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  • Abraham Reece, Sr. (1746 - 1822)
    Abraham Reece BIRTH 1746 Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 6 Nov 1822 (aged 75–76) Surry County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Deep Creek Friends Meeting Cemetery Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA ME...
  • Ada Flossa Weigle Teeter (1888 - 1966)
    Ada Reese Teeter BIRTH 6 Jan 1888 Ogle County, Illinois, USA DEATH 10 Feb 1966 (aged 78) Michigan, USA BURIAL Grand Detour Cemetery Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 31791507 · View...
  • Albert Reese (1850 - 1905)
    Albert Reese BIRTH 25 Apr 1850 DEATH 6 Oct 1905 (aged 55) BURIAL Fairfield Union Cemetery Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 6883729 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOW...
  • Alexander Reese (1843 - 1910)
  • Alvaretta Warner (1872 - 1965)
    Alveretta Reese Warner BIRTH 10 May 1873 Illinois, USA DEATH 3 Jun 1965 (aged 92) Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Grand Detour Cemetery Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, USA MEMORIA...

About the Reese surname

origins

Welsh

From one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, Old Welsh Ris 'ardor'. This was the name of the last ruler of an independent kingdom of Wales, Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, who died in 1093 unsuccessfully opposing the Norman advance.

North German and Dutch

Nickname for a very big man, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rese ‘giant’.

German

Habitational name from places called Rees or Reese, in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.

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