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Last Update - 15 January 2016
Castlereagh - origins Castle Wray of the Wray family of Co.Durham, England

Other Surnames on this page
Barkley~Belshaw~Burns~Cahoon~Cairns~Cargo~Cooper~Dologhan~Edgar~Fergey~Ferguson~Galbraith~Geohegan~Gilfillan~Gilmour~Girvan
Hagan~Hamilton~Hanna~Harvey~Hoskins~Ingram~Keenan~Kelly~Lightbody~Lowry
Magill~Mahard~Martin~McCauley~McClure~McConnell~McCullough~McGloin~McKee~Moore
Patton~Rainey~Robb~Savage~Shaw~Shields~Skillen~Smith~Watson~Waugh~Webb~Wolfenden

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Rea, Francis - c1831 - {Father Francis Rea of Francis Street} - {Mother Agnes Edgar} - Francis Jnr. later emigrated to AustraLIA
Rea, Hugh - 21st. March 1834 - {Father Francis Rea of Francis Street} - {Mother Agnes Edgar}

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Other sibling  Thomas who married Catherine Webb and emigrated to Australia under research

High possibility Francis was a flesher/butcher and also a Publican of Francis Street ...


Rea, Mary - 23rd. April 1834 - {Father James Rea of Ballyharry} - {Mother Eliza Watson}
Rea, Ann - 2nd. July 1837 - {Father James Rea of Ballyharry} - {Mother Eliza Watson}


Rea, Jane - 25th. September 1834 - {Wife to James Girvan of Milecross} - Mother of John Girvan


Rea, Nessy - 16th. October 1837 - {Wife to Samuel McClure} - Mother of John McClure


arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Rea, Mary Jane - 9th. July 1855 - {Wife to Robert Cargo} - Mother of Jane Cargo

Rea, Agnes Jane - 20th. April 1856 - {Father David Rea} - {Mother Elizabeth Shaw}
Rea, David Thomas - 5th. October 1857 - {Father David Rea} - {Mother Elizabeth Shaw}
Rea, Elizabeth - 20th. May 1859 - Christened - {Father David Rea} - {Mother Elizabeth Shaw}
Rea, Annabella - 3rd. November 1860 - {Father David Rea} - {Mother Elizabeth Shaw}
Rea, John Clerk - 16th. July 1864 - {Father David Rea} - {Mother Eliza-beth Shaw}


Rea, Frances - 30th. August 1861 - {Father John Rea an innkeeper} - {Mother Margaret McCullough}
Rea, Agnes Elizabeth - 16th. March 1863 - {Father John Rea an innkeeper} - {Mother Margaret McCullough}
Rea, John Edgar - 3rd. December1869 - {Father John Rea an innkeeper} - {Mother Margaret McCullough}
Rea, John Edgar - 3rd. August 1870 - {Father John Rea an innkeeper} - {Mother Margaret McCullough} - {sic}


Rea, John - 1865


Rea, Robert - 1865


Rea, Thomas - 1865


Rea, Hugh - 1866


arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Rea, Mary - 7th. May 1866 - {Wife to John Webb} - Mother of John Webb

Rea, Sarah - 1867


Rea, Stewart - 1867


Rea, Margaret Jane - 1868


Rea, Anna Isabella - 1869


Rea, David - 1869


Rea, John - 1869


Rea, Margaret Watson McGowan - 1870


Rea, Maria - 1870 - {Wife to Tate Constantine McCauley} - Mother of Constantine McCauley


Rea, Thomas John - 10th. October 1870 - {Father Robert Rea} - {Mother Susan Hoskins}


Rea, James - 1871


Rea, Margaret - 1871


Rea, Female - 1872


Rea, Hugh - 1873


Rea, John Beard - 23rd. August 1873 - {Father Francis Rea} - {Mother Catherine Geohegan}


Rea, Margaret Jane - 1874


Rea, Mary - 13th. February 1874 - {Father Daniel Rea} - {Mother Mary Rainey}
Rea, Agnes - 16th. June 1875 - {Father Daniel Rea} - {Mother Mary Rainey}


