Brigham Rees (1851 - 1914)

Born 9 Apr 1851 in North Cocket Farm, aka North Cawks, Walton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Died 9 Jul 1914 at age 63 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Brigham Rees was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Brigham Rees migrated from Wales to America.

From Walton West to Mill Creek Utah

Early days in Walton West
Brigham Rees was born in the parish of Walton West Pembrokeshire, in or around Broadway, a little hamlet just outside the modern village of Broad Haven. He was possibly born in North Cocket, as that was the address given by his parents on the 1851 census, taken that year. He was possibly baptized in a Mormon meeting house. But as yet I have not found the exact location. Brigham’s parents were of the Mormon faith, along with several others families in the area. I am assuming that the meeting house would have been, people’s houses or out buildings, or even outdoor events, as was common with most non-conformist at the time. But this at present is pure conjecture.

Brigham appears on the 1851 census for Walton West, and by the time of the 1861 census, he along with his parents had move a quarter of a mile or so to Belmont Cottage, in the old parish of Haroldston West. Brigham was aged 10 at the time of the 1861 census.

Immigration to the USA According to some records Brigham moved to the USA in either 1860 or 1868. We can count out the first date of 1860, as he can be found on the 1861 census at Haroldston West parish. There are accounts that a friend of Brigham’s father was living in the USA, and Brigham was sent out to earn enough money to help pay for passage of the family to the USA. It was a big responsibility for one so young, as Brigham was only 17 years old at the time.

The price of a better life

Brigham possibly move to the USA in about 1868. His family moved over in stages when finances were available. They left behind a large extended family, whom they would never see again. Brigham’s uncle John was the local blacksmith and had seven children. His aunt Mary was married and living in Broad Haven with her husband and three children. In addition , Brigham’s grandparents were also in Broad Haven, and another uncle (George) and his family were living about a mile and a half away.it must have been a hard decision for the family to take, and even harder for the family left behind. I suppose that the only consolation was that they could keep in touch by letter. If all parties could both read and write.

Bricklayers and their travels

Brigham was a bricklayer by trade, as I myself and brother are also bricklayers, along with other members of the extended family. I see from some of the other family accounts, posted on other web sites that Brigham had to do a fair bit of traveling to get work. As that is the down side of the construction business. You must always travel to work and when that jobs done you travel on to the next job, and so on. I often wonder how many homes, sheds, factories and other types of buildings I built in my working career, I wonder if Brigham ever did the same. There are some we builders take great pride in. All we got was our wages and some big fat architect or benefactor takes all the credit.

Marriage and Children

Brigham married Isabella Maria Mansfield in Salt Lake City Utah in 1875. The couple had at least seven children these are Brigham Parley (b 1878 d 1878) Thomas Mathew (b 1880) Johanna (b 1881) George (b 1883) William Heber (b 1885) John (b 1888) Mary Margaret (b 1895) and Ellen Maude (b 1897). All the children were born in Utah. Two of the children Brigham and Isabella both died in infancy, the remainder had the good fortune to grow into adult hood

Timeline

1851 Census Walton West Pembrokeshire UK

1861 Census Haroldston West Pembrokeshire UK

1872 Immigrated to the USA

1875 Marriage Salt Lake City USA

1900 Census Mill Creek Salt Lake Utah USA

1910 Census Mill Creek Salt Lake Utah USA

Death

Date: 9 Jul 1914

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Source: #S48

Page: Death Record." death certificate no. State Board of Health File No. 931 300 (July 9, 1914), Brigham Rees, accessed 18 Oct 2008.

Quality or Certainty of Data: 4

Date: 20 Jul 1914

Data:

Text: 1. State of Utah - Death Certificate, State Board of Health File No. 931 300.

Place of Death: County of Salt Lake, Street no. 3540 So 7 East, Ward: Miller Ward.

