Birth: 22 December 1887 Cadoxton, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK
Father: David Rees 1859-1892
Mother: Jane Manuel [Wright] 1862-1934
Marriage: April-June 1918 Dartford, Kent, UK
Husband: Arthur Heavers 1891-1971
Death: 1956
Ruth Elizabeth Heavers [Treharne] 1920-1987
Idris David Heavers 1926-2013
Birth of Elizabeth Ann Rees in FreeBMD in January-March 1888 in Cardiff (11a 391).
In the 1891 census as Elizabeth A Rees aged 3, born in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales, and living with her parents (David and Jane), and a boarder (David Hughes aged 41, born in Bettws, Caernarvonshire, Wales, single and a plasterer) in Morel Street North, Cadoxton Juxta Barry, Glamorgan, Wales.
Her father died in Bridgend in 1892 and her mother married John Wright in 1900.
In the 1901 census as Lizzie A Rees aged 13, born in Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales and living with her (step)father (John Wright) and mother (Jane Wright) at 9 Kenilworth Road, Barry, Glamorgan.
Her stepfather died at 7 Kenilworth Road on 7 March 1906.
In the 1911 census as Elizabeth A Rees Wright (sic - Wright not on the original) aged 23, born in Cadoxton Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, single, no stated employment, and living with her widowed mother (Jane Wright) and (half?)sister Averinah Wright in five rooms at 9 Kenilworth Road, Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales.
Marriage of Elizabeth A Rees and Arthur Heavers in FreeBMD in April-June 1918 in Dartford (2a 1333).
Nineteen entries in Ancestry All Glamorganshire, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1832-1978 results for Ellizabeth Ann Heavers addresses YMCA Institute (between 29 and 30) Newland Street, Holton, Llanduff and Barry from 1919 to 1920, other occupant Arthur Heaver (husband?), 9 Kenilworth Road, Cadoxton from 1921 to 1923, other occupants Arthur Heavers (husband?) and Jane Wright (mother?), and 19 Kenilworth Road, Cadoxton from 1924 to 1937, other occupants Argur Heavers (husband?) except in 1924 and 1934, Jane Wright to 1933, and Averinah Wright (half-sister?) in 1929.
Her children were born in Cardiff in 1920 and 1926.
There is an entry in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931 for Arthur Heavers, a mill worker born in Barry Docks on 9 March 1891, arrived on the Port Stevens on 11 September 1923, and applied for American nationality on 19 March 1924, and intended to become a citizen of the USA and to permanently reside there leaving his wife Elizabeth to remain in England. However he signed onto the SS Dromore in New York which sailed to Glasgow via Philadelphia on 18 September 1924.
There is an entry in Ancestry Swansea and Surrounding Area, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1839-1966 for Eliz Anne Heavers address 22 High Street, Alexandra from 1938 to 1939, other occupant Arthur Heavers (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Elizabeth A Heabers born 22 December 1887, married, and living with Arthur Heavers (husband?), Ruth E Heavers (daughter?), and one other (daughter?) at 8a Graiglwydd Road, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.
There is an entry in Ancestry Swansea and Surrounding Area, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1839-1966 for Eliz Anne Heavers address 22 High Street, Alexandra from 1939 to 1940, other occupant Arthur Heavers (husband?).
She is believed to have died in 1956 but I cannot locate an entry for her death.
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elizabeth Ann Rees.
Elizabeth Ann Rees was the wife of Arthur Heavers, my first cousin once removed.
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