Exact circumstances of death unknown. Thought to be an accidental death owing to a marine crane/equipment failure, his brother William James was injured in the same accident.
Description: Around this time Samuel stopped using the name McIlhone and began calling himself Samuel Rea. The reason for this is unknown.
About 1890
Census
Rea Samuel 35 Male Head of Family (Engine Driver Steam Vessel), Elizabeth 3 Daughter, George 5 Son, James 2m Son, John 7 Son, Samuel 2 Son, Elizabeth 36 Wife.
Rea Samuel 44 (Engineer on Tugboat), Elizabeth 45 Married 18y Born 8-8, John Son 17 Apprentice Fitter Shipyard, George Son 15 Office Boy, Elizabeth Daughter 13, Samuel Son 12, James Son 10, Mary Daughter 9, David Son 4, Jane Daughter 2.
Source: S-1641152544 Repository: #R-1698451305 Title: Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Ireland Births and Baptisms, 16201911. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family Search.Original data: Ireland Births and Baptisms, 16201911. Index. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family Searc Note: APID: 1,2533::0
Source: S-1641407363 Repository: #R-1698480657 Title: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 18451958, Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office. "Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland with Index Note: APID: 1,2534::0
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Great Great Granddaughter Kelley Harvey
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: