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Title: Trying to find family history - Nathan Rees or Nathan Reece
Post by: Justmehereok on Monday 31 January 11 10:26 GMT (UK)
Can anybody help us we are trying to trace our ancestery and can not find anymore information on Nathan Rees.
He was born in either 1855 or 1854
In the 1881 census his name was Nathan Rees and was living in London, Middlesex, England. But then in the 1901 census his name was changed to Nathan Reece, it also states he was born in either Russia or Poland and was living in Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Christchurch, London.
He was married to Annie Reece also from Russia or Poland and had at least 9 children.

If anyone has any information on this family tree it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.
Title: Re: Trying to find family history - Nathan Rees or Nathan Reece
Post by: danuslave on Monday 31 January 11 10:47 GMT (UK)
Hi & welcome to RootsChat

I shouldn't worry too much about the spelling of his surname.  It's obviously the same man

For anyone else interested

1881 - RG11/453/49/32

Nathan Rees  27
Hannah Rees  24  b Poland
John Rees  4  b London
Mark Rees  1  b London
Mary Haley  45  lodger

1901 - RG13/298/133/12

Nathan Reece 46
Annie Reece 40  b Russia Poland
Mark Reece 20
Kitty Reece 18
Abraham Reece 16
Gershon Reece 14
Leah Reece 12
Emanuel Reece 9
Barnett Reece 7
Fanny Reece 5
Sarah Reece 2

children all b London

Linda
Title: Re: Trying to find family history - Nathan Rees or Nathan Reece
Post by: danuslave on Monday 31 January 11 10:51 GMT (UK)
Also

1891 - RG12/285/15/30

Nathan Reece 38
Annie Reece 35 
John Reece 14
Mark Reece 12
Israel Reece 10
Yetta Reece 8
Abraham Reece 6
Gershon Reece 4
Leah Reece 2

So it looks as though Yetta became Kitty   :)

Nathan is shown as a tailor in all 3 censuses
Title: Re: Trying to find family history - Nathan Rees or Nathan Reece
Post by: danuslave on Monday 31 January 11 11:08 GMT (UK)
Quote

he was born in either Russia or Poland


From wikipedia

The partitions [of Poland] were carried out by the Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, and Habsburg Austria dividing up the Commonwealth lands among themselves.

The Third Partition: October 24, 1795. With this partition, the independent state of Poland ceased to exist.

Over the next 123 years, a large part of Polish population and former territory would be subject to the rule of the Russian Empire

So Nathan and Hannah/Annie were probably born in the part of Poland under the rule of the Russian Empire

Linda
Title: Re: Trying to find family history - Nathan Rees or Nathan Reece
Post by: danuslave on Monday 31 January 11 11:12 GMT (UK)
I can't find Nathan in 1871, but I did find a possible marriage registration for

Nathan Ries  & Hannah Marks
1878  Oct-Nov-Dec London City  Vol 1c Page 173