Brief Life History of William Morgan
When William Morgan Rees was born on 2 January 1841, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Davis Rees, was 25 and his mother, Mary Catherine Morgan, was 19. He married Martha Frances Brandon in 1881. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and French Gulch, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States in 1870. He died on 17 June 1905, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- William Reese in household of August Halaso, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Morgan, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- William Rees, "Find A Grave Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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