Rea, James Savage - 8th. August 1875 - {Father James Rea Esq.} - {Mother Margaret Savage}
Rea, Francis - 12th. October 1876 - {Father James Rea Esq.} - {Mother Margaret Savage} @ Queen Street
Rea, Mary - 20th. January 1878 - {Father James Rea Esq.} - {Mother Margaret Savage}
Rea, Agnes McGlone - 30th. September 1879 - {Father James Rea Esq.} - {Mother Margaret Savage}
Rea, Daniel - 21st. November 1886 - {Father James Rea Esq.} - {Mother Margaret Savage}


Rea, James - 14th. November 1876 - {Father John Rea} - {Mother Margaret Shields}


Rea, Jane - 1877


Rea, Lizzie Montgomery - 1877


Rea, Selina - 1879


Rea, Andrew James - 1879


Rea, Susanna - 1880


Rea, Hester - 1881


Rea, Robina Barclay - 1881


Rea, Sarah - 1882


Rea, William - 1882


Rea, Samuel Patterson - 1883


Rea, Female - 1884


Rea, Thomas - 1884


Rea, Jane - 1885


Rea, John - 1885


Rea, Hugh - 1886


Rea, Josephine - 1887


Rea, William - 1887


Rea, Edith Eviline - 1888


Rea, Robert - 1888


Rea, Francis - 1889


Rea, Robert John - 1891


Rea, Elizabeth - 1891


Rea, Female - 1891


Rea, James - 1892


Rea, Eliza Ann - 1893


Rea, Robert John - 1894


Rea, William - 1894


Rea, Gertrude - 1895


Rea, George - 1895


Rea, John - 1895


Rea, Jane - 1896


Rea, Susanna - 1896


Rea, Jane - 1897


Rea, Maggie - 1897


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Rea, Susanna "Susan" - 1897
Rea, Alexander - 1899
Rea, Eliza Ann - 1901
Rea, James - 1903
Rea, Robert - 1905
Rea, Jane - 1910


Rea, John - 1899


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Rea, James Andrew - 1899


Rea, Mary - 1900


Rea, Maggie - 1900


Rea, Samuel - 1900


Rea, James - 1901


Rea, Hugh - 1902


Rea, Elizabeth - 1904


Rea, John Harris - 1904


Rea, John - 1905


Rea, Henry D.S. - 1906


Rea, James - 1906


Rea, Robert - 1906


Rea, Agnes - 4th. December 1920 - {Wife to William James Galbraith} - Mother of William James Galbraith

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Rea, Margaret - 20th. January 1767 aged 80 - {b.c1687} - Wife of John Rea (1777)
Ray/Rea, John - 13th. April 1777 aged 84 - {b.c1793} of Greengraves


Rea, Robert - 1810 - of Greengraves - Will Probated


2 Stones together in high railed enclosure - Movilla Cemetery - Erected by Francis "Frank" Rea of Newtownards
Rea, Sarah - 16th. November 1834 aged 74 - {b.c1757} - Wife to above Francis
Rea, John - 17th. December 1818 aged 34 - {b.c1784} - Son of above Francis
Rea, Sarah - 15th. June 1828 aged 18 - {b.c1810} - Daughter of above Francis
Rea, Francis (The above) - 23rd. April 1843 aged 80 - {b.c1763}
Rea, Jane nee Reaney - 29th. August 1873 aged 80 - {b.c1793} - Daughter of above Francis


