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Reid Family History & Genealogy

39,423 biographies and 52 photos with the Reid last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Reid family members.

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This page is a hub for the complete history of the Reid last name, Reid etymology, and stories of Reid ancestors. Reid family history has a complex evolution of which the particulars are beginning to be understood by Reid family researchers. The Reid family is an old heredity that has spread all across the world over the centuries, and as the name Reid has spread, it has evolved making it's origin a challenge to unearth. An interesting fact about Richard Charles Reid is shared under "fun facts" below.

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Early Reids

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John Reid of Australia was born in 1790, and died at age 83 years old in 1873.
Robert Reid was born on October 11, 1805, and died at age 100 years old in October 1905. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Reid.
Jane (Reid) Redmond of Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom was born in 1811 in Ireland, and died at age 65 years old on December 6, 1877 in Glasgow.
James Reid was born in 1821 in Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 73 years old in 1894 in Launceston, TAS Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Reid.
David Reid of St Kilda Australia was born in 1823, and died at age 67 years old in 1890 in St Kilda.
Alexander Reid of Australia was born in 1827, and died at age 49 years old in 1876.
Jane (Reid) Dargie of Melbourne North Australia was born circa 1830 in Dundee, Dundee City Council County, Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 79 years old on June 5, 1910 in Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Jane (Reid) Watson of Melbourne Australia was born on October 12, 1830 in Dunfermline, Fife County, Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 27 years old on April 14, 1858 at Lonsdale St, in East Melbourne, City of Melbourne County, VIC Australia. Jane Watson was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery, College Cres, in Parkville.
The Courier, Hobart. 11th September 1857. -MARRIAGES.- On Thursday, 10th September, at Chalmers' Free Church, by the Rev. William Nicolson, Mr. PETER L. REID, of Forest Road, to SARAH CAROLINE, eldest daughter of Alderman Seabrook, of this town. Also On the same day, at the Independent Chapel, by the Rev. F. Miller, Mr. G. S. SEABROOK, second son of Alderman Seabrook, to MARGARET, only daughter of Mr. James Reid, Forest Road.
Jack Reid was born on January 27, 1833, and died at age 131 years old in November 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jack Reid.
Mary Ann (Reid) Anderson of Sandhurst Australia was born in 1834 at woolrich kent. She was married to James Morton Anderson, and had children Harriet Anderson, James Morton Anderson, Alexander Anderson, and Christopher Anderson. Mary Anderson died at age 59 years old in 1893 at Brain.
Agnes Mary Marcella (Reid) Francis of Australia was born in 1834 at Residence Blackfriars Surrey Row, in Greater London County, England United Kingdom to William Reed and Agnes Elder. She married Job Francis, and had a child William Hanchet Francis. Agnes Francis died at age 87 years old in 1921, and was buried at Old Cemetary Hamilton in Hamilton, Victoria Australia.

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Updated Reid Biographies

Ann Reid of CE Ireland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Reid.
Myrdis (Story) Reid of Gary, Lake County, IN was born on January 23, 1924 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois United States, and died at age 69 years old on September 26, 1993 in Merrillville, Lake County, IN.
Sarah Reid of TX was born circa 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah (Baxley) Reid.
Beverly C Reid of Folsom, Saint Tammany County, LA was born on December 11, 1939, and died at age 52 years old on October 16, 1992.
Melville Reid was born on November 2, 1930, and died at age 33 years old in December 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melville Reid.
Charles Bernard Reid of Randolph, Norfolk County, MA was born on February 6, 1923 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 71 years old on January 19, 1995 in Randolph, MA.
Mary Katherine (Reid) Milazzo was born on February 15, 1987 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Katherine Milazzo.
Callan Ann (Reid) Pierce was born on April 17, 1988 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Callan Ann Pierce.
Margaret Mary (Reid) Fellner was born on November 11, 1966 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Mary Fellner.
Stuart Patrick Reid was born on July 18, 1992 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Stuart Patrick Reid.
Patrick Albert Reid was born on April 15, 1960 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Patrick Albert Reid.
Debra Jean (Watford) Reid was born on July 25, 1957 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Debra Jean Reid.
Meghan Marie Reid was born on November 17, 1991 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States to Daniel Jude Reid and Suzanne Marie Reid, and has siblings Callan Ann Pierce and Erin Elizabeth Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Meghan Marie Reid.
Daniel Jude Reid was born on June 18, 1958 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States to Albert Jude Reid and Mary Joann Reid, and has siblings Molly Elizabeth O'Balle, Kathleen Ann Fernbacher, Patrick Albert Reid, and Margaret Mary Fellner. Daniel Reid married Suzanne Marie Reid in 1986 in Danville, Contra Costa County, and has children Callan Ann Pierce, Erin Elizabeth Reid, and Meghan Marie Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Jude Reid.
Erin Elizabeth Reid was born on May 15, 1990 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States to Daniel Jude Reid and Suzanne Marie Reid, and has siblings Callan Ann Pierce and Meghan Marie Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Erin Elizabeth Reid.
Suzanne Marie (Chambers) Reid was born on May 2, 1960 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Suzanne Reid got married to Daniel Jude Reid in 1986 in Danville, Contra Costa County, and has children Callan Ann Pierce, Erin Elizabeth Reid, and Meghan Marie Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Suzanne Marie Reid.
Kathleen Ann (Reid) Fernbacher was born on June 9, 1957 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States to Albert Jude Reid and Mary Joann Reid, and has siblings Molly Elizabeth O'Balle, Daniel Jude Reid, Patrick Albert Reid, and Margaret Mary Fellner. Kathleen Fernbacher married John Philip Fernbacher in 1982 in Danville, Contra Costa County, and has children Sarah Elizabeth Bennett, Kelley Anne Larsen, and John Richard Fernbacher. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathleen Ann Fernbacher.
Molly Elizabeth (Reid) O'Balle was born on September 20, 1970 in Danville, Contra Costa County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Molly Elizabeth O'Balle.
Albert Jude Reid was born on December 6, 1923 in Auburn, Placer County, California United States. He was married to Mary Joann Reid in 1955 in Danville, Contra Costa County, and they were together until Albert's death on January 30, 2002 in Danville. He had children Kathleen Ann Fernbacher, Daniel Jude Reid, Patrick Albert Reid, Margaret Mary Fellner, and Molly Elizabeth O'Balle. Albert Reid was buried on February 3, 2002 at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery & Mortuary 1965 Reliez Valley Rd, in Lafayette. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert Jude Reid.
Mary Joann Reid was born on April 19, 1930 in Auburn, Placer County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Joann Reid.

