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REA of BELFAST

 

 

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This tree is provided to family historians without prejudice. I have constructed most of my family trees using the data I have available, and in a few cases, it is estimated as the best fit from available choices.  In this tree, several of the links are yet to be proved, so any help that you can give to confirm any line would be appreciated by me and others searching in this family. More modern families also need your inputs, because as I can link modern families to each other, and thus it enables a focus on their common ancestry. The memories of one branch may not be complete, but yet may fill in gaps of another branch. Only by a concerted effort can we really define the true lineage. Help me to help you by sharing what you have. I have included the contributor's email addresses within the file.

My thanks to you all. Ken STEWART < kjstew@iinet.net.au > 2020.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS USED

IGI reg - from parish register films (OPR’s) from the International Genealogical Index of the Latter Day Saints. Usually a reliable source. “Family Search” is not necessarily an “IGI reg” source

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Place names follow the standard Chapman Codes, eg Ireland = Irl etc.

Person's names are as found in the original records, so expect many spelling variations.

b. = born,               bp. = baptised,      m. = married,        d. = died,               bd. = buried.         cr. = cremated

Biog: = occupation / biographical notes.        wit: = witnesses to events.

"c" before year date to show an estimated year

"cc" before year date to show I have used the spouse's date data as a rough guide

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(1) John REA (Senior) b. c1770 Belfast, Irl. Father of Frank, grandfather of John.

Freeholders: John REA grocer in Millfield Street, Antrim, 1834 & 1837.

He was a character in his day, and made his mark very visibly felt about Saintfield in 1798. Known as “The Orange Fenian”, said to be the perpetrator of the burning of McKee family and house near Saintfield.

 

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(1) Francis (Frank) REA b. 1796 Newtownards, Antrim, Irl. d. 31 Aug 1887 of Croft Cottage, Holywood, County Down, Irl. Biog: a Toll Collector of Belfast. a cotton spinner, an agent for the Dublin mail coach, Clerk of the Belfast markets in 1852. (dismissed by Belfast Corporation) Res: 98 Donegall Street (1852 Directory). Of Croft Cottage Holywood, owned an acre of land in 1876.   m/to

Mary Ann HUNTER b. c1802 Belfast, Irl. d. 21 Mar 1889 Holywood, County Down, Irl.

Freeholders: Francis REA collector in Millfield Street, Antrim, 1832.

The Will of Francis Rea late of Croft Cottage Holywood County Down, gentleman, who died 31 August 1887 at the same place was proved at Belfast by Esther Rea of Croft Cottage Holywood spinster, the sole executor. Proved 12 March 1888 - £95

“I leave all my real and personal estate of every nature and kind to my daughter Esther Rea whom I appoint as sole trustee and executrix of this my will.”

 

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John REA b. c1822/3 West St, Millfield District, Belfast, NI. (s/o Francis REA) d. 17 May 1881 at 80 Donegal St, Belfast, NI. - suicide by gunshot. Never married. Biog: solicitor c1847, At Townparks, Shankill, Belfast in Griffiths Valuation in 1860, Lead solicitor in the “Dolly Brae” Inquiry in 1869

17 Oct 1881: Wills and Administrations – National Archives of Ireland.

The Will of John Rea late of Belfast solicitor deceased who died 17 May 1881 at same place was proved at Belfast by Esther Rea of Holywood, Co Down, spinster, one of the executors. - £2,850

 

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Agnes REA b. c1824 Belfast, Irl. m. 12 Nov 1846 Linen Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast, NI. (by Rev Mr Lyle of Whiteabbey) d. 25 Feb 1896 Station St, Footscray, Vic. (D.cert-KS) bd. 26 Feb 1896 Footscray, Cemetery, Vic. aged 73 years m/to

John JOHNSTONE (1821-1881)

Agnes arr Melb. 8 Jan 1854 on "Gulnare" aged 29, with husband, 3 children and other family. Ten Children: - Francis(c1848-1916), Robert(c1851-), Rea(c1852-1897),

Maryanne(c1854-1919), Agnes(c1857-), Edward(c1860-1917), John(c1862-1934), Esther(c1864-), Florence(c1866-1866), Florence(c1869-1891) – see Johnstone family

It took the lawyers 25 years to settle the complex estate of John REA. Alf JOHNSTONE of Victoria got £ 200 through his mother Agnes REA. His own father had died young around 45 years from cirrhosis of the liver, before this settlement date.

