James Gerhard Reid
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James Gerhardus Reid (1840 - 1879)

Dr James Gerhardus (James Gerhard) Reid
Born in Swellendam, Cape Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 15 Sep 1870 in Port Beaufort, Swellendam, Cape Colony, South Africamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 38 in Riversdale, Cape Colonymap
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Biography

Name

James Gerhardus[1][2]
James Gerhard[3][4][5]

Birth

Date: 7 Jun 1840[3][1] / about 1840[5]
Place: Swellendam, Cape Colony[1][4]

Baptism

Date: 19 Jul 1840[1]
Place: Swellendam, Cape Colony[1]
[1][Wanneer Gedoopt] [1840 July 19]
[Kinderen] James Gerhardus
[Ouders] Reid Alexander
Denys, Hermana Huberta
[Getuigen] Jacobus Johannes Steyn Marths/zoon
Cornelia Elizabeth Magdalena Palek
[Wanneer geboren] 1840 7 Juny

Marriage

Date: 15 Sep 1870[3][6][2]
Place: Port Beaufort, Swellendam, Cape Colony[6][2]
Groom: James Gerhardus Reid, 30, Bachelor, Physician, Riversdale [2][3][6]
Bride: Elizabeth Martha Barry, 19, Spinster, Rhenosterfontein [2][3][6]

Children

Listed in his death notice:[4]:
  1. Graham John Alexander [4]
  2. Thomas Barry [4]
  3. Francis Sibson [4]
  4. James Gerhard [4]
James's wife must have been pregnant with their 5th child at the time of his death, since John Duckworth is listed as a child in her death notice, but there is no mention of a second marriage for her.[7]

Death

Date: 26 Jan 1879[4]
Place: Riversdale, Cape Colony[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Baptism Record: Parish registers (baptisms, memberships, marriages), Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Province, Baptisms - Swellendam [Zwellendam]. -- I. 1835-1838. -- II. 1836-1840. -- III. 1838-1844. Film # 008148295, Image 647 of 789: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-3Q2P-X?i=646&cat=959223. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-06-08.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Marriage Record: South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-3SH6-5?cc=2821281 : 18 March 2022), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-06-08.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 SAG VOL 1. Added by Van_der_Schyff-551 on 20 August 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Death Notice: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W38L-W?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1399 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-06-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mother's Death Notice: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-MS9N-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZK%3A1598082376 : 28 September 2018), 007844943 > image 1723 of 2192; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Sharon (Cope) Rabie on 25 April 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Added by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen on 11 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Added by Riël Smit on 2022-06-08.




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Reid-14520 and Reid-6985 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious duplicate per baptism record of Reid-6985
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