Brief Life History of Robert
Robert Reid was born on 10 June 1838, in Ireland as the son of William Reid and Jane Wallace. He married Sarah Elliot on 19 May 1859, in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. He lived in County Armagh, Ireland in 1850. In 1870, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as shoesmaker in Ohio, United States. He died on 25 December 1888, in Sandyville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 50.
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- Robert Reid, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Reid - Government record: birth: about 1836; Ireland
- Robert Reid, "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898"
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1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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