William B. Reed

Brief Life History 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 33 and his mother, Mary Beaupré, was 25. He married Elizabeth Guild about 1867. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Forester, Forester Township, 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 Cemetery, 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

Sources (49)

  • William Reed, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Wm Reed, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • William B Reed, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

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

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

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 .

English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

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

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