Alexander Winter Reid was born about 1877. He was the son of Wilhelm Bretz and Martha Winter.
In the Scotland Census of 1881, Alexander Reid (aged 4) was living with his father William Reid (aged 32 and a Seaman), his mother Martha Reid (28) and his siblings James W Reid (11), Helen Reid (9), William Reid (7), Charles Reid (1) and Albert Reid (1) at No. 1 Harbour Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
When Alexander was 10 years of age he and his family emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand, departing from London on 22 September 1889 and arriving into Welllington on board the Kaikoura on 6 November 1889[1]. From there the family made their way to Auckland.
Unknown if Alexander married.
He passed away in September 1940 at the age of 64 and was buried on 27 September 1940 at Tauranga Cemetery, Tauranga, New Zealand[2][3]. PLOT: PRESBYTERIAN Block: SECTION A, Row: 23, Plot Location: 17
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