William B. Reed

about 17 September 1842–16 August 1919 (Age 76)
Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of William B.

When William B. Reed was born about 17 September 1842, in Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Reid, was 32 and his mother, Mary Beaupre, was 27. He married Elizabeth Guild about 1867, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Forester, Sanilac, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Olds, Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada in 1911. He died on 16 August 1919, in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

William B. Reed
1842–1919
Elizabeth Guild
1847–1925
Marriage: about 1867
Adney Reed
1869–1951
Herman Reed
1877–1941
Olive Reed
1871–1871
Ella Reed
1873–1956
Oliver Reed
1875–1945
Charles Reed
1881–1974
Pearl Dorothy Reed
1886–1972
Rosabelle Reed
1887–1973

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1867Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 4
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1847 · Moving the State Capital
    Age 5
    The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
    1863
    Age 21
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 92556;2007: 202303; 2010: 277030)English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Read
    Ried
    Reede
    Reeder
    Reeds
    Redd
    Reid
    Roy
    Rider

    Sources (51)

    • William Reed in entry for Olive Reed, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
    • William Reed, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Wm. B. Reed in entry for David R. Wilson and Ella Reed, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"

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