2. Full Name: Brigham Reese

Personal and Statistical Particular:

3. Sex" Male

4. Color or Race: White

5. Widower

6. Date of Birth: April 9, 1851

7. Age: 63 years, 3 months, 0 days

8. Occupation: Brick mason

9. Birthplace: England

10. Name of Father: Thomas Reese

11. Father's Birthplace: England

12. Mother's Maiden Name: Rebecca Williams

13. Mother's Birthplace: England

14. the above is true to the best of my knowledge: Informant: Mrs. Lettie Allgood, Address: 36 Glendale St., S.L.C.

15. Filed 7/20/1914, Registrar: Jos Sutherland

16. Date of Death: July 9, 1914.

17. I hereby certify, That I attended deceased from July 4, 1914 to July 8, 1914, that I last saw him alive on July 8, 1914, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 5:50 a.m. The Cause of Death was as follows: Lobar Pneumonia. (s) F M. Mchugh, M.D., July 10, 1914, Address 140th South State.

18. Where was disease contracted? Idaho; Former usual residence: 3540 So. 7 East, Salt Lake City.

19. Place of Burial: Millcreek Cem., Date of Burial: July 12, 1914.

20. Undertaker: C H Banks, Address: Murray.

21 Registered no. 27.

22. Burial Permit no. 27.

Christening

Christening:

Place: , Pembrookshire, South Wales

Burial

Date: 12 Jul 1914

Place: Millcreek Cemetery, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Occupation

Occupation: Brick Mason

Date: Bef 1914

Place: Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

LDS Information

LDS Baptism: 11 Feb 1863

LDS Endowment: 6 Dec 1875

LDS Sealing Child:

Date: 10 Apr 1896

LDS Temple: SLAKE - Salt Lake Temple

Child of Family: @F98@

LDS Sealing Child:

Date: 10 Apr 1896

LDS Temple: SLAKE - Salt Lake Temple

Child of Family: @F116@

Marriage

Husband: Brigham Rees

Wife: Isabella Maria Mansfield

Marriage:

Date: 6 Dec 1875

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Page: accessed 1 Feb 2011), entry for Isabella Maria Mansfield, person ID KW8X-BC7.

Burial Elysian Burial Gardens • Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

• Title: Digital Images of Death Certificates Division of Archives & Records Service Author: Utah, Public Health Services. Salt Lake County, Department of Administrative Services of Utah Publication: http://www.archives.utah.gov/ :Updated 1 Aug 2008. Reference: Leaker 4 Date: 28 Sep 2008

Text: The Utah State Archives and Records Service, a division within the Dept. of Administrative Services, manages records created by state and local government entities in Utah, and provides access to historical government records which are in our permanent collection. Historical records commonly used include death certificates, land records, legislative bills, mining claims, and incorporation records Repository: #R123 Call Number: http://www.archives.utah.gov/

• Birth place at North Crocket Farm.

• B.T.'s - Talbenny #105, 211; B.T.'s - Walton West #105, 214.
• 1841 census - Walton West - #464, 345
• 1851 census - Walton West - #104, 238
• 1861 census - Haroldston - #543, 244
• 1871 census - Lambston - #850, 857
• Bdle 1445 bk 24 Walton West, Pembs,

• T.B.I. Cards: Thomas (1821), Rebecca (1821), All Children except Elizaabeth #3 & Heber #7.

• Branch Records - Cuffern Mt., Pemb. #104, 168.
• Emigration Records - #025, 692, (1868, 1872)
• Logan Temple Records - #177, 957 (1885)
• Salt Lake Temple Records - #184, 653, (1896)
• Endowment House Records - #183, 396 (1869)
• Brigham Rees on Find A Grave: Memorial #12179313 retrieved 16:05, 5 February 2018 (EST)

Record Extracts

Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers
Name Brigham Rees
Event Type Mission
Event Date 1891
Event Place Southern States
Residence Place Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth Date 09 Apr 1851
Birthplace Walton Parish, Pembroke, So Wales
Father's Name Thomas Rees
Mother's Name Rebecca Williams
Page 113
Volume Missionary Register v. 1
By Whom Baptized Thomas Rees
By Whom Set Apart H J Grant
Date Set Apart 04 May 1891

Sources

• "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TF8S : 26 February 2016), Thomas Rees in entry for Brigham Rees, Southern States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 1, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah. 23:47, 13 May 2018 (UTC)