(from Heather HONEY, Alf's daughter – Ken Stewart’s mother-in-law)

 

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Mary Ann REA bp. 26 Apr 1826 St Anne’s Shankill, Belfast, Irl. (d/o Francis REA & Mary Ann HUNTER in Official Ireland Church Bapt Record) died after 1901, an unmarried imbecile living with sister Esther in Holywood in 1901

Some researchers have attached this Mary Ann (1826-1871) to David Kirkpatrick but we know she was unmarried at her sisters in 1901

 

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Eliza REA b. c1829 Belfast, Irl. Biog: Arrived in Melbourne 8.1.1854 on "Gulnare" aged 25 years, with Agnes and John Johnstone.   m/to

Melville Paul MARRACK b.

 

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Esther REA b. c1833 Belfast, Irl. d. 1 Mar 1908 Holywood, Down, Irl. Biog:

Probate of the Will and three Codicils of Esther Rea late of Croft Cottage Holywood County Down, spinster, who died 1 March 1908 granted at Belfast to trustees Robert Boyd and Robert J Boyd Rent Agents - £1,391

 

1901 census - Holywood, Down, Irl.

REA

Esther

1832

hd

u

f

68

Ant

Belfast

Income from houses

REA

Mary Ann

1825

sis

u

f

75

Ant

Belfast

ditto (imbecile)

HAMILTON

Mary

1863

nurs

u

f

37

Dow

Holywood

WALLACE

Lizzie

1865

serv

u

f

35

Dow

Ballygowan

HAMILTON

Louis Jon

1896

boy

u

m

4

Ant

Belfast

scholar

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James REA b. c1835 Belfast, Irl. (s/o Francis REA) Listed to sail to Melbourne on the "Gulnare" in 1854 aged 19 but didn't sail with his sisters, Agnes (already married then to John Johnstone) and Eliza. He arrived in 1855. see Family in Victoria

Belfast Sixty Years Ago: Recollections of a Septuagenarian by Rev. Narcissus G. BATT, a.m., Rathmullan, Co. Donegal. [From Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Second Series, Vol. II, No. 2, January 1896, Narcissus Batt was Founder of the Belfast Bank]

“I was too delicate for school, and only attended the Academy in Donegall Street for a short time. It was a dingy edifice at the corner of Academy Street, but the masters were of the clever Bryce family. One of my tutors was James REA, a brother of the famous attorney, John Rea, a most amiable man, who died young.” (or sailed away in 1855)

 

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Shipping List from the "GULNARE" in  January 1854

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On the "MARCO POLO" in  June 1855

 

 

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(1) Eliza REA b. c1829 Belfast, Irl. d. 16 May 1890 & bd. Waverley, Sydney, NSW (FindaGrave) aged 61 years. Biog: Arrived in Melbourne 8 Jan 1854 on "Gulnare" aged 25 years, with Agnes and John Johnstone.   m/to

Melville Paul Marrick b. 18 Mar 1833 & bp. 1 Jan 1836 Falmouth, Con, Eng. (Falmouth Baptisms) d. 17 Aug 1907 & bd. Waverley, Sydney, NSW (FindaGrave) aged 74 years. Biog: usher (19) at small school in Falmouth in 1851, teacher NSW. (Joint Application with Eliza in 1865), entered service 1 Sep 1865 Glenmore Public, Retired 30 Sep 1901

 

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Mary Anne MARRICK b. 1855 d. 20 Jan 1923 Coonamble, & bd Baradine Cemetery, NSW. (headstone) aged 66 years.

