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Glamorganshire Completed Lookups / Re: Need name of church in Merthyr please COMPLETED!!!
« on: Wednesday 21 January 15 02:33 GMT (UK) »
Picture of St Tydfil's early days before restoration in the late 1800s.
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Picture of St Tydfil's early days before restoration in the late 1800s.
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Glamorganshire / Re: Information on William Rees Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan Co, Wales
« on: Wednesday 21 January 15 02:12 GMT (UK) »
William Rees death information:
The best information regarding William's death is from the family history written by Jesse T Rees.
As William, John (son) and Maria (daughter) immigrated on the ship, Josiah Bradley in 1850 we find the little family working to earn money to continue their journey westward. William and Maria's death are recorded thus:
"After arriving in Missouri John and his father walked 150 miles to Council Bluffs where they secured employment a few miles distance from each other. They needed to both work so that money could be saved for the family to go west.
Maria stayed with a Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rogers but took ill and died at the Rogers in St. Louis, Missouri. The funeral was held at the Rogers home. The Rogers and her father, William were the only ones in attendance. John did not know of his sister’s death until sometime after the funeral.
After Maria's death, John and his father continued to work. They would visit each other every two weeks. One day John went to visit his father and knocked at the door. A stranger answered and told him his father had died 10 days prior and was buried in Bellville, Illinois. What a shock that was! John, at age 15 was now all alone in a strange new land."
http://walesreesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/death-comes-too-soon.html
The best information regarding William's death is from the family history written by Jesse T Rees.
As William, John (son) and Maria (daughter) immigrated on the ship, Josiah Bradley in 1850 we find the little family working to earn money to continue their journey westward. William and Maria's death are recorded thus:
"After arriving in Missouri John and his father walked 150 miles to Council Bluffs where they secured employment a few miles distance from each other. They needed to both work so that money could be saved for the family to go west.
Maria stayed with a Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rogers but took ill and died at the Rogers in St. Louis, Missouri. The funeral was held at the Rogers home. The Rogers and her father, William were the only ones in attendance. John did not know of his sister’s death until sometime after the funeral.
After Maria's death, John and his father continued to work. They would visit each other every two weeks. One day John went to visit his father and knocked at the door. A stranger answered and told him his father had died 10 days prior and was buried in Bellville, Illinois. What a shock that was! John, at age 15 was now all alone in a strange new land."
http://walesreesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/death-comes-too-soon.html
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Glamorganshire / Re: Information on William Rees Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan Co, Wales
« on: Wednesday 21 January 15 02:02 GMT (UK) »
Heather, you have the wrong parents for William- His father is John Rees, mother Mary Jones.
Jesse T. Rees' history written in 1956 states that "William Rees' parents were John and Mary Jones Rees. They had the following children: John, [William], George, Evan, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Sarah, Ruth and Suzanne. Some of the brothers and sisters of William Rees came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. However, their names are not known."
http://walesreesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/possible-pennsylvania-connection.html
Jesse T. Rees' history written in 1956 states that "William Rees' parents were John and Mary Jones Rees. They had the following children: John, [William], George, Evan, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Sarah, Ruth and Suzanne. Some of the brothers and sisters of William Rees came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. However, their names are not known."
http://walesreesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/possible-pennsylvania-connection.html
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