William A. Reid

WILLIAM A. REID

is the son of William Reid and his wife, Mary Drew. He was born on 7 February 1836. His baptismal record reads as follows: "William Reid, Writer, & Mary Drew a law: son William bo: 7th February. Wit: William Young & John Gibson" [Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Baptismal Register for Glasgow, reference OPR.644.1/33, frame 4902].

He was at home in Walworth, Walworth County, Wisconsin, with his parents and siblings when the US census of 1850 was enumerated. His age was returned as thirteen years United States Census, 1850, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DP-N28

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Herbert Reid, in his book, "The Reids of Kittochside, Part II," published in 1945 in Glasgow, asserted that "A family of ten [children] were born to William Reid and Mary Drew, eight in Glasgow, before they emigrated. [He relates information about children John Reid, Ann Hamilton Reid, and Elizabeth Fairlie Reid, then writes] It is strange that nothing seems to be known of the other offspring of William Reid, viz., James Drew Reid, William Reid, Agnes Reid, and Robert Reid." Herbert Reid's list of the children of William reid and Mary Drew include two sons named William. The one born October 20, 1831, must have died before the February 7, 1836 birth of the second son named William.

All ten children are noted on Herbert Reid's "Table T" on page 20.

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Michael Reid Delahunt (2010): I speculate that several of William Reid's children remained in Scotland instead of emigrating with their parents.

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