Rees
Richards
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Rees Richards
and Susannah (Crew) Richards
Husband of
Esther (Dixon) Richards
— married
about 1860 in St Giles, London, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 56
in Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Rees was born on 3 February 1839, the son of Rees Richards and Susan Crew.
He was recorded in the 1841 census (reported by John Mullis) in the following household:
- Rees Richards
- Susan Richards
- Catherine Richards, sister of Rees senior
- Emma Richards 1837 4, born London
- Rees Richards 2 born London, (John Mullis has his birth cert, Reece here).
The 1851 census for Greenwich recorded him living at 8 Lamb Lane in this household:
- Rees Richards 37 (illegible) Bootmaker, born in Wales
- Susan Richards 39, born in London
- Emma Richards 14, Bootbender, born in London
- Rees Richards 12, Errand Boy, born in London
- Eleanor Richards 10, born in London
- John(?) Richards 6, born in London.
Rees married Esther (Hester) Dixon 1844 at St Giles, London, in 1860
The 1861 census for Finsbury, London recorded him living at 21 Dudley St in this household:
- Rees Richards 22, Bootmaker, born in Middlesex, St James
- Esther Richards 18, born in Middlesex, Marylebone
- Henry Richards 2 mnths, born in Middlesex, St Giles
The 1871 census for Finsbury, London recorded him living at 9 Queen St in this household:
- Rees Richards 32, Bootmaker, born in Middlesex, St Pancras
- Esther Richards 27, born in Middlesex, Marylebone
- Henry Richards 10, scholar, born in Middlesex, St Giles
- Catherine Richards 5, born in Middlesex, St Giles
- Rees Richards 2, born in Middlesex, St Giles.
Note the 1881 census needs searching for this family
The 1891 census for Lambeth, London recorded him living at 6 Doon St in this household:
- Rees Richards 51, Bootmaker, born in Middlesex, St James
- Esther Richards 45, born in Middlesex, St Georges
- George Richards 16, errand boy, born in Middlesex, St Giles
- William Richards 14, errand boy, born in Middlesex, St Giles
- Edward Richards ?, errand boy, born in Middlesex, St Giles.
Rees and Esther had children:
- Henry Richards 1861
- Catherine Richards 1866
- George Richards 1875
- William Richards 1877
- Edward Richards
The death registered in Sep 1896 of a Rees Richards at St. Saviour, Southwark, London, aged 57, fits his birth in 1839.
Sources
- Census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891.
- Mormon records,
- Free BMD
- The 1847 Westminster London baptismal records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rees by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rees:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rees by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rees:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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