I think Ray was perhaps picking up the drapery link between Reginald's side and Winifred's situation immediately before marriage. It is very often worth examining and re-examining the information you have from every angle. Sometimes you can find invaluable clues for your research not just by looking at who was related to whom, but also who worked with whom, or was in the same trade, or lived at the same address/was a neighbour, etc etc.
