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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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William Reid of Australia was born in 1790 to William Reid and Mary Reid. He had siblings Leonard Stafford Reid, William Reid, William Robert Reid, Pat Andrew Reid, Alfred Reid, Percy Wood Reid, Joseph Reid, Marguerite Linds Reid, and William Reid. William Reid died at age 87 years old in 1877.
James Reid of Australia was born in 1790 to William Reid and Jane Duffus Reid. He had siblings Eliza Jane Reid, William Reid, Margaret Reid, John Reid, William Reid, James Reid, Edmd George Reid, John Reid, Andrew Reid, David Reid, Robert Reid, James Reid, George Reid, Thomas Alfred Reid, and Robert Beattie Reid. James Reid died at age 72 years old in 1862.
George Reid of Australia was born in 1791 to Robert Reid. George Reid died at age 74 years old in 1865.
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Tanya Thaxton 1974 Yearbook
This 1974 Dumas High School yearbook photo of Tanya Thaxton was written over by a classmate. It seems she was harassed in high school, which likely led to her legal issues with her children.
Additional details can be found on her bio at Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid
Additional details can be found on her bio at Tanya L (Thaxton) Reid
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Jack Rounsevell
A photo of Jack Rounsevell (on the left) taken on holiday in the south of France in September 1939 before he rushed home following the declaration of WW2. On the right is Cyril Reid, his old school friend (they both attended Woodhouse School). More information and photos are available from Brian Reid [contact link]
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Morgan Reid
Moran was only 3 months old when she was violently shaken by her mother on February 8, 1984. Her cause of death was at first ruled as SIDS.
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Gladys T Reid & family
A photo of Gladys Reid (in the middle of this picture). From the left, James, Herbert, their Mother (Gladys Reid), Katherine and Frank.
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Onondaga County School photo
Photo of schools in Onondaga County (not including Syracuse) in 1918. I found this photo, and the names are mess up.
I want to know which on is Elizabeth Wademan
People in photo include: Walter A. Hoar, Helen West, Dorothy Baker, Vleita Walters, Dorothy West, Dorothy Black, Elizabeth Wademan, Mildred Comerford, Esther Herrick, Lettie Crego, Mary Maloney, Madeline Reid, Mildred Fuller, Laura Popenfus, Lena Deckert, Bernice E. Davison, Leila Widger, Elizabeth Henderson, Marion Mogg, Ruth Garrett, Mary Cronin, Clarence Root, Marcia King, Mary Sayles, Frances Dark, Olive Diefendorf, Doris Sleeth, Mary Gulgert, and Lena Atkinson
I want to know which on is Elizabeth Wademan
People in photo include: Walter A. Hoar, Helen West, Dorothy Baker, Vleita Walters, Dorothy West, Dorothy Black, Elizabeth Wademan, Mildred Comerford, Esther Herrick, Lettie Crego, Mary Maloney, Madeline Reid, Mildred Fuller, Laura Popenfus, Lena Deckert, Bernice E. Davison, Leila Widger, Elizabeth Henderson, Marion Mogg, Ruth Garrett, Mary Cronin, Clarence Root, Marcia King, Mary Sayles, Frances Dark, Olive Diefendorf, Doris Sleeth, Mary Gulgert, and Lena Atkinson
Thomas & Kezia Cooper
A photo of Thomas William Cooper & Kezia McCallum Cooper, nee Reid - Victoria Australia, married 1895
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Catherine Tracey Sicher
My GGAunt's wedding photo to Edward Daniel Reid
People in photo include: Edward Daniel Reid
People in photo include: Edward Daniel Reid
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Eichhorn Family Reunion, Ohio
Eichhorn Family Reunion - Galion, Ohio - August 1978
People in photo include: Jarrod Reid, James Reid, and Nancy Heitzman
People in photo include: Jarrod Reid, James Reid, and Nancy Heitzman
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Updated Reid Biographies
Jane Boveid (Reid) Thornton of Newstead Australia was born in 1880 in Newstead, Mount Alexander Shire County, VIC. She was married to Edwin James Thornton in 1906, and had children Arthur William Thornton and Edna Emma Thornton. Jane Thornton died at age 69 years old in 1949 in Warragul, Baw Baw Shire County.
William John Reid of Dimboola, VIC 3414, Australia was born in 1914 in Dimboola, VIC 3414, Australia to Catherine Clara (Harbourd) Read and Albert John Read. William Reid has siblings Clara Winifred Read and Winifred Victoria Read. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William John "Jack" Reid.
