When Jannet Reid was born on 2 August 1822, in Tranent, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Reid, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Martin, was 32. She married Thomas McNeil on 19 June 1845, in Tranent, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1859. She died on 6 December 1900, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
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