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please could someone visiting Durham records office look up the birth and death records and any other info poss for James Reay b. c. 1897 , he died around 1943 in durham and i believe he was buried in Gilesgate cemetary. Thanks in anticipation.

Thanks for your reply , not sure if that is his b. record , on his marriage cert it says he was 30 , and that was in 1917 - his second marriage. Can't find first marriage.

I don't know anything about his first marriage , the only reason i know he was married twice is because on the marr cert in1917 , it says he was a widower. Do you think that could be wrong?

Yes it's a real mystery alright , I have been searching for ages and keep hitting a dead end. This is why I need someone to go to the local records office. Thanks again.

His fathers name was given as john reay and said he was deceased.

Yes somerset girl , that could poss be his 1st marriage , but I too have yet to find the death record for her.

Thanks everyone for your replies. x

One of these could well be him , there are so many james and john reays that it gets confusing . The olny concrete evidence i have is the marriage cert , giving james age as 30 , in 1917 , so that means he hust have been born in 1896/7. thanks for your help and if you find anything else I would be very grateful to you.

James was my maternal grandfather , but died when my mum was very young so she can't remember much.

1917-30 would be about 1887+/- not 1897+/-

What about witness names could they have been his rels?

Hi Would you like to try this site.

http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/searchresults.php

I receive their updates regularly. You are able to go in and search quite a lot without it costing anything, or very much.

Yes sorry , dont know why I put 1897 , I did mean 1887.
Witnesses were james garthford and sarah vickerstaff . They are not rellies as far as I know....but that doesn't say a lot. He married Margaret Stoker in the parish church in Tudhoe? in reg dist Auckland on 27.8 1917.
I was hoping someone might visit the church for me ,or do a search at the local records office as I am down in kent.

Thanks , I will try that website. Thanks all for your time , much appreciated.

1911 Searched James Reay 1887+/- 1
6 found credits need to open page to see who they were living with etc
REAY GLADDERS JAMES M 1888 23 Lanchester Durham
REAY JAMES M 1887 24 Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland
REAY JAMES M 1887 24 Salford Lancashire
REAY JAMES M 1886 25 Chester le Street Durham
REAY JAMES M 1888 23 Gateshead Durham
REAY JAMES HARDY M 1888 23 Sunderland Durham

Where can you search 1911? William GLADDERS has cropped up before ,I think he married james ' aunt .

This is the 1911 census for James Gladders Reay

Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born:

GLADDERS, ROBERT WILLIAM HEAD WIDOWER M 59 COAL MINER LABOURER UNDERGROUND WHITE-LE-HEAD DURHAM

REAY, GLADDERS JAMES SON SINGLE M 23 COAL MINER LABOURER UNDERGROUND WHITE-LE HEAD DURHAM

REAY, FRANCIS STEP DAUGHTER SINGLE F 47 HOUSE KEEPER WHITE-LE HEAD DURHAM

Interesting that William does not have the Reay family name.

auntySherlock,
How do you get on the 1911 census?

http://fmpbsol.1911census.co.uk
You can search for free but need credits to see the transcript or census page
Unless you live near to /going to Kew then you can search and open pages for free!

1901 then

Name: James Reay
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Relative (Other Relative)
Gender: Male
Where born: Tanfield, Durham, England
Civil parish: Tanfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: White Le Head
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

me: Frances Reay single
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relation: Relative (Other Relative)
Gender: Female
Where born: Tanfield, Durham, England
Civil parish: Tanfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: White Le Head
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Name: William M Gladders wid
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Tanfield, Durham, England
Civil parish: Tanfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: White Le Head
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Name: John E Gladders
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William M
Gender: Male
Where born: Tanfield, Durham, England
Civil parish: Tanfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: White Le Head
County/Island: Durham
Country: England


Alice Gladders
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William M
Gender: Female
Where born: Tanfield, Durham, England
Civil parish: Tanfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: White Le Head
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

?his marriage Name: William Robert Gladders
Year of Registration: 1871
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Durham (1837-1938)
County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 411

Elizabeth Reay 1871 Durham (1837-1938) Durham