Family Group Sheet
Husband David REID |
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Born |
NOT KNOWN, U?VERIFIED Possibly 6
February 1811, “Campbelton” (Ardersier or Campbelltown), Inverness-shire (no other David Reid born 1809-1820 in Inverness-shire with father William Reid) (OPR B/1811/091/0010 0263 Ardersier, Inverness-shire) |
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Chr. |
Possibly 10 February 1811, Ardersier parish, Inverness-shire (OPR B/1811/091/0010 0263 Ardersier, Inverness-shire) |
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Married |
5 June 1862, Moy Inn, Moy, Inverness-shire (Free Church of Scotland Banns) [M/1862/105-00/2 Moy & Dalarossie, Inverness-shire] [or May 1862, Manse of Moy – on dau Christian’s B cert 1867] [May 1863 (sic), Moy [beg] Inn, on dau Mary Ann’s B cert, 1870] W Catherine was either approx 2½ months pregnant at time of marriage or dau born approx 2½ months prematurely |
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Died |
14 August 1888, Linnmore [Lynmore], Moy, “Natural decay” (no medical attendant), 77 years [D/1888/105-00/10 Moy & Dalarossie, Inverness-shire] |
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Buried |
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Husband’s Father William REID (d. bef 1855), weaver &/or blacksmith |
Husband’s Mother Margaret CAT[T]ANACH (William Reid’s OPR marr. 1810; David Reid’s marr cert, 1862) (or Christina MACDONALD : David Reid’s death cert, 1888) |
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Other wives Katherine McDONALD (or Catherine Macdonald), died by 1851 (David Reid a widower in 1851 Census and on remarriage in 1862) |
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Notes: Gamekeeper (death cert, 1888) ; could not write English (“his X mark”, on B cert of dau Catherine, 22/12/1862, & on B cert of son David, 30/4/1864 & D cert of dau Mary Ann, 27/8/1876; but wrote “David Reid” on B cert of daus Margaret, Christian, Mary Ann & of son John)
1861 Census (year before marriage to Catherine McKenzie), David Reid, 50, widower, gamekeeper, living at Lynmore, Moy, Inverness-shire with unmarried daughter Elizabeth Reid (24, "gamekeeper's daughter", born Moy) and domestic serevant Janet Mills, no age given, born Inverness.
Wife Catherine MACKENZIE |
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Born |
Abt. 1830-32 Dores Parish (or parish of Boleskine & Abertarff) |
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Chr. |
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Died |
6 March 1915, Meadowside, Alvie, “Senile decay” (J.R. Orchard, MB & CM, Kingussie), aged 85 years [D/1915/090-B/5 Alvie, Inverness-shire] |
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Buried |
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Wife’s Father John MACKENZIE (d. aft 1862), agricultural labourer (Catherine Mackenzie’s M. cert, 1862); crofter (Catherine Mackenzie’s D. cert, 1915) |
Wife’s Mother Catherine FRASER (d. aft 1862) |
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Other husbands |
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Notes: Not living in Moy parish at 1851 Census; several possible names in Dores and Boleskine parishes; 1861 census, “Domestic servant”, 29 yrs, born Boleskine, Inverness-shire, eldest of three female domestic servants in HH of Hector Mackenzie, Ch of Scotland Parish Minister, Manse of Moy, Inverness-shire [Moy & Dalarossie, Dist no. 105/00, ED 4, p.7, schedule 36]; “Domestic servant” (marriage cert, 1862) [TO CHECK: 1841 & 1851 CENSUS]
Children |
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Sex Name |
Born |
Married |
Died |
1 Catherine REID (“Kate”) (F) |
22 December 1862, Lynmore, Moy [B/1862/105-00/0021 Moy & Dalarossie, Inverness-shire] |
Francis WATT, bachelor, 27 yrs, mason, residing Moy Beg, on 27 December 1895, at 1 Huntly St, Inverness [M/1895/098-00/195 Inverness] (Free Church Banns) (father and mother not identified) (“stone cutter” on dau Catherine’s B cert, 1896 & W Catherine’s D cert 1896). Catherine, “Domestic servant”, spinster, residing Moy Beg, aged “31 years”, on M cert 1895. [Actually 33 years old. See note below.] One dau Catherine Watt b 16 Dec 1896 (See Note). |
24 December 1896, Linmore, Moy (aged 24 years) (“Weakness after child birth”, medical attendant “not certified”), aged “32 years” [actually 34 years old] [D/1986/105-00/13 Moy and Dalarossie] |
2 David REID (M) |
30 April 1864, Lynmore, Moy [B/1864/105-00/0008 Moy & Dalarossie] |
“Game Watcher”, Single, aged 36, in mother’s HH, 1901 Census. TO CHECK |
1927, aged 64 yrs, Moy & Dalarossie, Moybeg reading room [D/1927/105-00/0005 Moy & Dalarossie] |
3 Margaret REID (“Maggie”) (F) |
12 November 1865, Lynmore, Moy [B/1865/105-00/0017 Moy & Dalarossie] |
Hugh SMITH, 27 Jul 1883, Parish Church of Moy, Inverness-shire (Established Church of Scotland Banns) (M/105/1883/2 Moy & Dalarossie) |
Margaret Smith, 21 May 1949, 84 yrs [83 yrs], at Meadowside, Kingussie, Inverness-shire (Arterio Sclerosis; Myocarditis) (D/090-B/1949/2 Alvie, Inverness). Buried Alvie churchyard. |
4 Christian REID (“Christina”) (F) |
27 May 1867, Lynmore, Moy [B/1867/105-00/0008 Moy & Dalarossie] |
UNVERIFIED
Witness at sister Catherine's marriage on 27 Dec 1895 ("Christina Reid"). |
After 1895. |
5 Mary Ann REID (“Marian”) (F) |
7 February 1870, Linnmore, Moy [B/1864/105-00/0001 Moy & Dalarossie] |
Died in childhood. |
27 August 1876, Linmore, Moy (aged 6 years) (C.O.D. “Not known. 10 days ill. No medical attendant.”) [D/1876/105-00/0013 Moy & Dalarossie] |
6 John REID (M) |
23 June 1872, Linmore, Moy [B/1872/105-00/0006 Moy&] |
TO CHECK |
(recorded, aged 8, in parents’ HH, Moy, Census 1881) TO CHECK |
References: Census 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
Note: Checked GROS birth records: No other female Reid children born Moy parish 1862-1865 except Catherine 1862 & Margaret 1865.
Note: Catherine Watt b 16 Dec 1896, Linmore, Moy (informant David Reid, Uncle) [B/1896/105-00/0014 Moy & Dalarossie] ; m’d John O’Brien McRobbie, farm servant, bachelor, 30 yrs, residing Leochel-Cushnie, at East Aquhorthies, Inverurie, 24 June 1922 (“domestic servant”, spinster, 25 yrs, father Francis Watt “Farmer”; UFC Banns) [M/1922/204-00/0023 Inverurie, Aberdeen-shire]; Catherine McRobbie d 1984 Inverurie, 87 yrs, [D/1984/319-00/0091 Inverurie, Aberdeen-shire].
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