Lily Gordon

Birth 6 Decmber1867 in Murrurindi, NSW, Australia

Death: 19 January 1953 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


My great grandmother (born to WH Gibson/Gordon & Charlotte Rumming) married William Samuel Bailey from Shropshire, England in 1885. William died in 19 January 1900, of tuberculosis, leaving Lily with six children to raise.

She met and married James Stuart Rea on 17 October 1900. He was a childless widower and farmer from Ireland. They had two children

Charlotte Rumming at her wedding in Sydney 1878
Charlotte Rumming at her wedding in Sydney 1878
Charlotte Rumming mother of Lily Gordon
Charlotte Rumming mother of Lily Gordon
Lily Gordon
Lily Gordon
Lily and James Stuart Rea with children Dora and Stuart
Lily and James Stuart Rea with children Dora and Stuart
James and Lily - Dora's wedding
James and Lily - Dora's wedding
Lily Gordon at Ivy Street, Prahan
Lily Gordon at Ivy Street, Prahan
Lily with Mum, (Nancy Gordon Nicholls) who lived with her during the Depression
Lily with Mum, (Nancy Gordon Nicholls) who lived with her during the Depression
Lily Rea (nee Gordon)
Lily Rea (nee Gordon)
Grandpa Rae - James Stuart Rea
Grandpa Rae - James Stuart Rea