Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Rees was born on 6 November 1855, in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Rees, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Margaret Ellis, was 31. He married Charlotte Addy on 4 October 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1859 and lived in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 May 1928, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Rees, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Thomas Rees, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Thomas Rees, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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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