Richard Reid was a centenarian, living to age 101.
Richard was born in Scotland in 1879.[1] He Immigrated to Canada in 1904.[2]
During the Second Boer War, he served as a Lance-Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Taken from Wikipedia: “On 9 September 1919, he married Marion Stuart. They had three sons and two daughters.” Wikipedia:Richard Gavin Reid
Taken from Web Archives [3]: “On September 19, 1919, he married Marion Stuart, daughter of Kenneth Stuart of Mannville, Alberta and Flora McDonald of Glengarry County, Ontario. They had five children: George Stuart, Flora Marian, James Kenneth, Richard Gavin, Kathleen Margaret.” *the names were listed separately, I have changed this to read correctly.
Richard died in 1980, he is buried with his wife in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[4]
Sources
↑ "United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5CY-FSY : 16 January 2021), Richard Gavin Reid, ; from "Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records 1760-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing WO 97, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
↑ 2.02.1 "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5B-JVRP : 24 September 2020), Richard Reid, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa
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