891 President Lee sent Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler to open a mission in Muku'alofa, Tonga Branch. They arrived on July 15, 1891. They met with King Siaosi (George) Tupou and obtained permission to preach the gospel in Tonga. President Lee next obtained permission from the First Presidency to send elders to French Polynesia (Tahiti). This permission was given, and on January 22, 1892, Elders Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller sailed from Apia, Samoa for Papeete, Tahiti.
They arrived back home from Samoa 13 March 1892 at age 29.
William later went on to operate "Lee's Tented Village" in Cardston, Alberta. "The ideal way for summer camping, in the heart of the Rockies, Waterton Lakes, 30 miles west of Cardston, Finest trout fishing in world."
William Lee and his family helped pioneer fishing at Waterton, setting up the first fishing and camping here trading as "W. O. Lee & Sons Tented Village", as depicted in the old postcards. Waterton Lakes was one of the first places in southern Alberta to become a tourist attraction. The deep, cold mountain lakes and crystal-clear streams teemed with trout, eager to take a fly or lure.
Lee also owned a livery, an undertaking business, and a tent manufacturing company in Cardston. In 1908, he set up two tent camps, one at Waterton Mills by Maskinonge Lake, and another at Linnet Lake, to accommodate the ever-increasing number of tourists coming to the park. The company provided fully-equipped tents, along with rowboats for fishing. The Lees promoted their tent camps through newspaper advertisements, circulars, and postcards. Following W.O. Lee's death in 1911, his business in Waterton Park was taken over by Christian F. Jensen Jr. and his brothers, Enoch and Joseph, of Aetna, Alberta.
During the summer of 1916, Harry C. Lee, son of the late William Lee, operated his own summer tent village and also leased the Gertrude, a 30-metre-long (100-foot) steam paddle wheeler, moored at Emerald Bay. Lee converted the boat into a floating restaurant and tea room. [Hunter & Lee Floating Cafe Lethbridge Daily Herald – July 27, 1916]. By the following summer (1917), it appears Harry C. Lee was the sole proprietor of the tent camp and cabin rentals. He also rented boats and sold fishing tackle, continuing in his father's tradition. In 1918, the Gertrude was scuttled in the bay, where it remains to this day. In November 1918, Harry C. Lee contracted the Spanish flu and died. His wife, Emily, continued to operate the family's cabin rental business in Waterton Park for a number of years.
William passed away on 26 Jan 1911 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
William Lee first served as a missionary in the Samoan Mission (11 September 1888 - 13 August 1890) at age 25, and then later served as the first Mission President of the Samoan Missions (13 August 1890 - 4 February 1892) at age 47. He then went on to introduce the LDS Church to Tonga and French Polynesia. He was set apart 11 September 1888, and served in this role for 3.5 years, arriving back home and being released 13 March 1892 at age 29.
He was the first Mission President in Samoa following on from the almost 15 years of missionary service from the companionship of Hawaiian natives Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio - the first missionaries sent to Samoa by Walter Murray Gibson from Hawaii. They served for almost fifteen years together until Pelio's death, at which time the Samoa Mission was created and William and his wife were then sent to preside. Elder Dean from the Hawaii Mission was once housed by William Lee following Dean's release from prison, before moving to Hawaii to serve the Church. It was Elder Dean who requested that the presiding leaders of the Church send his friend William O. Lee and his wife to Samoa as missionaries. On October 10, 1888, the Lees arrived in Tutuila with Willaim aged 25, along with two other Elders. This small band of devout and determined Latter-day Saints immediately began organizing the Church in the Samoan Islands. At the time there was only thirty-five baptized members and twelve unbaptized children.
Elder Lee became one of the most prolific writers of the LDS Samoan Mission, eloquently speaking out against Western imperialism in the Samoan Islands (think American Samoa). Elder Lee was even described as being astonishingly anti-imperialist and even denounced Western culture for the deleterious impacts it had on fa'asamoa (Samoan culture). "Samoa is all the world to them, and unless a more humane policy is adopted they will keep on fighting until, like their neighbors, the Hawaiians, and their North America cousins, the Indians, they are wasted away"- WM. O. Lee, Missionary in Samoa in 1899.
I also find it humorous that he wrote "it is true that the Samoans are cursed with idleness, and have nothing to do for the greater part of the time but eat the tropical fruit that grows almost spontaneously, drink kava". Yet he also highly praised the Samoan's traditional form of government, and stated that the virtues of Samoan society are "surprising to the foreigner, who has been falsely taught to look upon these brown-skinned Polynesians as but little above cannibals... if you want to know how it feels to be treated like a king, go to Samoa and partake of the natives' hospitality in some remote part of the islands where the white man's selfishness has not contaminated them".