Erected by James Rea of Russell Place, Newtownards
Keenan, Sarah alias Rea - 1st. May 1849 aged 22 - {b.c1827} - Daughter of above James
Rea, Eliza - In infancy - Daughter of above James
Rea, Francis - In infancy - Son of above James
Rea, William - In infancy - Son of above James
Rea, Martha - In infancy - Daughter of above James
Rea, Patrick - In infancy - Son of above James
Rea, Mary alias Cherrey - 10th. January 1865 aged 57 - {b.c1808} - Wife to above James
Rea, Sarah Abagail - 13th. March 1866 aged 16 - Daughter of above James
Rea, William - 2nd. February 1868 aged 25 - Son of above James
Rea, James (The above) - 29th. October 1868 aged 67
16th. December 1868 - The Will of James Rea late of Newtownards County Down Spirit Dealer deceased who died 29 October 1868 at same place was proved at Belfast by the oaths of James M'Gloin of Ballyshannon County Donegal Auctioneer and John Webb of Newtownards aforesaid Spirit Dealer the Executors. - Daughter
Agnes McGloin - Daughter Mary Webb - Daughter Eliza Jane Magill - Son Daniel - Son Francis - Son James - He had houses on Mark Street - 3 houses in Upper Movilla Street - Another house rented by Samuel Kelly in Russell Place - He also owned numbers 3,4, 5 and 6 to 25 in Russell Place -  - Effects under £1,500


Erected by David Rea of Newtownards - Sec. 1 - Grave 133
Rea, David Thomas - 6th. September 1860 aged 2 years and 11 months - Son of above David
Rea, Agnes Jane - 16th. February 1861 aged 4 years and 9 months - Daughter of above David
Also 6 of his children and 5 of his grandchildren - Above David
Rea, David (The above) - 2nd. October 1898 aged 72 - Husband to Elizabeth Shaw
Rea, Elizabeth - 1st. September 1904
Brown, Annabella nee Rea - 7th. May 1906 aged 46 - @ 39 Movilla Street - Daughter of David Rea and Elizabeth Shaw and wifwe to Albert E. Brown of Belfast
Brown, James - 9th. October 1921
Brown, William - 4th. January 1958 - Was a member of the Ship Constructors and Ship Wrights Assoc. of Belfast


Waugh, Agnes alias Rea - 3rd. December 1862 aged 74 - {b.c1788} - Wife to Thomas Waugh (1882)


Rea, Mary - 1864 aged 1 year


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Rea, Francis - 9th. September 1866 aged 35 - {b.c1831} - Son of Francis Rea and Agnes Edgar - Died @ Victoria, Australia of liver disease


Rea, Hugh - 1869 aged 70 - {b.c1799}


Rea, Elizabeth - 1871 aged 37


Rea, Elizabeth - 1871 aged 71


Rea, John Edgar - 1871 aged 1


Rea, Hugh - 1872 aged 55 - {b.c1817}


Rea, James - 1872 aged 82


Rea, Margaret Jane - 1872 aged 3


Rea, Alexander - 1875 aged 14


Rea, James - 1875 aged 4


Rea, Martin - 1875 aged 7


Rea, Francis - 1876 aged 81


Rea, Elizabeth - 1877 infancy


Rea, Francis - 1877 aged 1 year


Rea, James - 1877 infancy


Rea, Margaret - 1877 aged 52


Rea, Mary - 1877 aged 19


Rea, Malcolm - 1878 aged 70


McClure, Nessey alias Rea - 10th. September 1878 aged 75 - Wife to Samuel McClure (1845)


Rea, Ann - 1880 aged 80


Rea, James - 1880 aged 67


Rea, Agnes - 1881 aged 77


Rea, Nancey - 1881 aged 85


Rea, Sarah - 1882 aged 15


Rea, Susana - 1882 - Infancy


Rea, Elizabeth - 1886 - 82

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Ray, Sarah - 17th. or 26th. January 1835 - Married William Hanna
Witnesses were Alexander Hanna, Betty Robb and James and Nessy Rea


Wray, Jane of Frederick Street - 25th. June 1842 - Married William McKee
Witnesses were Robert Cooper and James Wray


Rea, Agnes - 4th. April 1847 - {Father John Rea} - Married Thompson Ferguson - {Father John Ferguson}


Ray, Sarah - 1849 - Married ?


