Edwin Reid
1 September 1928–13 November 2009 (Age 81)
Jamaica
The Life of Edwin
Edwin Reid was born on 1 September 1928, in Jamaica. He married Linnet Beatrice Phillips on 16 June 1956, in Jamaica. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 13 November 2009, in New Cross, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Edwin Reid
1928–2009
Linnet Beatrice Phillips
1928–2010
Marriage: 16 June 1956
Dorothy Marcia Reid
1961–1997
Spouse and Children
1928–2009Male
1928–2010Female
MARRIAGE
16 June 1956
Jamaica
16 June 1956
Jamaica
children
(1)
1961–1997Female
World Events (8)
1940
Age 12
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
1944
Age 16
Universal adult suffrage introduced. new constitution providing for a popularly-elected House of Representatives promulgated.
1953
Age 25
Queen Elizabeth II crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.
Name Meaning
Scottish:1. nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Older Scots reid ‘red’. 2. topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from Old English rȳd ‘woodland clearing’. Compare English Read .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Corletta Gauntlett in entry for Vendoline Reid, "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999"
- Corletta Gauntlett in entry for Edwin Reid, "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edwin Reid - birth-name: Edwin Reid
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