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John Reid 1824 – 1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1824

Birth Location: Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Death Date: 7 Jun 1898

Death Location: Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Father: Robert Reid

Mother: Margaret Muir

Spouse(s): Alicia\Elisha WATSON

Children(s): John Reid

John Reid was born in 1824 in Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, the child of Robert Reid and Margaret Muir. John Reid married Alicia\Elisha WATSON, and had children including John Reid. John Reid passed away in 1898 in Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand..

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Biography

  • John Reid was born in 1824 in Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, the child of Robert Reid and Margaret Muir.
  • John Reid married Alicia\Elisha WATSON, and had children including John Reid.
  • John Reid passed away in 1898 in Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand..

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Reid
1803 – 1873
Birth Location: Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
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Margaret Muir
1801 – 1878
Birth Location: Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alicia\Elisha WATSON
1826 – 1861
Birth Location: Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Reid
1858 – 1940
Birth Location: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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John Reid's Ancestors

Self
John Reid
1824 – 1898
Birth Place: Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Parents
Robert Reid
1803 – 1873
Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Margaret Muir
1801 – 1878
Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Reid's Descendants

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John Reid (15 May 1824 – 7 Jun 1898) m. Alicia\Elisha WATSON (19 Aug 1826 – 9 Apr 1861)
  1. 1. John Reid (10 Nov 1858 – 18 October 1940) m. Elizabeth (Florence) McCAULEY (28 Jun 1876 – 1909)
    1. 1. Margaret (Janet "Jessie") Reid (22 Sep 1898 – 9 Oct 1975) m. James (Taylor) Brass (19 MAY 1889 – 19 FEB 1974)
      1. 1. James (David) Brass (26 November 1918 – 10 December 1997) m. Susan (Grace) Pritchard (25 Apr 1920 – 14 February 2017)
        1. 1. David (Alasdair "Alasdair') Brass (10 Dec 1949 – 11 Feb 2018) m. Beryl (Ann) Anderson
        2. 2. Jan Brass
        3. 3. Richard Brass

John Reid's Timeline

2 Records

1824
15 May 1824
Birth of John Reid in Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
1898
7 Jun 1898
Age 74
Death of John Reid in Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 May 1824
    Event Place: Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Jun 1898
    Event Place: Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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