Wray, Elizabeth - 16th. June 1849 - {Father James Wray a weaver} - Married John Smith
Witnesses were Samuel Rea and William Moore


Rea, John an innkeeper - 4th. August 1851 - {Father Francis Rea a farmer} - Married Margaret McCullough - {Father Thomas McCullough}
Witnesses were Eliza McCullough and Lucius Crymble


Rea, John - 16th. February 1852 - {Father James Rea} - Married Eleanor Martin - {Father Alexander Martin}


Rea, John - 16th. October 1852 aged 25 - {b.c1827} - {Father William Rea} - Married Eliza Ann Barkley - {Father John Barkley}


Rea, Maria - 10th. December 1852 - {Father John Rea} - Married James Ingram


Rea, Samuel - 3rd. February 1853 aged 22 - {Father Robert Rea} - Married Eliza Jane Skillin - {Father James Skillin}


Rea, Elizabeth - 23rd. June 1853 - {Father Matthew Rea} - Married Joseph Hamilton - {Father Garvin Hamilton}


Rea, James - 19th. August 1853 aged 62 - {Father James Rea} - Married Nancy Dologhan a widow nee McConnell aged 39 - {Father Thomas McConnel}


Rea, Catherine - 11th. October 1854 - {Father Henry Rea} - Married Arthur Lowry - {Father Savage Lowry}


Rea, David - 19th. October 1854 - {Father John Rea} - Married Elizabeth Shaw - {Father Gawn Shaw}


Rea, James - 24th. July 1855 - Married Ann Patton - {Father John Patton a labourer}


Rea, Robert - 3rd. September 1855 - {Father James Rea} - Married Margaret Rea - {Father John Rea}


arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Rea, Margaret - 8th. May 1864 aged 30 - {b.c1834} - {Father James Rea} - Married James Hagan aged 40 - {Father Patrick Hagan}

Rea, Hugh - 28th. February 1868 aged 21 - {b.c1847} - Married Anna Eliza Gilfillan aged 21 - {Father William Gilfillan}


Rea, James Esq. of Gregstown - 13th. April 1875 - {Father James Rea a merchant} - Married Margaret Savage
Witnesses were James Skilling and Lizzie Galbraith


Ray, Margaret - 1885 - Married ?


Ray, William Hugh - 1895 - Married ?

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Rea, Francis - 1846 - A spirit and porter dealer of Francis Street


Rea, James - 1846 - A grocer,linen draper and haberdasher of Mark Street


Ray, Henry - 6th. July 1850 - Witness to the marriage of Charles Belshaw and Mary Jane Gilmour


Rea, James - 1852 - A spirit dealer of Russell Place


Rea, James - 1852 - A painter and glazier of Mill Street


Rea, John - 7th. January 1852 - Of Greengraves - Victim of a theft - Newtownards Petty Sessions - Culprit found guilty and sentenced to 6 months hard labour.


Rea, John - 1852 - A spirit dealer in Francis Street


Rea, James - 1863 - At #25 Russell Place - Leased a house offices and yard from the Marquis of Londonderry
Rea, James - 1863 - Of Russell Place - Leased out 13 houses - {16 ..?}
One of which was #14 to Martha McGilton
One of which was #16 to Alexander Forgey
One of which was #17 to James Campbell
One of which was #18 to James Mahard
One of which was #20 to David Harvey
One of which was #21 He occupied
One of which was #22 to Mary Fowles
One of which was #23 to Ellen Wolfenden
One of which was #24 to Sarah Cairns
One of which was #26 also to David Harvey

One of which was to George McDonnell
One of which was to Alexander Hamill
One of which was to Lewis Halliday
One of which was to Elizabeth Blair
One of which was to John Alexander
One of which was to Richard Flanagan


Rea, Hugh - 1864~1866 - Leased a house,office and yard at 42 Regent Street from James Cahoon


Rea, John - 21st. May 1881 - Inquest was held - Committed suicide - His Grandfather was at the battle of Saintfield in the 1798 United Irishmens Uprising