Popular Reid Biographies

Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid
Tanya Leigh Thaxton was born to John Allen Thaxton and Wanda Ruth Roden. She was 20 years old when she married 26 year old Raymond. Tanya was the mother of two who's infant daughter was initially thought to have supposedly died of SIDS, but turned out later, died from shaken baby syndrome. Her son had seizures and respiratory problems that can cause SIDS, but it was found out to be MBP (Munchausen By Proxy) and she insisted she was Innocent. She was the subject of Gregg Olsen's "Cruel Deception: The true story of a Munchausen mom and her tiny victims" which tells the story of how she was charged and convicted with felony child abuse of her son. There was also an episode about her on Forensic Files. A copy of a news article about Tanya is at Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid killed her son . On February 7, 1984, Deaf Smith County Emergency (EMS) personnel were summoned to the home of Tanya and Raymond Reid because their infant daughter, Morgan Reid, had suffered an apnea 2 episode. When the EMS personnel arrived, appellant was attempting to resuscitate Morgan.   After an initial visit to the hospital in Hereford, Morgan was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.   Efforts to revive her were unsuccessful and, after it was learned the child was brain dead, she was removed from the ventilator and she died some fourteen hours later.   After an autopsy, her cause of death was determined, and is shown on her death certificate, as brain death secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest of undetermined etiology. The Reids also had another child, Robert Matthew Reid, who had apnea episodes beginning in 1985 and continuing until March of 1988.   In March 1988 in Des Moines, Iowa, by court order, Matthew was adjudicated a child in need of assistance, removed from the Reid home, and placed in foster care.   After that time, Matthew suffered no further apnea episodes. She was released from prison in 2008 and as of 2014 was working at McDonalds. An article from 1988 reviews the case at Nurse charged with cutting off son's air. A more recent article (2021) is here: Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid killed her son . And her conviction was overturned, after many years, according to a March 2024 article. See the article at Tanya Thaxton Reid's Conviction Overturned:.
Maylily (Musselman) Reid
Maylily Reid of Galion, Crawford County, OH was born on May 2, 1919, and died at age 74 years old on June 28, 1993.
Tom Reid
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Richard Reid
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Mattie Reid
Mattie (Jones) Reid was born in 1875 in Rockdale County, Georgia United States, and died at age 58 years old in 1933 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Mattie Reid was buried at East Cleveland Township Cemetery 1621 E 118th St, in Cleveland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mattie Reid.
William H. Reid
William H. Reid was born in 1883. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William H. Reid.
Robert Cooper Reid was born on August 2, 1942 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States to George Cooper Reid, and had a brother Florence Lydia (Reid) Mckinzey. He married Linda May (Sims) in August 1962 in San Diego, San Diego County, California and they later divorced. They had children Robert Cooper Reid Jr, Pamela Lynn Wolfskill, and Richard Brian Reid. He would also marry Linda May (Sims) Reid on June 6, 1962 in San Diego, San Diego County and they later divorced. Robert Reid died at age 62 years old on December 1, 2004, and was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section Y Site 2306 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or.
David Reid
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Margaret (Stanwell) Reid of Richmond Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret (Stanwell) Reid.
Theresa Reid was born on August 12, 1958 in Hastings, Nebraska United States to Louis Conover and Colleen Conover, and has siblings Cindy Malesker, Kenny Conover, and Louis Conover. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theresa Reid.
Margot (Roe) Reid of Hoppers Crossing, VIC Australia was born on September 28, 1930 to Klaus Olausen Tobro Roe and Estella Amy (Alexander) Roe. She had a sister Norma Amy (Roe) Henry. Margot Reid died at age 88 years old on August 21, 2019.
William "Bill" Thane Reid
"This [Los Angeles] might have been the Reid home except for the death of Uncle William Thane Reid from lung disease from Nevada mining. Uncle Bill went to the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890's and then went to Nevada where sliver was discovered. Uncle Bill went to Oceanside in 1908 to have his brother, Uncle Bob, a doctor, try to cure him, but he dies. He never married and was in his thirties. Someone had to bring the corpse back to Bucyrus, Ohio, so Dad, Mom and Dorothy came back to Bucyrus." - from Richard Reid's 90th Birthday Memoir (2004)
Raymond L Reid Jr of Moore County, TX was born circa 1951. Raymond Reid was married to Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid on November 25, 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Raymond L. Reid Jr.
Ilona Jacqueline Reid of St Kilda Australia was born in 1947, and died at age 31 years old in 1978 in St Kilda.
Linda May (Sims) Reid was born on July 17, 1944. She was married to Robert Cooper Reid on June 6, 1962 in San Diego, San Diego County, California United States and they later divorced. Linda Reid died at age 75 years old on September 26, 2019 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Linda May (Sims) Reid.
Maria Ann (Reid) Dellar Miss of A Hill L A, Vic Australia was born in 1863 in Macedon, and died at age 40 years old on October 18, 1904 at KEW in MELBOURNE. Maria Dellar was buried on October 21, 1904 at Boroondara Inglesby Road, in Camberwell.
James McCracken Reid
James Mccracken Reid was born on October 8, 1885 in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio United States, and died at age 51 years old on June 27, 1937 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James McCracken Reid.
Kristina J Reid was born on November 14, 1977 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska United States to Steven Andrew Reid and Theresa C (Conover) Reid and Kristina J Reid, and has siblings Tracy J (Reid) Infante, Kristina J Reid, Brandi L (Reid) Romero, and Shelby A Reid. Kristina Reid was in a relationship with Ryan Marcotte, and has a child Destiny Marcotte. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kristina J Reid.
George French Reid of Australia, was married to Joyce Winifred Mckay, and has children Kay Elisabeth Rees (Nee Reid), Diane Joy Phillips (Nee Reid), Ian George Reid, and Mark Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George French Reid.
Geoff Mansfield Reid was born in San Diego, San Diego County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Geoff Mansfield Reid.

