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Rea Phoebe of Bromsgrove

MWS said:
A little bit of interest, Phoebe wasn't the only one to have illegitimate children. Her mother (Sarah Woodin) had at least 2 and her grandmother (Ann Manning) also had at least one. Her half sister appears to have had at least one as well.
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i know sarah woodin was married to mr woodin i think he died i dont tend to keep non family members in my tree.
 
donnaexpat said:
Im afraid not, maybe she didnt. but where did she go after 1911 if not. i cant find her, iv checked and the family seem to dissapear exept my grandad arthur.
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on the oyther hand you did find a 1935 cert that said she was with harry and reas in the same house i must look for that one.
 
pjmburns said:
I tink it may be the marriage to Morris. On 1901 census Phoebe has a brother George. George marries a Nellie Hill and on the 1935 eroll Phoebe Morris and George + Nellie + William Arthur Rea live in Bell Barn Road.
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iv found this. it looks like they could have been living next door to the reas maybe william was the head of 10 court 62and george was living with them,... do you think 1 court and 10 court are just different houses
 
The court number was 62 and numbers 1 and 10 were houses round the same courtyard I think. The map site I use is playing up (too many users at the moment i think) otherwise I would try to find it on a map. I will check and see if I can get a map. You often get family members in the same court - I suppose one member knew if a tenant was leaving and so was able to tell someone a property was to rent.
My money is on the marriage to Harry Morris - Linda being his daughter.
 
MWS said:
Sorry, I did miss him. He doesn't appear to be correctly registered on the GRO site.



Sarah Woodin wasn't married prior to marrying Thomas Reay.
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you must be right i have her parents in my tree. i must be getting too old for this.
 
hello everyone who has tried to help me, but i have found the answer from a very elderly distant aunt who would have been phoebes granddaughter.. apparently phoebe never married. so we can stop looking but im very grateful for your help and time, i thought we were getting somewhere. but at least it shows the level of willing help and expertise out there if we need it. donna.
 
donnaexpat said:
hello everyone who has tried to help me, but i have found the answer from a very elderly distant aunt who would have been phoebes granddaughter.. apparently phoebe never married. so we can stop looking but im very grateful for your help and time, i thought we were getting somewhere. but at least it shows the level of willing help and expertise out there if we need it. donna.
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update, I have been contacted on here by phoebes gr granddaughter today, so fingers crossed there may be some new news.
 
Hi Donna! Sorry i’m commenting on this years later lol, I’m just wondering if you managed to find much out about this? Pheobe Rea married my gr great grandfather Harry Morris in 1927. Currently just trying to build my mothers side of the family tree :)
 
zoevnne said:
Oops just read that your Phoebe Rea never married, got ahead of myself sorry!
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hi, yes my Phoebe was born 1882 and had my grandad Arthur. there was another Phoebe born a bit later which made my work harder but his daughter , my aunt told me she never married so iv given up. what relations do you have that led to your Phoebe
 
Phoebe Rae was born 25th June 1882 and baptised 29th july, Catshill parish, parents Thomas and Sarah

I think she made a couple of errors on her marriage to Harry Morris she says age 39 when she would have been 45, and says she is a widow , why then does her father have the same surname , Thomas RAE
On the 1939 census Phoebe Morris says her birthdate is 25th June 1888.
 
This family used Rea, Rae and Ray for some of the births etc. However I can't find her birth registration but a death in Birmingham recorded as January 1955 Phoebe Morris birth abt 1888.
 
Alberta said:
Phoebe Rae was born 25th June 1882 and baptised 29th july, Catshill parish, parents Thomas and Sarah

I think she made a couple of errors on her marriage to Harry Morris she says age 39 when she would have been 45, and says she is a widow , why then does her father have the same surname , Thomas RAE
On the 1939 census Phoebe Morris says her birthdate is 25th June 1888.
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she was rea same as her father, my mother before she married and also me Carolyn rea until my mother married Donald cattle when I was 5 and Phoebe never married . my aunt told me this and she is still alive.
 
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