Thomas Reay

M, b. 26 June 1876, d. 8 July 1938
FatherRobert Reay
MotherRose A. Fawcett
Last Edited18 Feb 2019
     Thomas Reay was born on 26 June 1876 at Gateshead, Durham, England.1 He was the son of Robert Reay and Rose A. Fawcett. Thomas Reay filed a marriage intention to Sarah M. Waugh, daughter of James IrwinErvin Waugh and Mary Elizabeth Logan, on 29 March 1902 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; Thomas was aged 25 and Sadie was 21.2 Thomas Reay married Sarah M. Waugh, daughter of James IrwinErvin Waugh and Mary Elizabeth Logan, on 2 April 1902 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.3 Thomas Reay married Mary Considine, daughter of Thomas Considine and Mary Hedlock, on 2 December 1912 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; Thomas was a 32 yr old widower and woodworker of Lowell, and Mary was 23, a mill operator there.4 Thomas Reay died on 8 July 1938 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, at age 62.5 He was buried at Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.5
     Thomas arrived in the United States at Boston with his parents and older brothers James and Greg, and younger sister Jane on the ship "Kansas", which departed from Liverpool. He was listed as 6 yrs old on the passenger list.6 He was naturalized on 23 November 1898 at Police Court, Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; At this point, he was living at 2 rear 307 Worthen Street, Lowell.1 He appeared on the census of 27 April 1910 at Beltone PLace, Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; Thomas Reay, 32, Sadie, 30, Gertie, 8, Robert, 6, William, 4, and Viola, 2. Thomas immigrated to the US in 1881 or 1887 (difficult to read).7

Family 1

Sarah M. Waugh b. 21 Nov 1880, d. 15 Dec 1910
Children

Family 2

Mary Considine b. c 1889

Citations

  1. [S913] Ancestry Inc, 2010: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 , Thomas Reay.
  2. [S568] Center for Lowell History, online http://library.uml.edu/clh/GenRes.Html, LOWELL - VITAL RECORDS 1865-1970, Marriage Intention Index. Thomas Reay and Sadie M. Waugh.
  3. [S592] NEHGS - MA VR 1841-1910, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Lowell VR, Vol 525 Page: 429; Marriage of Thomas Reay & Sadie M. Waugh.
  4. [S862] NEHGS - MA VR 1911-1915, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Middlesex Co, Lowell, Vol: 611, Page: 566, 1912. Marriage of Thomas Reay & Mary Considine.
  5. [S89] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com, Edson Cemetery, Lowell, MA: Thomas Reay.
  6. [S623] Ancestry.com, 2005: Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 Record , Thomas Reay, 8 Jul 1887, Microfilm Roll Number: M277_104.
  7. [S204] 1910 US Federal Census , Massachusetts, Middlesex Co, Lowell. Roll: T624_599; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 0842; FHL microfilm: 1374612. Household of Thomas Reay.
  8. [S592] NEHGS - MA VR 1841-1910, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Birth of Gertrude Reay, 29 Dec 1902, Lowell, MA.
  9. [S592] NEHGS - MA VR 1841-1910, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Birth of Robret John Reay, 1904, Lowell, MA.
  10. [S592] NEHGS - MA VR 1841-1910, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Birth of William A. Reay, 17 Mar 1906, Lowell, MA. Vol 559, p. 460.
  11. [S592] NEHGS - MA VR 1841-1910, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/…, Birth of Alice V. Reay, 5 July 1908, Lowell, MA.
  12. [S568] Center for Lowell History, online http://library.uml.edu/clh/GenRes.Html, Death for Catherine Reay, 15 minutes old.