Archibald MCNAUGHT b. c1850 possibly bd. 28 Sep 1921 Mt Morgan, Qld, Biog: teacher entered service 1 Sep 1869, Retired 30 Jun 1903, (NSW Teach Rolls), schoolmaster in Commodore St, Nth Botany in 1900, Likely the A McNaught, 2 males 2 females at 123 Wells Street North in Camden, NSW. in 1901

 

 

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Melville Thomas MCNAUGHT b. 1881 Kiama, NSW. (s/o Archibald & Mary Anne in #19346/1881 Kiama) m. 1910 Cootamundra, NSW. d. 17 Oct 1968 Burwood, NSW. bd. Rookwood, NSW. Biog: woolclasser, WWI ASC France 1914, RTA Aug 1818. Ret Service Farmer 1920-1929, woolclasser in 1930, 1935.

Alice Marie MEALE b. 17 Apr 1881 Waterloo, NSW. d. 1965 Auburn, NSW.

  1. Donald McNAUGHT b. 11 Apr & bp. 25 May 1911 Newtown St Stephen, Sydney, NSW. (OPR St Stephen) m. 1935 Parramatta, NSW. d. 17 Mar 1992 & bd. Forbes Cem, NSW. aged 89 years.   m/to

Noeline Jean COLOUHOUN b. 25 Dec 1912 d. 23 Oct 2002 Forbes, & bd. Forbes Cem, NSW. aged 89 years.

Electoral Roll: Melville Thomas & Alice Maria, woolclasser & HD at Glenroe, Rosebury Rd, Guildford, NSW. in 1930 and 1935. Add Donald and Olive Jean, draughtsman & dressmaker at 36 Rosebery Road in 1935.

 

 

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Archibald John MCNAUGHT b. 1890 Bowral, NSW. (s/o Archibald & Mary A in #7635/1890 Bowral) d. 1961 Newcastle, NSW. (s/o Archibald & Mary Anne in #25330/1961 Newcastle)

Electoral Roll: Archibald John, clerk at 46 Bruce Street, Newcastle in 1958

 

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John Rea Melville MARRICK b. 1857 Sandhurst, Sandridge, Vic. (#12183/1857 Vic) m. 12 Jan 1897 Leamington, Kempsey, NSW. (#1227/1897 Kempsey & SMHerald)). d. 16 May 1930 Hornsby NSW. (s/o Melville P Rea & Eliza in #10577/1930 Hornsby) bd. 10 Jun 1930 Waverley, Sydney, NSW (FindaGrave) aged 83 years.: Biog: Solicitor, Alderman John Rea Melville Marrack was elected Mayor of Kempsey for 1897-1898.   m/to

Ada May COCHRANE b. 1867 Macleay River, NSW. (d/o Alexander Cochrane of Leamington, Kempsey) d. 25 Aug 1946 South West Lake, NSW. Biog: In Smithtown with unmarried dau in 1931, 1935, 1943

 

 

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 Eileen Eliza Rea MARRICK b. 1898 Kempsey, NSW. d. 25 Jul & bd. 28 Jul 1984 & bd. Waverley, Sydney, NSW (FindaGrave) aged 85 years. Unmarried ?

 

 

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Esther Rea MARRICK b. 1862 Sandhurst, Sandridge, Vic. d. 14 Apr 1928 & bd. Waverley, Sydney, NSW (FindaGrave) aged 69 years. Unmarried ?

 

 

 

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(1) James REA b. 1835 Belfast, Irl. (s/o Francis REA & Mary Ann HUNTER) First m. 20 Aug 1863 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic. (#2008 or #2808/1863 Vic) d. 25 Oct 1871 & bd. Bendigo Cemetery aged 36 years. Biog: likely arrived in Melbourne aged 20 years on the “Marco Polo” in June 1855.   m/to

Elizabeth WEBB b. 1842 (d/o Henry Webb of Sandhurst in Bendigo) d. Feb 1869 & bd. Bendigo Cemetery aged 27 years.

“By special license, at Eaglehawk, by the Rev Mr   Abernethy, James Rea, Esq. late of Belfast, Ireland, to Elizabeth Webb, daughter of Mr Henry Webb, of Sandhurst.” (MARRIAGE. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 20 Aug 1863)

 

“On the 24th October, at his residence, Sailor's Gully, Mr. James Rea, aged thirty-six years.” (DEATH. – Bendigo Advertiser Wed 25 Oct 1871)

 

“On the 20th ultimo, at her residence, Mackenzie-street, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Elizabeth, the beloved wife of James Rea, formerly of Belfast, Ireland.” (DEATH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 1 Mar 1869)

 

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Annie REA b. 25 Sep 1864 South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic. (d/o James REA of Sandhurst in Bendigo) bp. 21 Nov 1864 Christ Church, South Yarra (d/o James Rea and Bessie of South Yarra) d. 1865 Vic. (d/o James REA & WEBB in #5351/1865 Vic)

“On the 25th instant, at South Yarra (Melbourne), the wife of Mr James Rea, Sandhurst (in Bendigo), of a daughter.” (BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 27 Sep 1864 & also in The Belfast Newsletter Monday 2 Jan 1865 )

 

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Francis Rupert Ignacious REA b. 21 Feb 1866 Barnard Terrace, Bendigo, Vic. (s/o James REA of Sandhurst in Bendigo) or b. 8 Feb 1867 Vic. m. 30 Aug 1909 d. 6 Apr 1936 Cue, WA. (#8/1936 Murchison District) bd. Anglican, Karrakatta Cemetery, aged 70 years. Biog: Solicitor of Bendigo, Vic. see family below   m/to

Mary Emma EDWARDS b. c1870

“On the 21st inst, at Barnard Terrace, the wife Mr James Rea of a son.” (BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 22 Feb 1866)

 

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John Hunter REA b. 23 May 1868 Mackenzie Street, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic. (s/o James REA of Sandhurst in Bendigo) d. 18 Jun 1931 Mosman Bay, WA. (s/o James & Elizabeth and brother of Francis Rupert REA. #932/1931 Perth District) bd. R/C Karrakatta Cemetery (#GA 649) aged 64 years. Not apparently married.

Electoral Rolls: John REA of Mary Street, Narellan, Qld, accountant aged 33 in 1903, 1905, John Hunter REA of Diorite St, Westonia, restaurant keeper, 1917

“On Saturday, 23rd May, the wife of Mr James Rea, Mackenzie-street, Sandhurst, (Bendigo) of a son.” (BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 28 May 1868)

 

 

Second m. 27 Aug 1870 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic. (#3183/1870 Vic) (Her third of 5 marriages with 11 children).   m/to

Annie Eliza NEWTON (nee BROOKER) b. 10 Oct 1837 Whitechapel, Lon, Eng. (d/o Henry Brooker & Ann Dawson) d.  23 Oct 1895 Res of married daughter Mrs John Prince, Buffalo Creek, South Gippsland, Vic.

 

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Hugh REA b. c1870 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic. bd. 22 Dec 1870 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic. infant burial.

 

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Polly REA b. c1871 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic. d. c1871 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Vic.

 

 

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(2) Francis Rupert Ignacious REA b. 21 Feb 1866 Barnard Terrace, Bendigo, Vic. (s/o James REA solicitor of Sandhurst in Bendigo) or b. 8 Feb 1867 Vic. m. 30 Aug 1909 Perth, WA. (#100406/1909 WA) d. 6 Apr 1936 Cue, WA. (#8/1936 Murchison District) bd. 16 Apr 1936 Anglican, Karrakatta Cemetery (#LE 532), aged 70 years. Biog: see below.  m/to

Mary Emma EDWARDS b. c1870 d/o Charles EDWARDS & Mary Teresa CULLEN of "Fortuna Hustler's Mine" of Bendigo, Vic. d. 1965 Mount Lawley, Perth, WA. (#100079/1966 WA) aged 78 years

Electoral Rolls: Frank Rupert REA, manufacturer & HD at 213 Beaufort St North Perth 1912, at 78 Vincent St North Perth in 1931, Mary Emma alone, HD at 9 Bulwer St North Perth in 1937, Then Mary Emma REA & (son) Francis Charles REA HD & diamond driller at 17 Bulwer St North Perth in 1937.

