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Robert and Martha Rea

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Hi after searching your site and finding not one mention of my family, so thought it wise to place a notice asking for any information.

Have a marriage between Emma Rea, born 1815 Worcester, to a John Rawson Edwards.
 Married on and at: -
08 OCT 1840 St. Martin's Birmingham, Warwick.
Believe she had 3 sisters and 3 brothers?
Also would like to find out what the Rea's did and if they are still around Birmingham?
Thanks for looking Tim Edwards.
 
this is the info on the certificate from st. martins bham

8 oct 1840 john rawson edwards. off full age. bachelor. cabinet maker. st. john street. father - william edwards. cabinet maker

emma rea. off full age. spinster. victoria grove.father - robert rea. groom?

john and emma signed their names. witnesses were john barmore? and frances? rea
 
emma was christened 3 dec 1815 at st. clement worcester

father robert - mother martha. (from igi)


in 1841 census for st. peter area of worc.

robert rea 50 glover (i can now see on the marr cert it is glover not groom)

martha 50

and lucy? 15

all born worc.
 
in 1851 martha was a widow aged 68 lodging with the jones family in worcester.

in 1851 in peterborough, northamptonshire

john r edwards 42 auctioneer and appraiser b. peterborough, northamptonshire
emma edwards 35 b. worcester
charles r edwards 9 b. peterborough northamptonshire
john g edwards 7
emma p edwards 6
william edwards 5
robert edwards 4
frederick edwards 3 all b. as above.

mary wadwell 23 servant.
 
there is also a marriage of robert rea to martha lench 17 july 1804 at claines, worcester
 
have found these children also on igi

charles rea chr, 1 feb 1805
eliza rea chr. 25 apr 1806
robert rea chr. 21 sep 1807
harriet rea chr. 2 feb 1811

father robert rea mother martha
 
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mary rea was christened 30 nov 1817 at st. michael bedwardine, worcester

died 16 dec 1818

father robert rea mother martha
 
i have now noticed that someone on ancestry has the same people on their tree. they have robert rea b. 1780 in st. peter worc. and martha lench b. 1788/89 in st. peters worcs.

children charles 1805, eliza 1806, robert 1807, harriet 1811, edward 1813, emma 1815, mary 1817-1818, lucy 1821.

they also go back a couple of generations if you need the info.

by the way charles rea (1805) wife was frances so this must be the witness on emmas marriage
 
Thank for all this info, well I never hoped to find out so much, thanks a lot.

Have all the family and Census of them in Peterborough, where William snr ran an Auctionhouse, and John Rawson took it over later, before becoming a Borough Clerk, and moving up in the world.

William Edwards snr is out of Fulbeck/Heckington Lincs, but think there must be a family link back to Peterborough? His father was another William who ran a public house at Heckington, and that was quite a good trade in the days of 1780.

Good to know Robert Rea was also a cabinat maker (must run in the family as I am good with wood):grin2:
 
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