The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: John Davis
Surname: Rees

Gender: Male

Birth date: 4 March 1815

Birth place:
English Spelling: Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 19 March 1880

Death place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Burial date: 23 March 1880

Burial place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Father: Meredith Rees
Mother: Mary Davies

Siblings

Morgan, Mary Catherine (1821-1907)

Married 04 July 1842 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Rees, William
Rees, Mary Jane
Rees, David Morgan
Rees, Merideth
Rees, Agnes Priscinda
Rees, Martha Ann
Rees, John Willard
Rees, Brigham Lorenzo
Rees, Edmund
Rees, Rachael Mae

Morgan, Jane (1823-1852)

Married 28 December 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Mathias, Zillah (1839-1923)

Married 13 December 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Rees, Zillah Alvira
Rees, Margaret
Pees, Phineas
Rees, Thomas Wesley
Rees, Adah
Rees, Leah
Rees, Luzina
Rees, Rose May
Rees, Sarah Venice

Howe, Cecilia (1840-1932)

Married 20 December 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1860 US Census	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 26 February 1849 aboard the ship Buena Vista.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 19 April 1849.

"Mormon Migration," database and images (mormonmigration.byu.edu: accessed 8 August 2018), Jno. Rees entry, age 32, arrived 19 April 1849 on the Buena Vista.

"Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel," database (history.lds.org: accessed 8 August 2018), John Davis Rees entry, William Morgan Company (1852).

John Davis Rees
Rees, John Davis - biography

John Davis Rees served as a missionary to Wales from 1866-68. He returned to America on board the "Colorado" which left Liverpool on 14 July 1868 and reached New York on 28 July 1868.