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Shotton Colliery, Co Durham.
Searching for information on the 4 children of John Thomas Reay and Jane Nutman, married 4th Jun 1907 in Shotton Colliery.
Robert (b.17 July 1908), George (b.18 March 1911) Olive (b.13 June 1920) & Laura (b. 29 October 1922).
The father John Thomas Reay died in 1942 from injuries received below ground in the Shotton Colliery. The family home upto 1942 was at 25 King Street, Shotton Colliery.
Any information of this family would be most welcome.
Thankyou for taking the time to read this plea.

Have you looked for marriages on
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Some of these people may be living so it would be best for you to look on the free site yourself.

1911 census

Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
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REAY, John Thomas Head Married M 26 1885 Stone Man Sunderland Durham VIEW
REAY, Jane Wife Married
4 years F 26 1885 Sun Hetton Coll VIEW
REAY, Robt Son M 2 1909 Shotton Colly Coll VIEW
REAY, George Son M 0 (2 WEEKS) 1911 Shotton Colly Coll VIEW
NUTMAN, William Relative M 19 1892 Stone Man Shotton Colly Coll VIEW
MEADOWS, Ada Boarder M F 18 1893 Wingate Colly Colly VIEW
MEADOWS, James Son M 0 (9 WEEKS) 1911 Easington Colly VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
30002 Reference:
RG14PN30002 RG78PN1734 RD552 SD1 ED10 SN223
 
Registration District:
Easington Sub District:
Wingate Enumeration District:
10 Parish:
Shotton
 
Address:
25 King St Shotton Colliery Castle Eden

hi Colin

do you have the marriage cert for John Thomas Reay and Jane Nutman as this will have fathers names and occupations on so enabling an earlier census lookup

TootyFruity
Many thanks for the 1911 census info'. Had my fingers burned using that 1911 census, £25 went quicker than my icecream last week.
Colin

TootyFruity,
I have a near complete full family history tree, and only recently found where the surname of Reah was changed to Reay on the birth of John Thomas Reay. He was an only child born to parents Robert Hazard Reah and Hannah Sloanes(Slones). Hence the the children of John Thomas were also registered as Reay children.
Thanks
Colin

You are more than welcome. If you need any more help just let me know and I will do my best

Michael,
Have tried the bmd's but cannot seem to come up with anything positive at present.
Thanks
Colin

Hi Colin

Here is the birth for Robert Hazard Reah can't find a marriage to Hannah Sloane though

Births Sep 1858   (>99%)
Bailey  Agnes    Sunderland  10a 386   
Conlon  Patrick    Sunderland  10a 386   
Embleton  Humphrey    Sunderland  10a 386   
Johnson  William    Sunderland  10a 386   
O Garar  John Joseph    Sunderland  10a 386   
Reah  Robert Hazard    Sunderland  10a 386   
Ross  Mary Ann    Sunderland  10a 386   
Spence  Benjamin    Sunderland  10a 386   
Swinhoe  Robert    Sunderland  10a 386   
Westren  John Thomas    Sunderland  10a 386   
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And a possible 1901 census but John Thomas is down as Thomas and there is a sibling

Name: Robert Reay
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England
Civil parish: Gateshead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Gateshead
Sub-registration district: Gateshead
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 178
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Reay 47
Hannah Reay 57
Thomas Reay 16
Jane A Reay 8
Hughey Allen 32

TootyFruity
I have all the bmd's for Robert Hazard Reah. He married Hannah Lamming, a widow of Charles Lamming.(nee Slones) 18 Oct 1883. Hannah fibbed about her age,stating she was 30, when in fact she was 39. The age difference was a good clue when trying to find them in the 1901 censuses in Gateshead. The Thomas had me stumped for a little while, until the bits began to come together later on. The Jane A was not a Reah family member,she was in fact Jane Ann Lamming, the niece of Hannah. She is still with them on the 1911 census in Shotton Colliery.
Many thanks again,
Colin

Colin's last post covered what I found, so my post deleted

It might be worth following this up by checking for obits, rellies in phone book, etc:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: George Reay
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1911
Death Registration Month/Year: Jul 1993
Age at death (estimated): 82
Registration district: New Forest
Inferred County: Hampshire, New Forest
Register number: 23B
District and Subdistrict: 4942
Entry number: 203

mgnv

Many thanks for the death index information. Certainly needs to be given serious consideration. If I cannot glean more information of this George anywhere, I will have to have a punt at the death certificate.
Much appreciated.

Colin

Tooty Fruity & mgnv

A much belated thankyou for your support and guidance. After obtaining the death certificate for George, things moved on to discovering living relatives and we are now in touch, even to a sister of George, who is alive and well in Canada at 91 years of age.
I must share that my first contact was to be the son of George, when I phoned a possible number for him. Sadly, it was his recently widowed wife who answered the phone. I can only impress that I was so lucky to find her friendly and positive attitude when she wished to know more of the family history.Bless her, despite everything, this branch of the tree would have withered on the vine.
'From little acorns oak trees grow'
Thanks again guys.
Colin

Colin - thanks for the update - glad to hear of your progress.

A possible for Laura Reay is that she married John H Duncan in 1943 in Holderness, Yorkshire but sadly she died in 1948 in Holderness, aged 25 years.
Her baptism for whatever reason is Lawson Duncan 1922, Easington District, Co Durham. Parents: John Thomas and Jane Reay

A possible for Olive is that she married Howard Hines in 1945 in E. Durham District and died in 1993 in Carlisle

Hi Seaham Lass,

You were on the right trail.
Laura's birth certificate shows she was born as Laura 29 Oct 1922 to John Thomas Reay & Jane (nee Nutman) at Shotton Colliery.
She died at Delton Holme, Beverly, York, 15th Feb 1948.

Olive did marry Howard Hines in 1945 at Shotton Colliery. He was a Canadian service man. They both travelled to Canada after the war. He died in 1989. Olive is still going strong at 91.

Many thanks for your input though, from a grateful Sunderland lad.

Colin

May I also extend my thanks to everyone here? I stumbled upon this thread by accident: I am a direct descendant of Charles Lamming and Hannah Slo(a)nes, and had no idea about her third marriage.

Hannah marries Charles Lamming on 14th October 1865, Sunderland. Their son, also called Charles, was born 1870 and went on to populate Tyneside with Lammings. Charles Sr. was a mariner and actually living in Minorca when they married, and presumably later died.

Hannah then married Joseph Castro in Sunderland in 1873 and had two children, neither of whom (to my knowledge) went on to have families.

I never knew that Hannah apparently then reverted to being a Lamming and married for a third time in 1883. Because of this information, I now have a whole new branch of the family to investigate, so my thanks also to all the information found here. :)

Hi
Have just read your updates, a Reay family bought Baldersera's shop in Wheatly Hill in the 1970s. Don't know if it helps. I thought he (can't remember his first name) had been a mechanic originally.
Hope this might help.
Joyce