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Name: REES, David John (Right Rev.)
Birth Date: 1861 Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
Death Date: 24.3.1924 Dar es Salaam
First Date: 1898
Profession: Missionary
Area: Usagara, Kongwa
Married: In Aberdeen 15.8.1888 Agnes Ann Barnett Mackenzie Cooper b. 6 May 1859 Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, d. 19 Aug 1946 Lincoln
Children: David Cooper (1890-1963)
Book Reference: North, Red 22, CMS, Red 19
School: University College, Durham
General Information:
Red 22 - Ven. Archdeacon D.J. Rees, CMS, Kongwe, Dodoma, Tanganyika
CMS 1897 - Age 35. Of Southampton. Born at Cefn-Coed-Cymmer, S. Wales. Univ. Coll. Durham, Lic. Theol. 1884. 1884 Deacon and 1886 Priest by Bp. Llandaff. 1884-90 Curate of Ystradyfodwg, Glam.; 1890-4 of Cleeve Prior, Evesham; 1893 Oct. offered but withdrew. 1894-7 Curate of St. Mark's Southampton. 1897 renewed offer, and Jan 19 Accepted as Missionary CMS; Dec 2 Depart for East Africa Mission - Mamboya. 1900 Berega; 1899 Aug 8 Acting Sec. Ussagara section. 1900 Oct 2 Sec. 1902 Nov. 9 to England; 1903 Oct 20 to open a new station at Kongwa.
Red Book 1919 - Archdeacon of Mombasa
CMS GEA - arr. Mamboya 20/1/1898 with wife; Acting Supt. Usagara 1899; Berega 1900; dep. for England 9/11/1902; dep. England to open new station at Kongwa 20/10/1903