The Rees Page
Contents: Ancestors of Caleb Rees, Welsh Origins, Emigration to America, Ohio, Nebraska
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Rhos Fach Cottage in Meline Parish, Pembrokeshire, Wales. In
the doorway are Hannah and Stephen Rees, grandchildren of the William and
Mary Rees mentioned below. The date of the photograph is unknown, but the
children's father was born in 1856.
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Ancestors of Caleb Rees
This table is a summary of the ancestors of Caleb Rees, who was born in Meline Parish, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and emigrated to Minersville Ohio in 1857.
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Caleb Rees |
| Mary Unknown |
Welsh Origins
William and Mary Rees lived in Meline Parish, in Pembrokeshire (the County of Pembroke), in Southwest Wales. Caleb left home to work in the iron works and coal mines of Glamorganshire, South Wales, in Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. Life there was not easy for Caleb, and he decided to leave for America. First, he married Rachel James in Merthyr Tydfil. She came from the parish of Treleach a'r Betwys in Carmarthenshire; whether she came to Glamorganshire on her own, with her parents, or with Caleb is not known. Within days after the marriage, Caleb and Rachel were on their way to America.
Emigration to America
Caleb and Rachel Rees left Liverpool on the Ship Circassion. The rigors of their voyage are documented in a diary kept by Caleb, and in an article written by a nephew of his (also named Caleb Rees) in the Welsh literary journal Y Llenor in 193x.
Ohio
At first, Caleb was one of many Welsh coal miners in Minersville, Southern Ohio.
Nebraska
Group of mostly Welsh people settled near Aspinwall. Caleb is murdered. Rachel carries on.
Kansas
Settle in Brown County, near Hiawatha.