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Conception Bay, Newfoundland


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Generations of Rees

E.R. Seary's Book of Newfoundland Names

Surnames of Wales and England, from the Old Welsh personal name Ris, Welsh Rhys - ardour. (Reaney, Cottle).

Guppy traced Rees in Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, North Wales and especially South Wales.

Spiegelhalter traced Reese in Devon.

Family Tradition:

George Rees (of Welsh ancestry), 1772 - ), born at Bristol, England, came as shipwright to work at shipyards at Lance Cove, Bell Island in 1797. (MUN Hist.)

Early instances:

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James Rese, of St. John's, 1797 (D'Alberti 6)

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George Rees or Reece, of Belle Isle (now Bell Island) 1818, of Lance Cove (Bell Island), 1821 (DPHW 26B)

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Mary Rease, of Greenspond, 1831 (Nfld. Archives KCRC)

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