The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William
Surname: Rees

Gender: Male

Birth date: Abt. January 1802

Birth place:
English Spelling: Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Dinas, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Death date: 21 March 1875

Death place:

Burial date:

Burial place: Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Father: John Rees
Mother: Elizabeth Morris

Siblings

Evans, Elizabeth Leyshon (1800-1887)

Married 30 June 1830 in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Children

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Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 17 April 1855 aboard the ship Chimborazo.
Arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 21 May 1855.

Chimborazo - Account of Crossing
Harper, Charles - Company crossing
Jeremy, Thomas - Account of crossing
Rees, Joseph Alexander - Biography

Immigrated with wife, three sons and a daughter-in-law to Utah. Became dissatisfied a few years later and took wife, two sons, daughter-in-law and one or two grandchildren back to Wales. Wife went back to Utah in 1860. Single son went back to Utah in 1861.

William Rees

Siblings