Arthur Augustus Rees
22nd February 1815 ~ 16th April 1884, Age 69.
Born at Carmarthen, Wales. Died at 70 Tatham St., Bishopwearmouth, Durham.
Grandfather: John Rees 1749 ~ 14th December 1802.
Occupation: High Sheriff of Carmarthen, Wales. Married in 1775.
Grandmother: Amy Mansel 1759 ~
Father: John Rees 4th September 1781 ~ 27th May 1843, Age 61.
Occupation: R.N. & Magistrate & Lt. Col. Carmarthen Local Militia.
Mother: Anne Catherine Vander Horst. Married: 14th May 1803.
15th January 1780 ~ 21st December 1864, Age 84.
Siblings:
Harriet Cooper 1804 ~ 1822.
John Hughes (Rutson) 3rd November 1806 ~ 11th October 1871, Age 64.
(Son Mansel Rees is featured in "Footsteps..." 1889 p.197-9).
Charles Cooper 1807 ~ 1809, Age 16 months.
Unknown Daughter 1809 ~
Charles Courteney (Shewen) 14th April 1810 ~ 10th December 1874, Age 64.
Anna Mansel (Williams) 1811 ~ 10th September 1875.
Frances Mansel (Smith) 1813 ~
Helen Marian (de Hamel de Manin) 1817 ~ 1868.
Raoul Enguerrand Napoleon de Hamel de Manin, 1854 ~ 1927.
Raoul's sister, Hélôisé de Hamel de Manin, 1842 ~ 1884, Age 42.
(Author of A. A. Rees' Biography in "Footsteps of Truth" 1884).
Wife: Eleanor (Ellen) Prince 1813 ~ 25th September 1889, Age 76.
Born at Bath, Avon, England. Married 1842 at Bath, Avon, England.
Died at 70 Tatham St., Bishopwearmouth, Durham.
Children:
Ellen Prince (Williams) 1842 ~
Augusta Prince (Wigstone) 1844 ~ 1910.
Mary Anne 1847 ~
Amy Bathoni 1848 ~ 1911.
*Ada Bland 1850 ~
Rev. Arthur Augustus (Cooper) 1852 ~ 1941.
* Autographed letter [Dated 19th June 1884] of condolence on the death of her father Arthur A. Rees, from Florence Nightingale, to Miss Ada Bland Rees, Ward Sister of Charing Cross Hospital, grandaughter of John Rees of Killymanlloyd, Llanelly.
Marty's valuable biographical details (with dates!) usefully provides a lot of factual material much of which was missing from my 'The Early Development of Arthur Augustus Rees and his relations with the Brethren,' in Brethren Historical Review iv.1 (2006) 22-35. Timothy Stunt.