Richard Reid
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Richard Gavin Reid (1879 - 1980)

Richard Gavin "Dick" Reid
Born in Glasgow, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Sep 1919 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 101 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canadamap
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Preceded by
John Brownlee
6th Premier of Alberta
10 July 1934 – 3 September 1935
Succeeded by
William Aberhart

Biography

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Richard Reid is Notable.
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.

Four children are listed in the 1926 Census,

Prairie Census 1926[2]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Richard Reid Head of Household Male 45 Scotland
Marian Reid Wife Female 31 Ontario, Canada
George Stewart Reid Son Male 5 Alta
Flora Marin Reid Daughter Female 4 Alta
Richard Gavin Reid Son Male 3 Alta twins?
James Kenneth Reid Son Male 3 Alta twins?

Richard died in 1980, he is buried with his wife in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[4]

Sources

  1. "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. 2.0 2.1 "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
  3. "The Honourable Richard G. Reid, 1934–35". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090728071044/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/PREMIERS/reid.htm
  4. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1M9H : 26 July 2019), Richard Gavin Reid, 1980; Burial, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Find A Grave: Memorial #8594774.

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