Brief Life History of Rees Jones
When Rees Jones Williams Sr was born on 4 September 1818, in Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Williams, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Lewis Jones, was 25. He married Elizabeth Davies on 15 June 1850, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ystradgynlais, Breconshire, Wales in 1841 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 31 May 1860, in Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rees Williams in household of John Williams, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Rees Williams, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Rees Jones, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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It might be appreciated by Elizabeth’s ancestors that she had a baby just 10 days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley. She walked the entire way across the plains pregnant! Rees Jones Williams …
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