James REIDAge: 671840–1907
- Name
- James REID
- Given names
- James
- Surname
- REID
| Birth | 1840 35 33 |
| Birth of a sister | Jane REID 1841 (Age 12 months) |
| Death of a sister | Jane REID 1842 (Age 2) |
| Birth of a brother | Adam REID 1847 (Age 7) |
| Birth of a brother | John REID 1850 (Age 10) |
| Birth of a brother | William McLaren REID 1853 (Age 13) |
| Death of a mother | Edmond S THOMSON 1856 (Age 16) |
| Death of a brother | Adam REID 1864 (Age 24) |
| Marriage | Margaret AITKEN — View this family 1866 (Age 26) |
| Death of a sister | Edmond REID 1872 (Age 32) |
| Death of a father | James REID 24 September 1874 (Age 34) |
| Death of a brother | William McLaren REID 1893 (Age 53) |
| Death | 26 December 1907 (Age 67) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James REID Birth: 15 May 1804 55 57 — Lochside, St. Cyrus, Scotland just North of Montrose Death: 24 September 1874 — Leith |
| mother |
Edmond S THOMSON Birth: 1807 — Leith Death: 1856 |
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Marriage: 1836 — |
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-9 months elder brother |
David REID Birth: 15 April 1835 30 28 — Leith, Scotland Death: 2 April 1908 |
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3 years elder sister |
Edmond REID Birth: 1837 32 30 — Leith, Scotland Death: 1872 |
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4 years himself |
James REID Birth: 1840 35 33 — South Leith, Scotland Death: 26 December 1907 — Leith, Scotland |
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2 years younger sister |
Jane REID Birth: 1841 36 34 Death: 1842 |
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7 years younger brother |
Adam REID Birth: 1847 42 40 — Leith, Scotland Death: 1864 |
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4 years younger brother |
John REID Birth: 1850 45 43 — Leith, Scotland Death: 15 January 1937 — Coatham, Redcar, Scotland |
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4 years younger brother |
William McLaren REID Birth: 1853 48 46 — Leith, Scotland Death: 1893 |
| Family with Margaret AITKEN |
| himself |
James REID Birth: 1840 35 33 — South Leith, Scotland Death: 26 December 1907 — Leith, Scotland |
| wife |
Margaret AITKEN Birth: 1846 Death: 1917 |
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Marriage: 1866 — Santiago, Chili |
| Shared note | (Research): [ReidMar02.FTW] James #4 Reid was a blacksmith, locomotive engineer and man ager of a bone mill at Leith, Scotland. As a young engineer he was sent to Chili with locomotives f or the new Chilian railways. Here he met Margaret Aitken , elder daughter of a Fifeshire couple, resident in Valpara iso, Chili. Margaret's father was also employed in the Chi lian railway industry. James and Margaret were married in Valporaiso in 1866 and t he next year their first child Nelly was born. James was persuaded, by his father, to return to Scotland w here he took over his father's job of managing the bone mil l (fertilizer) on Salimander Street, Leith. At number 31 , seven further children were born. |