Elder Lee also tells of a run-in he and his fellow missionaries had with a missionary of another denomination who, hearing of the Mormon progress on Aunuʻu, came from Apia to investigate the new religion on the islands."One day we received a call from him, and, naturally, our conversation drifted onto religious matters. Before going, he asked the question, 'Do you expect to establish your Church here?' To which we replied, 'Most certainly; we have come five-thousand miles for that purpose.' 'Then,' he said, 'I have come ten-thousand miles [from England] to stop you.' We met Mr. Clark many times after this, and each time we had more converts, more branches, of The Church; and, lastly, our headquarters was established on the island of Upolu, within three miles of his own.
In 1891 President Lee sent Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler to open a mission in Muku'alofa, Tonga Branch. They arrived on July 15, 1891. They met with King Siaosi (George) Tupou and obtained permission to preach the gospel in Tonga. President Lee next obtained permission from the First Presidency to send elders to French Polynesia (Tahiti). This permission was given, and on January 22, 1892, Elders Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller sailed from Apia, Samoa for Papeete, Tahiti.
They arrived back home from Samoa 13 March 1892 at age 29.
William later went on to operate "Lee's Tented Village" in Cardston, Alberta. "The ideal way for summer camping, in the heart of the Rockies, Waterton Lakes, 30 miles west of Cardston, Finest trout fishing in world."
William Lee and his family helped pioneer fishing at Waterton, setting up the first fishing and camping here trading as "W. O. Lee & Sons Tented Village", as depicted in the old postcards. Waterton Lakes was one of the first places in southern Alberta to become a tourist attraction. The deep, cold mountain lakes and crystal-clear streams teemed with trout, eager to take a fly or lure.
Lee also owned a livery, an undertaking business, and a tent manufacturing company in Cardston. In 1908, he set up two tent camps, one at Waterton Mills by Maskinonge Lake, and another at Linnet Lake, to accommodate the ever-increasing number of tourists coming to the park. The company provided fully-equipped tents, along with rowboats for fishing. The Lees promoted their tent camps through newspaper advertisements, circulars, and postcards. Following W.O. Lee's death in 1911, his business in Waterton Park was taken over by Christian F. Jensen Jr. and his brothers, Enoch and Joseph, of Aetna, Alberta.
During the summer of 1916, Harry C. Lee, son of the late William Lee, operated his own summer tent village and also leased the Gertrude, a 30-metre-long (100-foot) steam paddle wheeler, moored at Emerald Bay. Lee converted the boat into a floating restaurant and tea room. [Hunter & Lee Floating Cafe Lethbridge Daily Herald – July 27, 1916]. By the following summer (1917), it appears Harry C. Lee was the sole proprietor of the tent camp and cabin rentals. He also rented boats and sold fishing tackle, continuing in his father's tradition. In 1918, the Gertrude was scuttled in the bay, where it remains to this day. In November 1918, Harry C. Lee contracted the Spanish flu and died. His wife, Emily, continued to operate the family's cabin rental business in Waterton Park for a number of years.
William passed away on 26 Jan 1911 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
William Orme Lee, son of Alfred Gilham Lee and Rebecca Orme, married Louise Calder (daughter of George Calder and Mary Bennion) 17 Nov 1886 in the LDS Logan Temple, having 6 children - Louise, Harry, Maggie, William, Erma and Rebecca (who died at birth); wife Louisa died 11 Sep 1900. William then married Armenia Willey (daughter of Parley Pratt Willey and Sarah Jane Pace) on 6 Mar 1901 in the LDS Salt Lake Temple, and had another 5 children - Grant, Lawrence, Caroline, Harold and Orme. William and Armenia with William's children moved to Cardston in 1902.
William Lee first served as a missionary in the Samoan Mission (11 September 1888 - 13 August 1890) at age 25, and then later served as the first Mission President of the Samoan Missions (13 August 1890 - 4 February 1892) at age 47. He then went on to introduce the LDS Church to Tonga and French Polynesia. He was set apart 11 September 1888, and served in this role for 3.5 years, arriving back home and being released 13 March 1892 at age 29.
He was the first Mission President in Samoa following on from the almost 15 years of missionary service from the companionship of Hawaiian natives Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio - the first missionaries sent to Samoa by Walter Murray Gibson from Hawaii. They served for almost fifteen years together until Pelio's death, at which time the Samoa Mission was created and William and his wife were then sent to preside. Elder Dean from the Hawaii Mission was once housed by William Lee following Dean's release from prison, before moving to Hawaii to serve the Church. It was Elder Dean who requested that the presiding leaders of the Church send his friend William O. Lee and his wife to Samoa as missionaries. On October 10, 1888, the Lees arrived in Tutuila with Willaim aged 25, along with two other Elders. This small band of devout and determined Latter-day Saints immediately began organizing the Church in the Samoan Islands. At the time there was only thirty-five baptized members and twelve unbaptized children.
