Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Reese was born in 1795, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Rees, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Rees, was 33.
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Sources (2)
- Margaret Rees, "Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- Margaret Rees, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
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World Events (8)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Rice .
North German and Dutch (De Reese): nickname for a very big man, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rese ‘giant’.
German: habitational name from any of the places called Rees or Reese, in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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