Helena was born on 23 May 1839 in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] Helena married Edward Reid (1834 - 1887) on the 27th September 1864 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.[2] Helena died on the 25th February 1868 and her death (age 28) was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1868 in the Newcastle Upon Tyne district.[3]
Based originally on a Barnard family bible, and unless otherwise sourced, any precise dates are as shown on hand-written notes (page 25) compiled about the 11th December 1878 by John Barnard (1797-1880) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-4046, living at 12 Compton Terrace, Canonbury, Middlesex from before 1861 until his death. Also shown, in different handwriting, is one of his children Katherine Barnard (1844-1912) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-4055 living at 12 Highbury Terrace, Islington, Middlesex from before 1911 until her death, and one of his grandchildren Kate Barnard Blaikley (1879-1969) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blaikley-22 living at 5 Canfield Gardens, Hampstead, Middlesex from before 1939 until before her death. These hand-written notes record the Barnard family, and others, commencing with William Barnard (1605-1682) through to a John Barnard, a farmer in 1898, living at Haslingfield, 1ΒΌ miles from Barrington, Cambridgeshire, where Barnard ancestors had lived since 1605. A copy of these notes is in the possession of Trevor Pickup (Pickup-177) and Michael Pickup (Pickup-178).
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