Elder Lee became one of the most prolific writers of the LDS Samoan Mission, eloquently speaking out against Western imperialism in the Samoan Islands (think American Samoa). Elder Lee was even described as being astonishingly anti-imperialist and even denounced Western culture for the deleterious impacts it had on fa'asamoa (Samoan culture). "Samoa is all the world to them, and unless a more humane policy is adopted they will keep on fighting until, like their neighbors, the Hawaiians, and their North America cousins, the Indians, they are wasted away"- WM. O. Lee, Missionary in Samoa in 1899.
I also find it humorous that he wrote "it is true that the Samoans are cursed with idleness, and have nothing to do for the greater part of the time but eat the tropical fruit that grows almost spontaneously, drink kava". Yet he also highly praised the Samoan's traditional form of government, and stated that the virtues of Samoan society are "surprising to the foreigner, who has been falsely taught to look upon these brown-skinned Polynesians as but little above cannibals... if you want to know how it feels to be treated like a king, go to Samoa and partake of the natives' hospitality in some remote part of the islands where the white man's selfishness has not contaminated them".
Elder Lee also tells of a run-in he and his fellow missionaries had with a missionary of another denomination who, hearing of the Mormon progress on Aunuʻu, came from Apia to investigate the new religion on the islands."One day we received a call from him, and, naturally, our conversation drifted onto religious matters. Before going, he asked the question, 'Do you expect to establish your Church here?' To which we replied, 'Most certainly; we have come five-thousand miles for that purpose.' 'Then,' he said, 'I have come ten-thousand miles [from England] to stop you.' We met Mr. Clark many times after this, and each time we had more converts, more branches, of The Church; and, lastly, our headquarters was established on the island of Upolu, within three miles of his own.
In 1891 President Lee sent Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler to open a mission in Muku'alofa, Tonga Branch. They arrived on July 15, 1891. They met with King Siaosi (George) Tupou and obtained permission to preach the gospel in Tonga. President Lee next obtained permission from the First Presidency to send elders to French Polynesia (Tahiti). This permission was given, and on January 22, 1892, Elders Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller sailed from Apia, Samoa for Papeete, Tahiti.
They arrived back home from Samoa 13 March 1892 at age 29.
William later went on to operate "Lee's Tented Village" in Cardston, Alberta. "The ideal way for summer camping, in the heart of the Rockies, Waterton Lakes, 30 miles west of Cardston, Finest trout fishing in world."
William Lee and his family helped pioneer fishing at Waterton, setting up the first fishing and camping here trading as "W. O. Lee & Sons Tented Village", as depicted in the old postcards. Waterton Lakes was one of the first places in southern Alberta to become a tourist attraction. The deep, cold mountain lakes and crystal-clear streams teemed with trout, eager to take a fly or lure.
Lee also owned a livery, an undertaking business, and a tent manufacturing company in Cardston. In 1908, he set up two tent camps, one at Waterton Mills by Maskinonge Lake, and another at Linnet Lake, to accommodate the ever-increasing number of tourists coming to the park. The company provided fully-equipped tents, along with rowboats for fishing. The Lees promoted their tent camps through newspaper advertisements, circulars, and postcards. Following W.O. Lee's death in 1911, his business in Waterton Park was taken over by Christian F. Jensen Jr. and his brothers, Enoch and Joseph, of Aetna, Alberta.
During the summer of 1916, Harry C. Lee, son of the late William Lee, operated his own summer tent village and also leased the Gertrude, a 30-metre-long (100-foot) steam paddle wheeler, moored at Emerald Bay. Lee converted the boat into a floating restaurant and tea room. [Hunter & Lee Floating Cafe Lethbridge Daily Herald – July 27, 1916]. By the following summer (1917), it appears Harry C. Lee was the sole proprietor of the tent camp and cabin rentals. He also rented boats and sold fishing tackle, continuing in his father's tradition. In 1918, the Gertrude was scuttled in the bay, where it remains to this day. In November 1918, Harry C. Lee contracted the Spanish flu and died. His wife, Emily, continued to operate the family's cabin rental business in Waterton Park for a number of years.
William passed away on 26 Jan 1911 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
William Lee first served as a missionary in the Samoan Mission (11 September 1888 - 13 August 1890) at age 25, and then later served as the first Mission President of the Samoan Missions (13 August 1890 - 4 February 1892) at age 47. He then went on to introduce the LDS Church to Tonga and French Polynesia. He was set apart 11 September 1888, and served in this role for 3.5 years, arriving back home and being released 13 March 1892 at age 29.
