Walter Weguelin Rees

est 1807 - 1844  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Walter Weguelin Rees  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	est 1807	[5]
  	baptism reg not found; possibly born in India. youngest son of John Mitford Rees, of Bengal Civil Service [marriage reg; death notice]
  Residence	Mar 1842	Portsmouth   [6]
  Marriage	08 Mar 1842	Holy Trinity, Brompton   [2, 6, 7, 8]
  	Laura Ann Tatham,   b. 18 Feb 1812, Westminster ,   d. abt Feb 1878, Tavistock
  Occupation	- 1844	Royal Navy  [6, 8, 9]
  	Mate of HMS St Vincent
  Post/Rank/Title	1844	Captain  [8]
  	rank not confirmed
  Death	18 Mar 1844	Frederick Cottage, Stoke Rd, Gosport   [3, 8, 9, 10]
  	On the 18th instant,at Frederick Cottage Stoke Road, near Gosport, Mr. W. W. Rees, mate of H.M. ship St. Vincent, aged 27. [Hampshire Advertiser, 23 Mar 1844] Capt. Rees appears to have died before 1849, when O'Byrne's Nav. Biogr. was published. [Curtis]
  Notes	Travelled from Calcutta to Europe on HEIC ship Minerva Dec 1819. His father John Mitford Rees had died in Calcutta, aged 40, on 11 Nov 1819. not found in 1841 census Younger sister Mary (or Maria) Isabella Irwin Rees (1820-1910); born Calcutta in 1820. Family returned to England soon after death of John Mitford Rees; lived in the early 1820s in Devon; friendly with local branches of Tennyson and Thackeray families. In 1851, Mary Rees married Augustus Brotherton, artist. She published poetry and at least two novels, was a lively letter-writer, and was friendly with all the leading writers of the day. [Mark Sorrell, 20 Oct 2011]
  Person ID	I1421	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family	Laura Ann Tatham,   b. 18 Feb 1812, Westminster ,   d. abt Feb 1878, Tavistock  (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	08 Mar 1842	Holy Trinity, Brompton   [2, 6, 7, 8]
  	Witnesses Montagu J Tatham [her brother], Harriet Tatham [1st cousin], Maria F Christopher [2nd cousin], Caroline Christopher [2nd cousin]
  		Laura Ann Tatham (1812-1878) and Walter Weguelin Rees (1807-1844) Marriage register
  Children	+ 1. Walter Crawford Rees,   b. abt Feb 1844, Gosport ,   d. 12 Jan 1917, 3 Woodlands Rd, Barnes  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2011
  Family ID	F0090	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham, cit Gents. Mag. N.S., XVII, 1842. Walter William Rees [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Kensington, 1Q1842. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Alverstoke, 1Q1844. [S30] India Office Library, Bengal Almanac 1820. Walter Weguelin Rees [S09] Estimate. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, Holy Trinity, Brompton, 08 Mar 1842. [S53] Marriage Licence, Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations, 07 Mar 1842. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S11] Newspaper, Hampshire Advertiser, 23 Mar 1844. death notice [S01] Census, UK, 1851. wife widowed