Family Group Sheet

Husband   David REID

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)

Chr.

Possibly 10 February 1811, Ardersier parish, Inverness-shire (OPR B/1811/091/0010 0263 Ardersier, Inverness-shire)

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

Died

14 August 1888, Linnmore [Lynmore], Moy, “Natural decay” (no medical attendant), 77 years [D/1888/105-00/10 Moy & Dalarossie, Inverness-shire]

Buried

 

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)

Other wives  Katherine McDONALD (or Catherine Macdonald), died by 1851 (David Reid a widower in 1851 Census and on remarriage in 1862)

     

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

Born

Abt. 1830-32 Dores Parish (or parish of Boleskine & Abertarff)

Chr.

 

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]

Buried

 

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)

Other husbands

     

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

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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