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Record #23322

Name :: : Aneurin John REES (1885 - 1918)
aka : Private Rees
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 3 Feb 1885
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 9 Aug 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthWales, Glamorgan, Aberavon

Water Street

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Jul 1903
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Graham

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Aneurin John Rees.

1891 Welsh Census records show Aneurin John Rees as a 6 year old boy born about 1885 in Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales. He is in the household of Mary Rees (40, Listed as widowed) and John Fisher (60, Also listed as widowed). Also in residence were Thomas Fisher (20), Mary Alice Rees (9), and Mary Margaret Rees (2).

Descendants confirm that Mary Rees married John Fisher in 1892 before her death in 1894.

1901 Welsh Census records place Aneurin J Rees as an inmate of an institution called Neath Union Cottage Homes in Bryncoch, Glamorgan, Wales. He is 15 years of age born about 1886, born in Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales. Mary M Fisher, (sister to the above) was also an inmate within the same institution.

Surname: REES
Given Name: A
Age: 16
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1903
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1903-07-15
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1903-07-24
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg and Russell, Manitoba
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-481
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Placed with Daniel Graham, Dutton, Ont.

Attestation papers were signed 17 Dec 1917 in Victoria, British Columbia. John was born 3 Feb 1880 in Aberavon, Wales. He is a Woodsman from Eureka, Utah, USA. His Next of Kin is Annie Bryant from Part La Vert, Saskatchewan, Canada. 5'4" in height with brown eyes and black hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states that John was Killed in Action. His Next of Kin was Master D J Thomas of Mevdore Terrace, Cumavon Road, Aberavon, Glam. however that information is scratched out and two addresses were added. Aneurin Rees of Lletty Need, Penydie, Neath, South Wales and Mrs. Annie Bryant, Box 18, Solsgirth, Manitoba. John was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Le Quesnel, Somme, Picardie, France. Plot: I. D. 12.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56197381

ContributorsCreated : 2013-11-15 12:12:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-15 18:02:06 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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