Person Sheet


Name Sarah Steed
Birth Apr 1845, Llanddewi Rhydderch, England (Wales)
Death 4 Oct 1919, Peckville, Pennsylvania
Burial Peckville, Pennsylvania
Father William ?? Steed (1818-1880)
Mother unknown
Spouses:
1 John (S. ?) Rees
Birth 1 Oct 1837, Kemeys Commander, Wales
Death 8 Apr 1913, Peckville, Pennsylvania
Burial 10 Oct 1913, Peckville, Pennsylvania
Occupation Coal Miner
Father William Rees (1804-)
Mother Mary Jones (1793-1882)
Children: John Steed (1876-1949)
William J (1874-)
Franklin H. (1878-1934)
Lillian M (1884-1969)
Olive (1891-)
James W. (Jim Smith) (adopted) (1858-)
Notes for Sarah Steed
I received this email:
From: "Richard M. Reese" <richreese@fast.net>
To: "Rick Rees" <rees@absoluterealtime.com>
Subject: Death Notice, Obit, and other information for Mrs. Sarah Reese
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:15:54 -0500

Scranton Republican, Monday, Oct. 6, 1919:
Death of Mrs. John Reese, 74, 112 Main St. Peckville, Saturday.
Funeral tomorrow.
<>
Scranton Republican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1919
Blakely news
Mrs. Sarah Reese, widow of John Reese Sr., who died Saturday was a
former well known and highly respected residence of Blakely. She was born
in Mommouthshire, England, 74 years ago and came to this place when a young
woman, later moving to Peckville. She is survived by the following sons and
daughters: Mrs. John W___ren, and Miss Olive Rees, of Peckville; William J.
Reese, Hyde Park, John S. and Frank Reese of Peckville; also by two
brothers, William and John Steed, and a sister, Mrs. R. M. Ward, all of
Blakely.
[note - daughter Lillian married Frank J. Warring]
<>
Scranton Republican, Thursday, Oct. 10, 1919
Blakely news
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ward, who had been spending this summer in the
Catskill Mountains, have returned to their home on Main Street, having been
called here by the death of the latter's sister, Mrs. Sarah Reese of
Peckville.
[later in column]
Arthur Slocum of Philadelphia, Alfred Jones of Detroit, Michigan, Mrs.
Arthur Ward and daughter of New York, Mrs. Frederick Ward of Jersey City
[NJ], are guests of relatives, having been called by the death of their
aunt, Mrs. Sarah Reese.
<>
end transcriptions
Misc. Notes
From: "Richard M. Reese" <richreese@fast.net>
To: "Rick Rees" <rees@absoluterealtime.com>
Subject: Re: other information for Mrs. Sarah Reese
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:57:02 -0500

The Scranton Times version was a little better quality, so I copied and
scanned.

(The contents of the .jpg file):
Scranton Times
Friday, October 10, 1919
page 21
OBITUARY
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Rees, of 112 Main street, Peckville, who died
Saturday last as a result of apoplexy, was held from the family residence Tuesday
afternoon. A large number of friends attended and extended their sympathy to the
bereaved family. The deceased had been a resident of this section since 1867, at which time she emigrated from the parish of Bettys Newydd, Monmouthwhire, England, arriving in America April 1, 1867. The deceased was a woman of noble Christian character and high standing in the community. She was a charter member of the Peckville Baptist church. Had she lived and retained her usual good health till Sunday, October 5, it would have been her pleasure to be present and carry out her part of the proram at the Baptist church and burn the mortgage which she, through her devotion to the church was responsible to a great extent in paying off. Rev. H. J. Baker, of the Peckville Baptist church, officiated, assisted by Rev. J. S. Thomas. The clergymen paid high tribute to the deceased and made reference to the many Christian acts in her work as a Christian woman which would stand as a monument to her memory. During the service selections were rendered by members of the church choir. Interment was made in Prospect cemetery. The pallbearers were: Henry Dando, George Dando, John Titley, Harry Telford, Edwin H. Ritter, William Belsh. The flower carreirs were: Herbert James, Edward Miles, John Peters, Jahn Gates, Sr. So numerous were the floral offerings received from friends from Forest City to Scranton it was necessary to use an automobile to convey them to the cemetery. She is survived by the following sons and daughters: William J., of Scranton; John S., Frank H., Mrs. John Warring and Olive, of Peckville.

From:
http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/wal.html
Monmouthshire
Non conformist Registers
see Herefordshire Parish Records
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CB 1813-1974 M 1796-1836 [66]
B Burials
C Baptisms
M Marriages
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