Samuel Reid (1812)

Born 1812 in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland

Died [date unknown] in Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Samuel Reid was born in Ireland.

Samuel Reid migrated from Ireland to Canada.

Emigration: To Canada before 1843

Married 1845 to Eliza

In his father's (John Reid (-1848)) will dated January 4, 1843, it is noted that Samuel is "In Canada".

In a letter home in 1950 John Freeman Reid (1820-1866) wrote “....He told me my brother Samuel is living in a place called Mimico about nine miles from Toronto and is in a delicate state of health....”^[1] Mimico is in Etobicoke, York (county), and in the 1951 Census, there is only one Samuel Reid (of any spelling) there.

Census

Census of 1851

Item Number: 1189711

Surname: Reid

Given Name(s): Samuel

Age: 39

Province: Canada West (Ontario)

District Name: York (county)

Sub-District Name: Etobicoke

Page Number: 37

Line Number: 24 - 25

Others Mentioned: Eliza, Wife, Ireland, 48^[2]

Eliza Reid

Sex Female

Age 48

Birth Date 1803

Birth Year (Estimated) 1803

Birthplace Ireland

Event Type Census

Event Date 1851

Event Place Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada

Sub-District Etobicoke

Sub-District Number 407

District Number 42

Line Number 25

Page 37

Affiliate Film Number C_11761^[3]

Research Notes

There is some concern amongst the family about this (or these?) being the correct Samuel. Inclusion is based on the John Freeman Reid (1820-1866) written note saying Samuel is in Mimico in 1850, and the fact that there is only 1 Samuel Reid in Etobicoke in 1851. Mimico is part of Etobicoke.

Working on the premise that Samuel Reid (1812-) is the Father of Eliza (Reid) Daniels (1833-1921), the Samuel Reed in the 1861 census cannot be the same one, as they didn't marry until 12 years after Eliza was born, also they are 16 years older than the 1851Census. 3rd strike is they changed churches as well...

1861 Census

Surname: Reed

Given Name: Samuel

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Marital Status: Married

Place of Birth: Ireland

Religion: Other Methodist

Province: Canada West (Ontario)

District Name: York

Sub-District Name: Etobicoke

Page Number: 34

Line Number: 11- 12

Microfilm: C-1087

Item Number: 1248642

Others Mentioned: (Mrs?) Ireland, Married 1845, 60^[4]

1871 Census

Census Year: 1871

Item Number: 608660

Surname: Reid

Given Name(s): Eliza

Age: 50

Province: Ontario

District Name: Hamilton

Sub-District Name: St Patricks Ward

Widowed^[5]

The Samuel Reid Conundrum: "According to The Reid History written in 1936, “....When out alone one night another brother, Samuel, was attacked by a mob of Roman Catholics, for whose separate schools we are now being taxed, and would have been murdered had it not been for the timely arrival of a woman who saved him. He died some time later, it was thought from the abuse they had given him.....”" ^[6]

This must have happened in Ireland, as Ontario did not start collecting taxes for Catholic Schools until 1855, and then it was collecting on behalf of the Catholic Schools^[7]

The Rev. William N. Falkiner indignantly characterized emigration from this parochial union as follows: "Several very respectable Protestant families have left this, much disgusted at the situation they were in, unprotected from lawless aggression of mobs, and deserted by Government; such were their complaints; they went to Canada."^[8]

Samuel Reids in our interest group:

Samuel Reid (1844-1918)

Samuel Reid (1812-)

Samuel Reid (abt.1818-)

Samuel Reid (1818-1880)

Samuel Reid (1827-)

Sources

1. ↑ British Columbia Genealogical Society - Cariboo Notes V39 #1 Spring 2022 Pg 7
2. ↑ 1851 Census, Canada West (Ontario), York, Etobicoke
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1851", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWTG-7LN : 1 October 2021), Eliza Reid, 1851.
4. ↑ 1861 Census, Canada West (Ontario), York, Etobicoke
5. ↑ http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396333_00217
6. ↑ British Columbia Genealogical Society - Cariboo Notes V39 #1 Spring 2022 Pg 7
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_schools_in_Canada<ref> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_schools_in_Canada</li> <li id="_note-7">[[#_ref-7|↑]] Irish Migrants in the Canadas A New Approach - Bruce S Elliot 2nd Edtn, Pg 101</li></ol></ref>