Mary Rees

Brief Life History of Mary

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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Family Time Line

David Moore
1847–1919
Mary Rees
1853–1926
Marriage: 26 December 1870
Morgan Moore
1871–1909
William Moore
1873–1957
Thomas Ellis Moore
1876–1965
John Edmond Moore Sr
1878–1945
Sarah Margaret Moore
1880–1967
David Edward Moore
1882–1960
Elizabeth Mary Moore
1885–1965
Samuel Moore
1887–1962
Carrie Estella Moore
1890–1959
Charles Henry Moore
1892–1953

Sources (50)

  • Mary Moore, "United States Census, 1920"
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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