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Dr. Ambrose Rees

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Dr. Ambrose Rees was born in Bristol, England of welsh parents. This family emigrated to Quebec City, Canada in about 1820. Dr. Rees came to New York State where he was first identified in the 1850 and 1860 Putnam Co. census as living in Cold Springs with his wife Adah M. Tuttle.

Information known about Dr. Ambrose Rees

Born: November 22, 1808 in Bristol, England
Died: August 23, 1862 at Cold Springs, New York
Occupation: Druggist (1850 Putnam County census)
Wife: Adah M. (Tuttle) Rees, born in 1822, New York. Died in May 1891
Burial: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery (area 121, lot 84, section 6) - both Ambrose and wife, Ann Sarah

Family: Dr. Rees' parents

Father : Evan Rees (Photo, right)
Born: ~1763, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died: December 21, 1824
Occupation: Ropemaker
Mother: M. Ann (Scorah) Rees
Born: 1774-May 11, 1840, Wales
Died: May 11, 1847

Family: Dr. Ress' siblings

Henry Rees. Born: June 3, 1793. Mary Ann Sarah Rees. Born Nov. 5, 1794, Gloucester, England. Died Sept 9, 1884, in Quebec City. She was buried in Mount Herman Cemetery. Married to David George Morgan.
Charlotte Rees. Born 1796.
Evan Rees. Born: Mar. 1, 1799, Gloucester, England. Ropemaker. Died July 31, 1863, Quebec City, buried Mount Hermon Cemetery. He was married to Ann Bevan/Billing.
William Rees. Born: May 17, 1801, Gloucester, England. Doctor. Lived in Toronto as early as 1833. Died: Feb 5, 1874, Toronto. Did not marry.
Edwin Rees. Born Jan, 12, 1804, Bristol, England. Died May 31, 1838, Toronto. Originally buried in St James Churchyard, later moved to St James Cemetery and is buried with his brother William. Not believed he married.
John Rees. Born: Mar. 16, 1806, Worchester, England. Surgeon Dentist. Married Julia Smith McDonald, Jan. 7, 1836, Hamilton, Bermuda. Died: Jan 3, 1875, Hamilton, Bermuda.
Amelia Rees. Born: Feb. 23, 1811, Gloucester, England. Died July 13, 1834, Quebec City. Married Henry Brotherstone Urquhart, wigmaker, born 1773 in Scotland, died Nov 21, 1837 in Quebec City. Son: Henry Peter Weston Urquhart, born June 29, 1833 and baptized July 18, 1833 in Quebec City.
Alexander Rees. (Photo, right) Born: Feb. 23, 1813, Gloucester, England. Died:___
Frederick A. Rees. (Photo, right) Born: Jan. 3, 1815, christened at St. Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, England. Studied medicine at Laval University in Quebec City and at Jefferson College in Philadelphia, PA, graduated "Doctorem in arte medendi" 1843. Married Margaret Catherine Musson, only daughter of Giles S. Musson, on Jan. 2, 1847 in St. James, Antigua. Frederick died on May 24, 1886 at home, Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda. Children: John Livingston REES (), Mary Anne REES (1847 - 1919), Frederick Musson REES (1848 - 1886), Charlotte Rowena REES (1860 - 1939), Eliza Galt REES (1863 - 1951), Nellie Helen REES (1869 - 1950)

Dr. Rees' children

Mary F. (A?) Rees. (Photo, right) Born: 1847, New York. Died: 1914 Married Charles C. Pollock, born Aug. 1845, teamster, and railroad
Elizabeth Matilida Rees. Born:.1846, New York. Died: ____
Sarah Fredrika Rees. Born: 1849, New York. Died: August 1893. Married Thomas E. Goman
William A. Rees. Born: 1854, New York. Died:____
John C. (A?) Rees. Born:1857, New York. Died:____

Photo, right:
Apparently a poem written by "Mary" at Hamilton, Bermuda, on June 16, 1856.

Photo, right:
A telegram from Cold Spring, N.Y. sent to Julia A. Rees notifying her that "...Your father [Dr. Ambrose Rees] died this morning. Funeral at 4 o'clock Sunday P.M." - dated August 23, 1862.

Both items are part of the family collection of Rees-Goman documents.