Katharine Sophia (Hughes) Rea (abt. 1853 - 1926)

Born about 1853 in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Rea — married 1896 in Lambeth district, London, England

Died 10 Jul 1926 at about age 73 in Glaslyn, 43, Brittany Road, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Katharine Sophia Hughes was born in about 1853.

Katharine married William Rea, a widowed tanner, in 1896 in Lambeth district.

Thomas died on 9 Apr 1910, aged 79, at his home, Braemar, Holloway Hill, Godalming. The burial record describes him as a gentleman. He was buried on the 13th in Nightingale Cemetery, Godalming, in the unconsecrated section.

Katharine died on 10 Jul 1926, aged 73, at her home, Glaslyn, 43, Brittany Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. She was buried on the 13th with her husband.

Research Notes

Memorial Inscription

  "In Loving Memory

  of

  THOMAS REA,

  WHO DIED APRIL 9TH 1910

  IN HIS 80TH YEAR.

  Also of KATHARINE SOPHIA,

  WIFE OF THE ABOVE

  WHO DIED JULY 10TH 1926

  AGED 73 YEARS.

Sources

• Marriage registration https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=r1yj1aMOhdJrBHpcLlXT%2Bg&scan=1 & https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=mbjrdLTRyvO%2BYiZUJw3H%2FA&scan=1

• Memorial Inscription (see photos)

• Burial https://godalming-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CombinedEashingNightingaleSurnameOrderUpdated-Dec-2013-O-Z.pdf page 51

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBDY-XCF : 15 July 2021), Katherine Sophia Hughes in entry for Ewd Griffiths Hughes, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6B-4HX2 : 11 December 2017), Katharine Sophia Hughes in household of Charles Hughes, Camberwell, London,Surrey, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 5, Piece/Folio 700/37, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,378.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XH-5NP : 20 May 2019), Katherine S Rea in household of Thomas Rea, Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Godalming subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

See also:

• FamilySearch tree entry https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/GS5Y-RZ7