Francis Rupert REA was educated at St Patrick's College, Melbourne. Worked for Farrell and Lynan who were relatives. Was prominent in the Trades and Labour Council of Victoria. He left Victoria in 1893 to come to Western Australia and worked around the goldfields. Had the mine "Light of Asia" at Cue, WA. Found gold. Came to Perth, WA. in 1904 and started a butcher's shop in Barrack Street - Rea's famous sausages. Elected to Central Ward, Perth City Council in 1911 until 1915. Was elected Mayor of Perth at the end of 1915 and served for two years in 1916 - 1917. He stood in a by-election for the Legislative Council in 1917 but was unsuccessful. He returned as Councillor to Perth Central Ward in 1923. Reabold Hill was named after Francis REA (Mayor) and a Mr. BOLD (Town Clerk), as was Rea Street in South Perth, WA. The Grand Theatre (1916-1990) which stood on the corner where “City Central” Woolworths is now located, was officially opened in 1916 by the Mayor Mr Francis Rea.

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Francis Charles REA b. 1910 Perth, WA. (#101109/1910 Perth) Res: of Birdwood Ave Innaloo, WA. m. 1941 Coolgardie, WA. (#189/1941 Coolgardie) d. 21 Aug 1999 of Bayswater & cremated Karrakatta aged 89 years.   m/to

Thelma Winifred AUSTEN b. 1910 (d/o George Charles AUSTEN & Edith May SCHRODER [m.8 Mar 1904 Perth] d. 26 Apr 1983 of Wembley & cremated Karrakatta aged 73 years.

Electoral Rolls: Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred, water borer & HD at 91 Gladstone Rd, Rivervale in 1958, assistant & proprietor at 205 Esplanade, Mt Pleasant in 1963, add Dallas Anne, driller & HD & HD at 139 Bulwer St North Perth in 1968, contractor & HD & add Malcolm Francis, factory worker at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1972, add Rene Lorraine, operator at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1977, add Malcolm Francis, loader at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1980.

 

 

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Dallas Anne REA b. 12 Oct 1942 KEMH, Subiaco, WA. (d/o Mr & Mrs Frank C REA & nee AUSTEN in Trove) d. 26 Mar 1974 of Narrogin, cr. Fremantle aged 31 years, (d/o Francis C & Thelma W).   m/to

Frank Wesley ATKINS b. cc1943

Electoral Rolls: HD at parents in North Perth in 1968, Frank Wesley ATKINS & Dallas Anne engineer & HD at 10 Lyall St Kalgoorlie in 1972, also in 1972 Aircraft Maintenance & HD in Nightcliff, NT in 1972. Frank Wesley & Wendy Elizabeth engineer & HD at 4 Graeme St, Kalgoorlie in 1977.

 

 

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 Malcolm Francis REA b. c1944 Biog: at home in 1972 and 1980

 

 

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Rene Lorraine REA b. c1946 Biog: at home in 1977

Electoral Rolls: Alone secretary at 37 McGilvray Ave, Morley in 1980

 

 

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? Another? Francis REA b. 1865 Pleasant Creek, Vic. (s/o Thomas REA & Catherine WEBB in #17757/1865 Vic). another dau Catherine in Pleasant Creek

Another Francis REA b. 1866 d. 5 Jan 1942 Murray Bridge SA. Aged 76 years.

City Directory: Francis Rupert REA, at 20 Park St, North Perth in 1914

Rate Book: Francis Rupert REA, new occupier North Perth 1922. Also 1932

Electoral Rolls: Frank Rupert REA, manufacturer & HD at 213 Beaufort St North Perth 1912

Catherine REA, domestic, Hotel Peninsula, Maylands in 1912

Francis Rupert REA & Mary Emma, manufacturer & HD at 78 Vincent St North Perth in 1931.

Also Mary Emma, HD at 9 Bulwer St North Perth in 1

Mary Emma REA & (son) Francis Charles REA HD & diamond driller at 17 Bulwer St North Perth in 1937.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred, water borer & HD at 91 Gladstone Rd, Rivervale in 1958.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred, assistant & proprietor at 205 Esplanade, Mt Pleasant in 1963.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred with Dallas Anne, driller & HD & HD at 139 Bulwer St North Perth in 1968.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred with Malcolm Francis, contractor & HD & factory worker at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1972.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred with Rene Lorraine, contractor & HD & operator at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1977.

Francis Charles REA & Thelma Winifred with Malcolm Francis, contractor & HD & oader at 104 Birdwood St, Innaloo in 1980.

Marriage: Francis CE REA (#189/1941 Coolgardie)

Burial: Francis Charles REA d. 21 Aug 1999 of Bayswater cremated Karrakatta aged 89 years

 

 

J S Battye Library of West Australian History

Private Archives – Collection Listing

The papers were donated to Battye Library by Mr Frank Rea on 28 July 1994

(Acc.5094A).

 

8 March 1904

Certificate of Marriage for George Charles Austen and Edith May Schroder in Perth.

1. /3 28 April 1913

Search certificate for birth of Francis Rupert Rea in Victoria. "No Record" result.

2. /4 2 May 1913

Extract of Birth Entry (23 May 1868) for John Hunter, son of James and Elizabeth Rea.

3. /5 30 August 1909

Certificate of Marriage for Francis Rupert Rea and Mary Emma Edwards.

4. /6 2 April 1919

Birth Certificate for Jean Flora Edwards in Hindmarsh, South Australia.

5. /7 July 1922

Certificate from Christian Brothers College, Perth to Francis Rea (son)

5094A/8 August 1923

Certificate from Christian Brothers College, Perth to Francis Rea. (son)

6. /9 August 1924

Certificate from Christian Brothers College, Perth to Francis Rea. (son)

7. /10 14 July 1931

Grant of Right of Burial in Karrakatta Cemetery, issued to Frank Rea.

CORRESPONDENCE

5094A/11 16 July 1912

Postcard from Lady Forrest to Francis Rea. Addressed only by photograph of Rea, Barrack Street. Promise of one guinea if delivered.

EXTRACTS

1. /12 n.d.

Extracts from the "Bendigo Advertiser" relating to births and marriages of Rea family.

INVITATIONS

/13 1 July 1920

Invitation from the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Perth to Mr J. R. Rea for a reception in honour of the Prince of Wales.

CERTIFICATES

5094A/1 21 April 1884

Certificate of Marriage for Charles Edmunds and Mary Theresa Woods in White Hills, Victoria.

 

 

TROVE - Extracts from the "Bendigo Advertiser" relating to

births and marriages of Rea family.

 

MARRIAGE. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 20 Aug 1863

By special license, at Eaglehawk, by the Rev Mr   Abernethy, James Rea, Esq. late of Belfast, Ireland, to Elizabeth Webb, daughter of Mr Henry Webb, of Sandhurst.      

 

BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 27 Sep 1864

On the 25th instant, at South Yarra (Melbourne), the wife of Mr James Rea, Sandhurst (in Bendigo), of a daughter.

 

BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 22 Feb 1866

On the 21st inst, at Barnard Terrace, the wife Mr James Rea of a son.

 

BIRTH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 28 May 1868

On Saturday, 23rd May, the wife of Mr James Rea, Mackenzie-street, Sandhurst, (Bendigo) of a son.

 

DEATH. - Bendigo Advertiser Wed 1 Mar 1869

On the 20th ultimo, at her residence, Mackenzie-street, Sandhurst (in Bendigo), Elizabeth, the beloved wife of James Rea, formerly of Belfast, Ireland.

 

DEATH. – Bendigo Advertiser Wed 25 Oct 1871

On the 24th October, at his residence, Sailor's Gully, Mr. James Rea, aged thirty-six years.

 

BURIAL – Eaglehawk Cemetery, Bendigo, Vic.

James REA bd. 17 Dec 1892. No age given.

