Brief Life History of William Ross
When William Ross Rees was born on 16 July 1890, in Hartford, Warren, Iowa, United States, his father, John Martin Rees, was 38 and his mother, Lenora Bell Shepherd, was 22. He married Faye Margeruite Pine on 28 May 1916, in Diagonal, Ringgold, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Greene, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Junction Township, Greene, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 23 January 1965, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Rosco Rees in household of John Rees, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Reece, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- W. Ross Rees, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1894
Historical Boundaries 1894: Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Maricopa, Arizona, United States
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Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Rice .
German: habitational name from a place in the Rhineland called Rees.
German: from a short form of the personal name Andreas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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