Reid Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Reid family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 39,046 people with the last name Reid that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

72.0 years

Oldest Reids

These are the longest-lived members of the Reid family on AncientFaces.

Carolyn E Reid of Grandview, Jackson County, MO was born on November 17, 1892, and died at age 110 years old on December 11, 2002.
110 years
Martha Reid of Riverside, Riverside County, California was born on August 17, 1877, and died at age 107 years old in March 1985.
107 years
Minnie M Reid was born on March 23, 1883, and died at age 107 years old in June 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minnie M Reid.
107 years
Mary M Reid of New York, New York County, NY was born on August 6, 1881, and died at age 106 years old on April 24, 1988.
106 years
Emma Reid of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, NC was born on August 22, 1894, and died at age 106 years old on June 7, 2001.
106 years
Harriet M Reid of Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ was born on October 13, 1890, and died at age 105 years old on October 7, 1996.
105 years
Mary Reid of Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia was born on December 20, 1870, and died at age 105 years old in January 1976.
105 years
Ethna S Reid of Oneonta, Otsego County, NY was born on October 24, 1894, and died at age 105 years old on May 3, 2000.
105 years
Johnnie J Reid of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on May 12, 1901, and died at age 104 years old on April 30, 2006.
104 years
Gracie P Reid of Bluemont, Clarke County, VA was born on November 25, 1894, and died at age 104 years old on July 19, 1999.
104 years
Birtia S Reid of Humble, Harris County, TX was born on December 8, 1900, and died at age 104 years old on August 20, 2005.
104 years
Lillie P Reid of Atlanta, Fulton County, GA was born on August 9, 1905, and died at age 105 years old on August 18, 2010.
105 years
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I never knew my grandfather, nor did my mother.
His name was Albert Duncan Reid. We thought he was born in 1907 but perhaps he was born in 1909. He was born in Carlton.
I know he married Gwendoline in the late 1930's. My mother still has the very few photos she has of her father and she knows in her heart that he did come looking for her.
I long to give my mum some information about her dad, the person he was, was he loving and nuturing, did he ever tell anyone of her existance?
I would have loved to have known my grandad and it would be great to hear from anyone that may have known him.

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