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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Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
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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 .
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