Maria Rita REED (née DA SILVA, aka Rita) [1871-1948]

Maria Rita Reed, nee da Silva, married Amaro John Reed on May 22, 1902 at the Hong Kong Cathedral. They had seven sons, Robert, Edgar, Wilfred, Arthur, Stephen, Francis and Reginald.  Four of her sons lost their lives in the war, and two were prisoners of war for over three years.  Maria Rita spent the war years in Macau, returning to Hong Kong in 1946, accompanied by her son Wilfred (Willie) and his family, including Arthur's widow Marie and her daughter Mary.  Her husband Amaro passed away in 1936 at the age of 71.  Maria died in 1948 at the age of 77.