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My interest in family history started to grow and develop in the mid to late 1980s and I have been hooked ever since. This website details some of the ancestry of my maternal grandfather stretching back 5 generations to Henry Reid my gt-gt-gt-grandfather, a grocer and spirit dealer by trade who lived and worked in Barrowfield Road (later Canning Street, still later London Road) Calton, Glasgow.
In July 1793 Henry married Margaret Thomson, he died in 1833 and is buried alongside his wife in the Calton Cemetery, Abercromby Street. Some photos from Old Calton Cemetery are available.
For over 10 years I and other family members have been researching our family history which stretches back over 200 years. The realms of medicine, textile industry, police, religion, spirits, tea, fishing, grocery provisions are only some of the areas that are traversed across the decades. Some of the key characters include Henry Reid, William Reid, Walter Dick and many more. Through this website you may learn more of Henry's descendants.
Please take a moment to browse around this site to learn more about my family history and some of Scotland's heritage along the way, you may also wish to view the timeline of events for more information.
Scottish Naming Convention.
Scottish Naming Convention.
In places the Scottish naming convention has been referred to when trying to trace back ancestry, although the rules do not always apply.
1st Son named after Fathers Father
2nd Son named after Mothers Father
3rd Son named after Father
4th Son named after Father's oldest brother
5th Son named after 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother
1st Daughter named after Mothers Mother
2nd Daughter named after Fathers Mother
3rd Daughter named after Mother
4th Daughter named after Mothers oldest sister
5th Daughter named after 2nd oldest sister or Fathers oldest sister
Rev Henry Reid's son James Hutchison Reid was killed in a tragic railway accident Warragul
A man named James Read (sic), living at Oakleigh, and at present engaged on the re-grading works between Warragul and Bloomfield, met with a fatal accident last evening. He was walking on the line, about half a mile from Bloomfield, when apparently he was overtaken and killed by the 8 p.m. train from Warragul to Sale. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and only recently married. The body lies at the Victory Hotel, Bloomfield, and an inquest will be held tomorrow.
The Age (Melbourne), 15 April 1898 page 6.
A young man named James Read (sic), who has been employed for the past few weeks in regrading works being carried out on the Gippsland line, near Bloomfield, about two miles from here, in the direction of Sale, was run over by a train last night, and killed instantaneously. He was walking along the line towards Warragul when the accident occurred, and the body was found lying between the metals an hour afterwards by a man named McAllister. The head was terribly injured, being quite battered in at the back, and one of the legs was broken. The deceased lived at Oakleigh, and was a married man. He was about 30 years of age, and during yesterday told one of his mates that he intended running down to see his wife. The wife arrived here this afternoon and identified the body as being that of her husband. The body now lies in the Victory Hotel, Bloomfield, and a magisterial inquiry is to be held in the morning.
The Argus (Melbourne), 15 April 1898 page 6.
Details of the inquest are shown below
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