Husband of
Grace (McMillan) Reid
— married
1 Oct 1896 in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 60
in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
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Biography
William Reid's parents were born in Fife, Scotland and emigrated to the U.S. in 1870, via Glasgow where his brother Andrew was born and Liverpool, England where his brother James was born. The family settled in Elmira, New York.
William was a Clerk
William Hopkins Reid served in W.W.1, drafted in Elmira City.
He married Grace McMillan
Sources
1880 census - "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZZ-5MC : 13 November 2020), Willie H. Reed in household of Andrew Reed, Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 70, sheet 275A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,817.
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ39-THV : 10 December 2020), William H Reid, 1892; citing Elmira City, Ward 02, E.D. 01, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 850,934.
1917 - drafted - "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTG-RSR : accessed 18 May 2015), William Hopkins Reid, 1917-1918; citing Elmira City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,712,365.
"New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS9B-M5Y : 8 November 2014), William Reid, Elmira Ward 03, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Chemung, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 7, line 29, New York State Archives, Albany.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7HP-M87 : accessed 24 January 2021), William H Reid, Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 1A, line 12, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1414; FHL microfilm 2,341,149.
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DNA Connections
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