Matilda Johnston Rea

MATILDA JOHNSTON REA (1793-1850)

is the daughter of William Rea, and his wife, Barbara Anderson. She was born on 29 September 1793 and her baptism was registered at Dundee in Angus, Scotland, on 6 October 1793 [Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBZD-DZ9

Namesake

It has been suggested that she was named after a lady named Matilda Johnstone [Rootsweb: Angus Archiver] http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ANGUS/2007-07/1183492574

Middle Street, Dundee, 6 June 1841

Matilda Rae, age 40-44, was living in the same household, at Middle Street in Dundee, as the following individuals, when the census was enumerated on 6 June 1841: James Rea, mill foreman, age 35-39, William Rea, age 14, Helen Rea, age 12, David Rea, age 10, and William Rea, seaman, age 35-39 [Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Census Return for 1841, registration district number 282 (Dundee), enumeration book number 7, pp. 2-3].

Death

Matilda Johnston Rea "daughter of the late William Rea, brewer" died of cancer and dropsy, aged 58 years, before 8 September 1850, the date upon which she was buried in Dundee's Howff Graveyard [Friends of Dundee City Archives: Howff Graveyard] http://www.fdca.org.uk/pdf%20files/HowffR02.pdf