 

BURIAL – Eaglehawk Cemetery, Bendigo, Vic.

Lindsay James REA bd. 26 Dec 1999. No age given.

m.1953 (#14481 1953 Vic.).   m/to Liln Margt P Dickeson

1868 Bank officer in Bendigo

 

THE BELFAST AND PROVINCE OF ULSTER DIRECTORY FOR 1852

Rea, Alexander, hair cutter, 11½ Great Edward Street
Rea, Francis, clerk of the markets, 98 Donegall Street
Rea, Hugh, of Messrs. Sinclair and Boyd's Donegall Quay, 21 Fountain Place
Rea, James, bookkeeper, 6 Victoria Terrace
Rea, John, solicitor, 12 Donegall Street
Rea, John, shoe maker, 19 Little May Street
Rea, John, railway constable, 12 Wesley Place
Rea, Joseph, baker, 71 Green Street
Rea, Miss Anna, milliner, 37 Edward Street
Rea, Mrs., 37 Edward Street
Rea, Samuel, surgeon, 26 Gloucester Street
Rea, Samuel, spirit dealer, 36 Shankhill Road
Rea, William John, hair cutter, 12 May Street

 

“Mr Rea was swept as a young man into the Young Ireland enthusiasm that carried away so many promising young Irishmen fife and thirty years ago. There was Nationalism in his very blood. His grandfather was a character in his day, and made his mark very visibly felt about Saintfield in 1798.”

 

Feb 1867 Belfast History – The Fenians

At 19 Pound Street police discovered fourteen rifles and as many bayonets buried in the back yard, the tenant of the house, Elizabeth Cassidy, and a man from next door were arrested.

Two days later the police and the Belfast Newsletter were delighted to announce that two top Fenians, Francis Rea and James Burns were arrested following a raid on 22 Pound Street.

 

The Belfast Morning News, Wednesday, September 11. 1867. Death of a Fenian Prisoner in the Belfast Jail.

ON Monday evening, shortly after ten o’clock, William Harbinson, who, for the past fifteen months, has been imprisoned on the charge of being connected with the Fenian conspiracy, was found dead in his cell; in the Belfast Jail. our readers are doubtless aware that he was one of the Fenian prisoners brought up at the last Belfast Assizes, and for whom Mr. John Rea succeeded in getting their cases postponed until the next Assizes; but his confinement dates so far back that the circumstances connected with his imprisonment may have escaped the memory of the majority of our readers. Shortly after the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act he was arrested in Belfast on suspicion of being connected with the Fenian conspiracy. For seven months he was confined in Belfast jail, during which time no steps were taken to establish a case against him, and at the end of that period he was admitted to bail; but scarcely had he regained his liberty than he was gain arrested, not on suspicion of being connected with the Fenian conspiracy, but on the sworn information of John Murray, the informer; and it may here be interesting to state that on the night on which he was arrested Murray and he slept in the same bed. After his committal to the Belfast jail the second time, he, with other Fenian prisoners, among whom were his brother, Philip Harbinson, and Francis Rea, both at present confined in the same jail, was transmitted to Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, and there detained until the beginning of last July, when he was again sent to Belfast to stand his trial at the Assizes. Mr. Rea, who appeared for him there, succeeded in getting his trial postponed on the ground that “General” Massey, whom the Government sent down to identify him, had not sworn his information in the presence of the accused, and that, therefore, the prisoners were taken by surprise. Mr. Rea afterwards applied to get the prisoners admitted to bail, but, not effecting this object, deceased and the other Fenian prisoners were sent back to jail, there to remain until next March Assizes. Harbinson, however, died on the evening of the 9th Sept. He was a native of Ballinderry, and at the time of his arrest was a sergeant in the Royal Antrim Rifles. Dr. Purdon, surgeon of the jail, gave it as his opinion that deceased died from disease of the heart, but his friends being anxious that an inquest should be held, steps were at . Accordingly Dr. Dill, coroner, attended at the jail yesterday for the purpose of holding one in the board-room of the jail, where the inquest was held.