Brief Life History of William Rees
When William Rees Davies was born on 31 July 1805, in Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Rees Davies, was 25 and his mother, Ann Thomas, was 23. He married Rachel Morris on 23 May 1825, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1849 and lived in Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 5 February 1865, in Kanarraville, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Kanarraville Cemetery, Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Davis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Births and baptisms, 1805-1841
- William Davies, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Marriage Registers, 1558-1900"
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1807 · Louisiana is Divided into 19 Parishes
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: variant of Davis , a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence of Davy , the common English form of the personal name David in the late medieval and early modern periods (see Davey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Musical Legacy - William Rees Davies
4th Great Grandfather William Reese DAVIES (1805-1865) had a wonderful voice. It was reported to sound like a flute and he was asked to sing for the Queen [Victoria] of England on three different occ …
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