Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
ADX/478: James P. Rees’s Diaries 

Acc. 1267

Ref:  ADX/478

Reference: [GB0212] ADX/478
Date(s): 1904-1958
Level: Fonds
Extent: 55 Items
Scope and Content: Diaries kept by James P. Rees

James Rees was born in Llandisilio on 9 July 1882. He worked predominantly as a builder, but was also a gravedigger and seems to have made plaques for coffins. The diaries contain entries in both English and Welsh. The majority of the entries relate to building work carried out, including estimates and payments received. When asked to create a plaque, he recorded the names and ages of the deceased. Many of the diaries include the names of the preachers for the Sunday service. It is thought that James Rees died in 1958, following the last entry dated 27 May 1958. 

1. Diary, 1904

2. Diary, 1905

3. Diary, 1906

4. Diary, 1907

5. Diary, 1908

6. Diary, 1909

7. Diary, 1910

8. Diary, 1911

9. Diary, 1912

10. Diary, 1913

11. Diary, 1914

12. Diary, 1915

13. Diary, 1916

14. Diary, 1917

15. Diary, 1918

16. Diary, 1919

17. Diary, 1920

18. Diary, 1921

19. Diary, 1922

20. Diary, 1923

21. Diary, 1924

22. Diary, 1925

23. Diary, 1926

24. Diary, 1927

25. Diary, 1928

26. Diary, 1929

27. Diary, 1930

28. Diary, 1931

29. Diary, 1932

30. Diary, 1933

31. Diary, 1934

32. Diary, 1935

33. Diary, 1936

34. Diary, 1937

35. Diary, 1938

36. Diary, 1939

37. Diary, 1940

38. Diary, 1941

39. Diary, 1942

40. Diary, 1943

41. Diary, 1944

42. Diary, 1945

43. Diary, 1946

44. Diary, 1947

45. Diary, 1948

46. Diary, 1949

47. Diary, 1950

48. Diary, 1951

49. Diary, 1952

50. Diary, 1953

51. Diary, 1954

52. Diary, 1955

53. Diary, 1956

54. Diary, 1957

55. Diary, 1958