Thank you for this information, a very sad and tragic sad, though I don’t know if you are aware that his driving skills were not that great in general, as there is a previously reported accident involving him in 1871
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4353512/4353515/18/Tyrheol%20AND%20Rees“SKRious ACICTI)ENT.-On Sunday last, a very serious accideDt occured to Mr John Rees, Tyrheol Farm, near Felinfoel, Llanelly. It appears he was driving his family as usual to chapel, on Sunday evening, in a car, when en a sharp turning of the road, the car was upset, and all of them were thrown out, but fortunateiy, all escaped comparatively uninjured except Mr Rees, who by the fall broke his thigh. He was at once removed to a neighbouring house and attended by a medical man, anc is now progressing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.”
Note: If you are a member of Ancestry the below will make more sense if you do a member search for roycymru and look at my tree. I you can shed any light on the below it would be of great interest.
My interest in John Rees is linked to the Samuels, namely Edward Samuel (1843-1911) who was the nephew of Margaret Samuel who married John Rees. Edward being the son of Margaret’s brother Simon Samuel (1807-1880) (who married Hannah Thomas (1813-1869)).
Edward Samuel (1843-1911) married an Elizabeth Griffiths, who was the granddaughter of Jonah Thomas (1781-1848) and Elizabeth Rees (1776-1851). If my research is correct, Jonah and Elizabeth were my 4th Great Grandparents. Their Daughter Mary Thomas (1819 - ?) and her husband Henry Griffith(s) (1819 - 1850?) being Elizabeth Griffith(s) parents.
I also have another interest in that Ancestry shows I am genetically related to one of the Tobias descendents (in Australia) of a Henry Rees (1811-1866) who married a Hannah Tomas (1811-1875). I have yet to establish who our common ancestor is but I think it s somehow linked to the above families.
I note in 1851 that Edward Samuel (1843-1911) and his parents were living in 222 Marine Street, Lanelly. Henry Rees and Hannah Rees (nee Thomas) and family were living in 224 Marine Street, Llanelly. Therefore the families must have known each other at least and I wonder if there was intermarriage between the Samuel/Rees /Thomas family.
Some have suggested that John Rees (1812-1872) was the brother of Henry Rees (1811-1866), though there doesn’t seem to be any proof of this. For now I have put this relationship into my family tree, though I don’t think it is correct.
The only other thing I know about Henry Rees is that he had an uncle called John Rees:
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3334289/3334292/9/“Henry Rees, master mariner, was broughl up in custody under the following circum- s'ances. It appeared that the defendant w^s the nepheyv of the late Mr. John Rees, of Llanelly, the owner of a vessel, of which the defendant was, or rather had been, master. In consequence of some ditlerences relative to accounts, which were not ex- plained, Mrs. Rees, the lale owner's widow, paid off' Ihe de- fendant on the previous week, and appointed another master to tlie vessel. In the mean time, a quantity of tbe stores and pro- visions of the vessel were missed, and subsequently traced o the possession of the defendant consequent upon this, Mrs. Rees authorized the police to take tire defendant into cuslodv, on tti, charge of stealing the property, but she forbore appearing to press the charge against him, on condition that the property should be replaced on board the vessel, which was agreed.to on the part of the defendant, who was therefore discharged”
Finally if you are interested in the Samuels Howard Davies’s tree has comprehensive information on them
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/158303587/family/familyview?cfpid=392076318185&selnode=1The Samuels were a family of Mariners with some indentured into the Merchant Navy as young as 12 yrs old.
