Mina grew up in New York City and attended public school there but life was quite hard. When Mina was two years old the family moved from Cleveland to the Bronx in New York City. Let us note here (where dates refer to the US census ) that: Elsie Isabella Rees was a stenographer in publishing (1910), and had no occupation (19) Albert L Rees was a clerk in a steel company (1910) and was foreman in a gravel company (1920) Clyde Harvey Rees was a shipping clerk in a steel company (1910) and a salesman in a millinery company (1920) and Clarence Eugene Rees was a manager in an electric company (19). Moses and Alice Rees had five children: Elsie Isabella Rees (1893- 1975), Albert L Rees (1894- 1992), Clyde Harvey Rees (1896- 1967), Clarence Eugene Rees (1898- 1966), and Mina Spiegel Rees (1902- 1997), the subject of this biography. Moses Rees met Alice Stackhouse in Lebanon Pennsylvania and they were married there on 1 September 1892. The 1881 UK census records the Stackhouse family is living in Kidderminster, Alice is at School and her father Joseph's occupation is given as "iron roller." The Stackhouse family emigrated to the United States in 1882. Alice Louisa Stackhouse was born in Heath End, England on 1 November 1870 to parents Joseph Stackhouse and Isabella Milling. Moses Rees was born in New York on 26 July 1858 to parents Herman Rees and Mina Spiegel who had emigrated from Germany. Biography Mina Rees's parents were Moses Rees (1858- 1932) and Alice Louisa Stackhouse (1870- 1946).
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