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David REIDAge: 9518881983

Name
David REID
Given names
David
Surname
REID
Birth 17 September 1888 24 26
Birth of a brotherJames Walker REID
23 March 1890 (Age 18 months)
Census 1891 (Age 2)
Birth of a brotherRobert Gillon REID
28 March 1892 (Age 3)
Birth of a brotherJohn REID
29 October 1894 (Age 6)
Birth of a brotherThomas Alexander Walker REID
17 December 1896 (Age 8)
Birth of a sisterSarah Alexander Walker REID
17 December 1896 (Age 8)
Birth of a brotherUnnamed
3 March 1898 (Age 9)
Death of a brotherUnnamed
3 March 1898 (Age 9)
Birth of a brotherGilbert Edmund REID
3 May 1898 (Age 9)
Census 1901 (Age 12)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ferguson REID
24 March 1902 (Age 13)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDavid REID
2 April 1908 (Age 19)

Census 1911 (Age 22)
Occupation
Cabinet Maker
1911 (Age 22)

Occupation
Upholster, Entertained Troops During WW2

Residence

Correspondence
Letter from Brother William
4 May 1914 (Age 25)

MarriageGriselda Mann MCDOUGALLView this family
30 June 1914 (Age 25)
Death of a fatherJohn Ferguson REID
8 July 1919 (Age 30)
Shared note: Event Description: Carbuncle?
Death of a paternal grandmotherJanet Blair GILLON
30 December 1930 (Age 42)

Death of a motherJeanie Alexander WALKER
1 August 1943 (Age 54)
Death of a brotherGilbert Edmund REID
10 August 1951 (Age 62)
Death of a brotherWilliam Ferguson REID
30 March 1952 (Age 63)
Shared note: Event Description: Brain Hemorage caused from high blood pr essure from kidney disease.
Death of a wifeGriselda Mann MCDOUGALL
22 September 1952 (Age 64)
Death of a sisterSarah Alexander Walker REID
26 January 1955 (Age 66)
Shared note: Event Description: Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Death of a brotherJohn REID
4 March 1955 (Age 66)
Death of a brotherThomas Alexander Walker REID
14 May 1964 (Age 75)
Shared note: Event Description: Lengthy illness probably related to Poly cystic Kidney disease.
Death of a brotherJames Walker REID
17 August 1970 (Age 81)
Shared note: Event Description: Kidney Failure at the age of 80.
Death of a brotherRobert Gillon REID
23 June 1974 (Age 85)
Shared note: Event Description: Alzheimers Disease
Death 6 November 1983 (Age 95)
Shared note: Event Description: Old Age
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 30 June 1887Barsney Church, Glasgow, Scotland by Dr. Marshall Lang
15 months
himself
18 months
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Robert Gillon REID
Birth: 28 March 1892 28 295:40 PM @ 192 Berkeley Street, Glasgow
Death: 23 June 1974Whiterock, British Columbia, Canada
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
younger sister
14 months
younger brother
Unnamed
Birth: 3 March 1898 33 35Glasgow, Scotland
Death: 3 March 1898Glasgow, Scotland
2 months
younger brother
Gilbert Edmund REID
Birth: 3 May 1898 34 35Glasgow, Scotland
Death: 10 August 1951Calgary, Alberta buried in Queens Park Cemetary
4 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Agnes Muir MAULE - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Family with Griselda Mann MCDOUGALL - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 30 June 1914Cambuslang, Glasgow, Scotland
son

Death

Event Description: Old Age

Shared note

(Research): [ReidMar02.FTW]

He was an upholsterer by profession. He upholstered for hi s father's company, Thistle Cabinet Works, in Scotland unt il approximately 19ll when he then moved to England. In 19 24 he had moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada and worked fo r one (1) year for Gutta Perca Rubber Co., (Calgary), sell ing tires. He then went back to England after that one yea r. In 1930 David became mayor of Epsom, Surrey.

In 1946/47 he returned to Calgary with his wife Grisel. Th ey landed on the east coast and visited veterans. The vete rans he visited on this trip were those he entertained duri ng WWII in England.

In 1960, after Grisel died, he move to Whiterock, Britis h Columbia. He died in l983 and is buried in Queens Park Cemetary, Calg ary, Alberta.