Reay, Nicholas Douglas

Birth Name Reay, Nicholas Douglas
Gender male
Age at Death about 79 years, 1 month

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1 Dec 1876 Howdon, Wallsend, Northumberland Birth of Nicholas Douglas Reay, son of Dorothy Dryden  
Census Apr 1881 15 George Steet, Willington Quay, Howdon, Wallsend, Northumberland 1881 Census: Nicholas D Reay, living with his mother, Dorothy Dryden, father John Reay and siblings  
Census Apr 1891 22 Brunton Street, Chirton, North Shields, Northumberland 1891 Census: Nicholas D Reay, apprentice butcher, living with mother Dorothy Dryden, father and siblings  
Census Apr 1901 13 Brunton Street, Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland 1901 census: Nicholas D Reay, Railway Mineral Guard, living with mother Dorothy Dryden, father and sister  
Census Sep 1939 51 Park Crescent East, Tynemouth, Northumberland 1939 Register: Nicholas D Reay, Railway Yard Inspector, living with wife Lily and son  
Death about Jan 1956 Tynemouth, Northumberland Death of Nicholas D Reay  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Reay, John24 Nov 1844about Jan 1930
Mother Dryden, Dorothyabout Jul 18489 Dec 1901
         Reay, Nicholas Douglas 1 Dec 1876 about Jan 1956
    Brother     Reay, Thomas 22 Dec 1877 14 Jul 1944
    Sister     Reay, Ann Alice 15 Apr 1887 6 Aug 1981

Families

Family of Reay, Nicholas Douglas and Thurlbeck, Lily Harrison
Unknown Partner Thurlbeck, Lily Harrison ( * 9 Jul 1883 + about Jul 1966 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage Oct 1904 Tynemouth, Northumberland Marriage of Nicholas D Reay (son of Dorothy Dryden) and Lily Harrison Thurlbeck  
Birth 10 Dec 1906 Tynemouth, Northumberland Birth of Anthony Douglas Reay  
Birth 8 Mar 1909 Tynemouth, Northumberland Birth of Lily Thurlbeck Reay  
Census Apr 1911 8 Blyth Street, Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland 1911 Census: Nicholas D Reay, Mineral Railway Guard, living with wife Lily and a boarder.  
Note

Nicholas D Reay 1911 census: cannot find either of his children on this census, not living with parents, with relatives?

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Reay, Anthony Douglas10 Dec 1906about Jul 1988
Reay, Lily Thurlbeck8 Mar 1909Feb 1985

Notes

Note

1881, 1891, 1901 census
Started as apprentice butcher
Perhaps Mum may have met him as "Uncle Nichol"

Joan remembers that he made the three sisters money boxes.

He appears to have been married but not sure to whom