The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Watkin
Surname: Rees

Gender: Male

Birth date: 23 January 1830

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

Death date: 6 August 1922

Death place: Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: 8 August 1922

Burial place: Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: Thomas Rees
Mother: Mary Jones

Siblings

Williams, Jane (1836-1920)

Married 25 December 1852 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Rees, Alice Jane
Rees, Mary Elizabeth
Rees, John Williams
Rees, Thomas Henry
Rees, Watkin Williams
Rees, Jacob
Rees, Rees Hyrum
Rees, Mathew David
Griffiths, Sarah Jane
Rees, Edwin
Rees, Willard Arthur

View Sources

1841 UK Census	Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	Beaver City, Beaver, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Adamsville, Beaver, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Adamsville Precinct, Beaver, Utah	Extract	Image
1900 US Census	Escalante Precinct, Garfield, Utah	Extract	Image
1910 US Census	St. George Precinct, Washington, Utah	Extract	Image
1920 US Census	Township 29 Precinct No 2, Beaver, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 4 February 1854 aboard the ship Golconda.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 18 March 1854.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 2 January 2020), Watkin Rees entry, Daniel Garn Company (1854).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu: accessed 2 January 2020), Watkin Rees entry, age 24, arrived 18 March 1854 on the Golconda.

Original Writings of Watkin Rees
Rees, Watkin - Trail Excerpt

Rees, Watkin, 1830-1922 Papers, [ca. 1880-1905]