He worked as a engine fitter and turner for the mining industry.
An Ancestry family tree says he married Jessie Louise Wiltshear in the spring of 1907, they had a son who died as an infant and a daughter Gladys Jessie b. 1913.
Sources
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XGP-4M5 : 1 October 2014), William Henry N Reed, 1885; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Barnstaple, Devon, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCN-H169 : 4 September 2014), William H N Reed, 1954; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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