When Mary Rees was born on 28 January 1853, in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Edmund Rees, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Margaret Ellis, was 28. She married David Moore on 26 December 1870, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1859 and lived in Summit, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 28 February 1926, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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 .
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