Caroline Mary (Membrey) Reid of Ballarat Australia was born on July 14, 1858 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC to Benjamin John Membrey and Mary Ann (Hadley) Membrey. She had siblings Edward Membrey, Mary Anne (Membrey) Crowe, William Hadley Membry, Henry Alfred Membrey, Walter Membrey, and James George Membrey. Caroline Reid died at age 28 years old on May 27, 1887 in Ballarat.
Catherine Alice (Reid) Hassell of Ballarat Australia was born in 1886 in Ballarat. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine Alice (Reid) Hassell.
Tanya Leigh Thaxton was born to John Allen Thaxton and Wanda Ruth Roden. She married at 20 years old to 26 year old Raymond. Tanya Reid was the mother of 2 who's infant daughter supposedly died of SIDS but turned out it was shaken baby syndrome - her son had seizures and respiratory problems 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 below.
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 .
Dennis Reid was born on September 14, 1944, and died at age 28 years old in January 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dennis Reid.
Dennis Reid of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama was born on January 10, 1905, and died at age 72 years old in May 1977.
Mary May (Hemphill-Reid) Hiskey of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA was born on September 7, 1924 in Toddville, and died at age 79 years old on October 6, 2003 in Cedar Rapids.
Elmer Joshua Reid of Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan was born on July 20, 1900 in Union Township, and died at age 81 years old on June 30, 1982 in Mount Pleasant. Elmer Reid was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Mount Pleasant.
Mary Anne (Bonham) Learey of Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia was born on August 26, 1873 in Brighton East to William George Learey and Isabella Elizabeth Brewer Learey. She had siblings William Henry Learey, Grace Emily (Learey) Billing, Gilbert Wilford Learey, Francis David Learey, Ethel Martha Learey, Bertha Isabella Learey, Eveline Ellen Learey, Francis David Leary, George Thomas Learey, Albert John Learey, Horace Herbert Learey, Alfred Ernest Learey, and Alexander Robert Learey. She married William Walsh Reid in 1897, and had children Ethel Annie Reid, George Raymond Reid, William McMillan Reid, Alexander Robert Reid, Evelyn Isabel Reid, and Winifred Elizabeth Reid. Mary Learey died at age 58 years old on February 24, 1932 in Murrumbeena.
William McMillan Reid of Malvern, City of Stonnington County, VIC Australia was born circa 1906 in Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County to Mary Anne Bonham Learey and William Walsh Reid. He had siblings Ethel Annie Reid, George Raymond Reid, Alexander Robert Reid, Evelyn Isabel Reid, and Winifred Elizabeth Reid. William Reid married Priscilla Baker in 1936, and died at age 71 years old in 1977 in Malvern, City of Stonnington County.
Winifred Elizabeth (Reid) Griffiths of Sydney, NSW Australia was born in 1913 in Brighton East, VIC, and died at age 48 years old in January 1962 in Sydney, NSW.
Evelyn Isabel (Reid) Arthur of NSW Australia was born on October 10, 1911 in Colac, Colac Otway Shire County, VIC to Mary Anne Bonham Learey and William Walsh Reid. She had siblings Ethel Annie Reid, George Raymond Reid, Alexander Robert Reid, Winifred Elizabeth Reid, and William McMillan Reid. Evelyn Arthur died at age 83 years old on December 13, 1994 in NSW.
Alexander Robert Reid of Mulgrave, City of Monash County, VIC Australia was born on February 3, 1909 in Colac, Colac Otway Shire County to Mary Anne Bonham Learey and William Walsh Reid. He had siblings Ethel Annie Reid, George Raymond Reid, Evelyn Isabel Reid, Winifred Elizabeth Reid, and William McMillan Reid. Alexander Reid married Alma Sylvia Follett in 1935, and died at age 95 years old on March 21, 2004 in Mulgrave, City of Monash County.
Florence Emma (Bentley) Reid of Mitcham Australia was born in 1900 in Mitcham, Whitehorse City County, VIC to George Henry Bentley and Ann Josephine (Ray) Bentley. She had siblings Elsie Martha Bentley, Amy Violet Bentley, George Ernt Bentley, and Ada May Bentley. Florence Reid married George Raymond Reid in 1922, and died at age 86 years old on June 6, 1987.
