Mary Catherine Morgan

Brief Life History of Mary Catherine

When Mary Catherine Morgan was born on 5 November 1821, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Morgan, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Davis, was 28. She married John Davis Rees on 4 July 1842, in Newbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Box Elder Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 29 November 1907, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Davis Rees
1815–1880
Mary Catherine Morgan
1821–1907
Marriage: 4 July 1842
William Morgan Rees
1841–1905
Mary Jane Rees
1843–1879
David Morgan Rees
1845–1940
Joseph Rees
1847–1847
Elizabeth Rees Or Reese
1848–1848
Hyrum Rees Or Reese
1849–1849
Merida Rees
1850–
Meredith Rees
1851–1853
Agnes Priscinda Rees
1854–1904
Martha Ann Rees
1856–1935
John Willard Reese
1859–1896
Brigham Lorenzo Rees
1860–1865
Edmund or Edward Rees
1864–1865
Rachael Mae Rees
1866–1946

Sources (38)

  • Mary Rees in household of John Rees, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Morgan - Church record: birth-name: Mary Morgan
  • Mary Morgan Reese, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).

Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).

Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of William Morgan and Elizabeth Davies

WILLIAM MORGAN and ELIZABETH DAVIES By Marion Lofthouse Maxwell These dear people are my 2nd great grandparents, therefore everything …

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