Edmund Rees

Brief Life History of Edmund

When Edmund Rees was born on 1 May 1858, in Pengam, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Rees, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Margaret Ellis, was 34. He married Hannah Chappell on 7 January 1882, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1859 and lived in Coalville Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 3 March 1947, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Rees
1858–1947
Hannah Chappell
1862–1943
Marriage: 7 January 1882
Joseph Edmund Rees
1883–1949
Charles William Rees
1886–1972
John Ellis Rees
1888–1895
David Oswald Rees
1890–1890
Parley Rees
1892–1909
Fred Alvin Rees
1895–1966
Silas Buriah Rees
1897–1912
Thomas Edison Rees
1898–1947
Nellie Leon Rees
1901–1979
Estella Rees
1905–1905
Stella Mae Rees
1905–1993
Ruth Edna Rees
1907–1983

Sources (67)

  • Edmund Rees, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Edmund Rees, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966

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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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

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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Edmund Rees Jr. and wife Hannah Chappel

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