Brief Life History of Clare William
When Clare William Reid was born on 1 December 1872, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, William Taylor Reid, was 42 and his mother, Mary Adelaide Cox, was 24. He married Ethel Lowry on 9 October 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 3 April 1958, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- C W Reid, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Clare Wm. Reid, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Clare William Reid, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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