George Raymond Reid of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born circa 1899 in Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County to Mary Anne Bonham Learey and William Walsh Reid. He had siblings Ethel Annie Reid, Alexander Robert Reid, Evelyn Isabel Reid, Winifred Elizabeth Reid, and William McMillan Reid. George Reid married Florence Emma Bentley in 1922, and died at age 73 years old in 1973 in Melbourne.
Ethel Annie (Reid) Sunderland of Forest Hill, Whitehorse City County, VIC Australia was born on December 30, 1897 in Malvern East, City of Stonnington County to Mary Anne Bonham Learey and William Walsh Reid. She had siblings George Raymond Reid, Alexander Robert Reid, Evelyn Isabel Reid, Winifred Elizabeth Reid, and William McMillan Reid. Ethel Sunderland married Harry Sunderland in 1927, and died at age 82 years old on November 23, 1980 in Forest Hill, Whitehorse City County.
William Walsh Reid of Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia was born in 1874 in Belfast, Belfast County, Northern Ireland United Kingdom, and died at age 77 years old on May 24, 1952 at Howe St, in Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia.
Mary Ann (Trigg) Reid of Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia was born on November 30, 1849 in Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire County, England United Kingdom to John Gamby Trigg and Emma Bolden Trigg. She had siblings Sarah Trigg, Maria Trigg Brown, Joseph Charles Trigg, Frederick Trigg, Emily Emma Trigg Hyatt, Fanny Trigg, William James Trigg, Arthur John Trigg, and Albert Ernest Trigg. She married John Constantine in 1874, and had children Edith Amy Hansen, Ethel May Wood, John Frederick Constantine, Albert Edward Constantine, Harold Hilton Constantine, Doris Lily Constantine, and Doris Lilian Constantine. Mary Reid died at age 85 years old on July 27, 1935 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia.
Popular Reid Biographies
Tanya Leigh Thaxton was born to John Allen Thaxton and Wanda Ruth Roden. She married at 20 years old to 26 year old Raymond. Tanya Reid was the mother of 2 who's infant daughter supposedly died of SIDS but turned out it was shaken baby syndrome - her son had seizures and respiratory problems 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 below.
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 .
Maylily Reid of Galion, Crawford County, OH was born on May 2, 1919, and died at age 74 years old on June 28, 1993.
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 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.
Osborn Reid was born in 1867 in Rockdale County, Georgia United States, and died at age 61 years old in 1928 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Osborn 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 Osborn Reid.
Margaret (Stanwell) Reid of Richmond Australia, was married to Hoare John Joseph Reid, and has a child Clara Rosa Reid. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret (Stanwell) Reid.
William Walsh Reid of Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia was born in 1874 in Belfast, Belfast County, Northern Ireland United Kingdom, and died at age 77 years old on May 24, 1952 at Howe St, in Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia.
George Cooper Reid was born in 1914, and died in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Cooper Reid.
Mary Therese (Reid) Buckingham was born in 1870 in Costerfield, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia to Alexander Reid and Mary (Shaw) Reid. She married Joseph Buckingham. Mary's partner was John Evan Howells, and they had children Flora Elaine (Howells) Mitting and Eric Norton Howells. Mary Buckingham died at age 84 years old in 1954 in Ararat, Ararat Rural City County, and was buried at Mount Cole Cemetery in Mount Cole.
Theresa Reid was born on August 12, 1958 in Hastings, Nebraska United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theresa Reid.
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.
Kristina J Reid was born on November 14, 1977 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kristina J 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.
Ilona Jacqueline Reid of St Kilda Australia was born in 1947 to Kinczel Josef Reid and Elizabeth Novotny Reid. Ilona Reid died at age 31 years old in 1978 in St Kilda.
George French Reid of Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George French Reid.
Maria Ann (Reid) Dellar Miss of A Hill L A, Vic Australia was born in 1863 in Macedon to Stephen Horace Armstrong Reid and Sarah Jane Howard. She had a brother Stephen Reid. She married William Joseph Dellar, 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.
Reid Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Reid family member is 70.0 years old according to our database of 44,027 people with the last name Reid that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Reids
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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.
Martha Reid of Riverside, Riverside County, California was born on August 17, 1877, and died at age 107 years old in March 1985.
Emma Reid of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, NC was born on August 22, 1894, and died at age 106 years old on June 7, 2001.
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.
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.
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.
Mary Reid of Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia was born on December 20, 1870, and died at age 105 years old in January 1976.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.