Sarah Ann Rees 1858 - 1934

[*Sandra*]

daughter of Sarah Ann and William Bowen - Margaret Apgar

Star-Gazette Elmira, New York
28 Aug 1961, Mon    Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71461633/obituary-for-margaret-ann-apgar-aged/

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Monta Apgar - husband of the above Margaret Bowen/Apgar

Star-Gazette Elmira, New York
30 Nov 1981, Mon    Page 22

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71461645/obituary-for-monta-apgar-aged-102/

Sandra

[jomcd967]

Have you ruled out this birth for Margaret?
Margaret Rees, GRO ref: 1856, M qtr, Vol 11a, Page 592, MMN Evans?

Jo 

[*Sandra*]

Sarah A Reese -  New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists - Sarah A Reece - 1859 and aged 23 years - Arrival Date 29 Mar 1882
Port of Departure Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Port of Arrival New York, New York, USA
Ship Name Arizona

Sandra

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Maria Ann Bowen Wallace - daughter of Roy and Hazel

Obit - The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 25 Mar 2006, Sat   Page 183

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71461953/obituary-for-marie-ann-wallace-bowen/

Sandra

[Ladyhawk]

Mary Griffiths actually Mary Ann Griffiths (1875-1897) is the daughter of
Joseph Griffiths (1854-1903) and Sarah Ann Rees’s sister Margaret Evans (1854-1877).

John Rees is listed as Margaret Evans’s father (although her surname is Evans) on her marriage certificate to Joseph Griffiths.

I and others have searched but not been able to find Margaret Evans birth record.

She is actually listed as born Merthyr Tydfil.

Have you ruled out this birth for Margaret?

Margaret Rees, GRO ref: 1856, M qtr, Vol 11a, Page 592, MMN Evans?

Where do you have her listed as born Merthyr Tydfil?

There is this birth entry on GRO indexes

EVANS, MARGARET   mmn EVANS
1854  M Quarter in MERTHYR TYDFIL  Volume 11A  Page 253   

Just adding these details so others can see

Margaret EVANS, f/a, single father John REES, farmer
18 Apr 1874 Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Spouse:   Joseph GRIFFITHS f/a blacksmith father William, Sawyer
she signed her name as Margaret Evans
Witnesses Edwin Griffith & Daniel ?avies

Is this her parents marriage?

John REES, farmer, father Walter, farmer
Marriage 27 Feb 1857 Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Spouse:   Margaret EVANS, father Stephen, farmer
John & Margaret made their mark
Witnesses Stephen Evans & Thomas ?

[*Sandra*]

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 7 Aug 2009, Fri    Page 20

Donald Adair Wallace - husband of Maria Ann Bowen Wallace.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67243684/obituary-for-donald-adair-wallace/

Sandra

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Verne William Bowen - another son of Roy and Hazel Bowen -

FIND A GRAVE

Welsh Settlement Cemetery Charleston, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116875939/verne-william-bowen

Star-Gazette Elmira, New York 31 Aug 1995, Thu   Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71462113/obituary-for-verne-w-bowen-aged-65/

Sandra

[roycymru]

Have you ruled out this birth for Margaret?
Margaret Rees, GRO ref: 1856, M qtr, Vol 11a, Page 592, MMN Evans?

Jo 

Thanks. Not convinced on this one as it is 2 years too late. I and others have made inquires with the registry offices in Carmarthen and Merthyr for suitable births around 1854 and found no matches. I think registration only became a legal requirement in the 1870s, so she/her family may well have decided bot to register the birth. The Evans family were very religious, so maybe not too surprising that they decided not to officially register the birth