He was the first Mission President in Samoa following on from the almost 15 years of missionary service from the companionship of Hawaiian natives Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio - the first missionaries sent to Samoa by Walter Murray Gibson from Hawaii. They served for almost fifteen years together until Pelio's death, at which time the Samoa Mission was created and William and his wife were then sent to preside. Elder Dean from the Hawaii Mission was once housed by William Lee following Dean's release from prison, before moving to Hawaii to serve the Church. It was Elder Dean who requested that the presiding leaders of the Church send his friend William O. Lee and his wife to Samoa as missionaries. On October 10, 1888, the Lees arrived in Tutuila with Willaim aged 25, along with two other Elders. This small band of devout and determined Latter-day Saints immediately began organizing the Church in the Samoan Islands. At the time there was only thirty-five baptized members and twelve unbaptized children.
Elder Lee became one of the most prolific writers of the LDS Samoan Mission, eloquently speaking out against Western imperialism in the Samoan Islands (think American Samoa). Elder Lee was even described as being astonishingly anti-imperialist and even denounced Western culture for the deleterious impacts it had on fa'asamoa (Samoan culture). "Samoa is all the world to them, and unless a more humane policy is adopted they will keep on fighting until, like their neighbors, the Hawaiians, and their North America cousins, the Indians, they are wasted away"- WM. O. Lee, Missionary in Samoa in 1899.
I also find it humorous that he wrote "it is true that the Samoans are cursed with idleness, and have nothing to do for the greater part of the time but eat the tropical fruit that grows almost spontaneously, drink kava". Yet he also highly praised the Samoan's traditional form of government, and stated that the virtues of Samoan society are "surprising to the foreigner, who has been falsely taught to look upon these brown-skinned Polynesians as but little above cannibals... if you want to know how it feels to be treated like a king, go to Samoa and partake of the natives' hospitality in some remote part of the islands where the white man's selfishness has not contaminated them".
Elder Lee also tells of a run-in he and his fellow missionaries had with a missionary of another denomination who, hearing of the Mormon progress on Aunuʻu, came from Apia to investigate the new religion on the islands."One day we received a call from him, and, naturally, our conversation drifted onto religious matters. Before going, he asked the question, 'Do you expect to establish your Church here?' To which we replied, 'Most certainly; we have come five-thousand miles for that purpose.' 'Then,' he said, 'I have come ten-thousand miles [from England] to stop you.' We met Mr. Clark many times after this, and each time we had more converts, more branches, of The Church; and, lastly, our headquarters was established on the island of Upolu, within three miles of his own.
In 1891 President Lee sent Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler to open a mission in Muku'alofa, Tonga Branch. They arrived on July 15, 1891. They met with King Siaosi (George) Tupou and obtained permission to preach the gospel in Tonga. President Lee next obtained permission from the First Presidency to send elders to French Polynesia (Tahiti). This permission was given, and on January 22, 1892, Elders Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller sailed from Apia, Samoa for Papeete, Tahiti.
They arrived back home from Samoa 13 March 1892 at age 29.
William later went on to operate "Lee's Tented Village" in Cardston, Alberta. "The ideal way for summer camping, in the heart of the Rockies, Waterton Lakes, 30 miles west of Cardston, Finest trout fishing in world."
William Lee and his family helped pioneer fishing at Waterton, setting up the first fishing and camping here trading as "W. O. Lee & Sons Tented Village", as depicted in the old postcards. Waterton Lakes was one of the first places in southern Alberta to become a tourist attraction. The deep, cold mountain lakes and crystal-clear streams teemed with trout, eager to take a fly or lure.
Lee also owned a livery, an undertaking business, and a tent manufacturing company in Cardston. In 1908, he set up two tent camps, one at Waterton Mills by Maskinonge Lake, and another at Linnet Lake, to accommodate the ever-increasing number of tourists coming to the park. The company provided fully-equipped tents, along with rowboats for fishing. The Lees promoted their tent camps through newspaper advertisements, circulars, and postcards. Following W.O. Lee's death in 1911, his business in Waterton Park was taken over by Christian F. Jensen Jr. and his brothers, Enoch and Joseph, of Aetna, Alberta.
During the summer of 1916, Harry C. Lee, son of the late William Lee, operated his own summer tent village and also leased the Gertrude, a 30-metre-long (100-foot) steam paddle wheeler, moored at Emerald Bay. Lee converted the boat into a floating restaurant and tea room. [Hunter & Lee Floating Cafe Lethbridge Daily Herald – July 27, 1916]. By the following summer (1917), it appears Harry C. Lee was the sole proprietor of the tent camp and cabin rentals. He also rented boats and sold fishing tackle, continuing in his father's tradition. In 1918, the Gertrude was scuttled in the bay, where it remains to this day. In November 1918, Harry C. Lee contracted the Spanish flu and died. His wife, Emily, continued to operate the family's cabin rental business in Waterton Park for a number of years.
William passed away on 26 Jan 1911 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
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