Rea, Hugh - 1892 - A dairyman and cattle dealer of Mary Street


1901 Census - Residents of a house 12 in Ballyskeigh Low (Newtownards, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Robb George 67 c1834 Male Head Presbyterian Co Down Farmer Single
Rea Mary 67 c1834 Female House Keeper Presbyterian Co Down House Keeper Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 36 in Church Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Rea Sarah 57 Female Head Presbyterian Newtownards Dressmaker Widow

1901 Census - Residents of a house 22 in Mary Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Rea Hugh 61 Male Head R.C. Co Down Cattle Dealer Married
Rea Mary 50 Female Wife R.C. Co Down Seamstress Married

1901 Census - Residents of a house 16 in Thomas Street Part of (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age   Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Lightbody Samuel 46   Male Head Presbyterian Co Down General Labourer Married
Lightbody Jane 30   Female. 2nd. Wife Presbyterian Co Down - Married
Lightbody James 21   Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Apprentic Printer Cutter Single
Lightbody Tom Andrew 12   Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single
Lightbody Marry Lizzie 1   Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down - Single
Rea Jane 9 c1891 Female Step Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single
Rea Robert John 6 c1894 Male Step Son Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single

1911 Census

1911 Census - Residents of a house 42 in Lisavon Street (Victoria (part of), Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Rea James 34 Male Head Ch.of-Ire. Newtownards Labourer in Iron Works Married 16 - c1895 - -
Rea Susan 34 Female Wife Ch.of-Ire. City Londonderry - Married 16 6 6
Rea Susan 15 Female Daughter Ch.of-Ire. Belfast Rope Spinning Single - - -
Rea Margret 11 Female Daughter Ch.of-Ire. Belfast Scholar Single - - -
Rea Mary Jane 9 Female Daughter Ch.of-Ire. Belfast Scholar Single - - -
Rea James 7 Male Son Ch.of-Ire. Belfast Scholar Single - - -
Rea Francis Henry 3 Male Son Ch.of-Ire. Belfast - Single - - -
Rea John Hamilton 1 Male Son Ch.of-Ire. Belfast - Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 85 in Church Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Rea Sarah 72 Female Head Presbyterian Co Down Dress Maker Widow - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 29 in Front Shuttlefield Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Lightboddy Samuell 56 c1855 Male Head Presbyterian Co Down Labourer Married - - -
Lightboddy Jane 40 c1871 Female 2nd. Wife Presbyterian Co Down - Married 14 - c1897 4 4
Rae Jane 20 c1891 Female Step-Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Stitcher Single - - -
Rae Robert John 17 c1894 Male Step-Son Presbyterian Co Down Factory Worker Single - - -
Lightboddy Mary 11 c1900 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -
Lightboddy Katherin 10 c1901 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -
Lightboddy Sarrah 7 c1904 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -
Lightboddy William 3 c1908 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down - Single - - -
Burns William 49 c1862 Male Boarder Ch.of-Ire. Co Down Labourer Single     -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 3 in Mary Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Rea Hugh 76 Male Head R.C. Co.Down Private and Retired Cattle Dealer Widower Blind - - -

1911 Census Residents of a house 37 in Movilla Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Irvine Mary Anne 63 Female Head Ch.of-Ire. Lurgan Sewiers Widow 43 8 4
Irvine Agnes 22 Female Daughter Ch of Ire. Dundonald Office Cleaner Single - - -
Rea Alice 1 Female Gr.Daughter Ch.of-Ire. Belfast - Single - - -
Fowls Maggie 64 Female Sister Presbyterian Lurgan Children Servant Single - - -
Stevenson Agnes 73 Female Boarder Presbyterian Newtownardss Sewing Widow - - -

Rea, William R. - 1914~1918 - Leased a property @ 21 Frederick Street from Hugh McLaughlin


Rea, Mrs. Mary - 28th. July 1944 - Was granted a divorce - She stated that at 1.20 pm on the night at her wedding party at her mothers house a woman knocked at the door and stated she had a prior claim on the husband... he left the house with the woman and returned 20 minutes later stating that he was leaving and would not be back ... he now lives just 5 doors away and Mary sees him going to work every morning ...


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