Birth: 12 October 1910 38 Robert Street, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK
Father: George Reay 1885-1941
Mother: Sophia Snowball 1884-1971
Marriage: July-September 1936 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK
Wife: Jean Imrie 1911-1997
Death: May 1998 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, UK
Ronald Reay 1940
Derek Reay 1942-1993
Birth of Matthew Reay in FreeBMD in October-December 1910 in Newcastle T (10B 13).
In the 1911 census as Watthew (sic - in the index, Matthew on the original) Reay aged 6 months, born in Scotswood, Newcastle, and living with his parents (George and Sophia) and (half)brother (George Reay Snowball) at 38 Robert Street, Scotswood, Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland.
His brother was born on 21 May 1913 and registered in July-September 1913 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
His sister was born on 26 July 1919 and registered in July-September 1919 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
In the 1921 census as Matthew Reap (sic) born in Scotswood, Northumberland in 1909 and living with George and Sophia Reap (parents?), Robert Rutherford Reap (brother?), Mary Jane Reap (sister?) and George William Reap (half-brother?) in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
His brother was born on 18 October 1925 and registered in October-December 1925 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Four entries in Ancestry Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Matthew Reay addresses 95 Roberts Street, Benwell from 1933 to 1934, other occupants George and Sophia Reay (parents?) and George William Reay (half-brother?), and 629 Armstrong Road, Benwell from 1935 to 1936, other occupants George and Sophia Reay (parents?), and Robert Rutherford Reay (brother?).
Marriage of Matthew Reay and Jean Imrie in FreeBMD in July-September 1936 in Newcastle T (10B 7).
Three entries in Ancestry Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Matthew Reay addresses 37 Hugh Gardens, Benwell from 1937 to 1938, other occupant Jane (sic - on the original) Reay (wife?), and 629 Armstrong Road, Benwell in 1939, other occupants Jean Reay (wife?), and James, Margaret and Ellen Imrie (brother and sisters-in-law).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Mathers (sic - in the index, Mathew on the original) Reay born 11 October 1910, married, a public house manager, and living with Jane (sic - on the original) Reay (wife?), James and Margaret Irmic (sic - in the index, Imrie on the original, brother and sister-in-law?), and Ellen Imrie (not in the index - sister-in-law?) at 27 Rothbury Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland,
His son was registered in July-September 1940 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
His son was born on 5 July 1942 and registered in July-September 1942 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Twenty one entries in Ancestry Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Matthew Reay addresses 48 Addycombe Terrace, Heaton from 1946 to 1952, other occupants Jean Reay (wife?), and Ellen Imrie (sister-in-law?) in 1946, 32 Clapham Avenue, St Anthony in 1954, other occupant Jean Reay (wife?), and 13 Creighton Avenue, Kenton from 1955 to 1974, other occupants Jean Reay (wife?), Donald (sic - on the original) Reay (son?) from 1965 to 1966, and Derek Reay (son?) from 1965 to 1967.His wife died in January 1997 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Matthew Reay, born 12 October 1910, in May 1998 in Newcastle upon Tyne (B65C 0531B 35).
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Matthew Reay.
Newcastle upon Tyne was transfered from Northumberland to Tyne and Wear on 1 April 1974.
Matthew Reay was the father of Derek Reay, husband of Cynthia Rockett, second cousin twice removed of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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