REID genealogy

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5. Elizabeth REID

6. George REID 1772-1836

m Margaret SMITH 1792



George Reid was born in 1772 in the hamlet of Ord in the parish of Skene about 5 miles west of Aberdeen. He married Margaret Smith in Skene when he was 20 and became a miller at the Justice Mills in the centre of Aberdeen.

Three daughters were born in Aberdeen before George moved back to Ord to work at the nearby Gairlogie mills, now a museum and three more children were born there.  George died in 1836 aged 64



           age
   Date   GR MS
EVENT
 7Jul1772
 4Mar1792 20
26Sep1792 20
 5Mar1793 21 23
12May1796 24 24
18Jul1798 26
10Aug1800 28 30
24Aug1806 34 32
28Aug1809 37 33
     1834 62 37
     1835 63 39
     1836 64 45
George baptized at Skene son of Thomas and Jean Abel, in hamlet of Ord
natural son James bap at Skene
m Margaret Smith at Skene
dau Elizabeth bap at Old Machar; George a miller at Justice Mills, Aberdeen
dau Jean bap at old Machar
dau Margaret Amelia bap at Old Machar
son John bap at Skene
dau Helen bap at Skene
dau Agnes bap at Skene; George lived at Ord
George was a workman at Gairlogie Mills, Skene
George was a workman at Gairlogie Mills, Skene
?died

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened    B=Buried

BIRTH

George Reid was married in 1792 and spent much of his life in Skene, so may have been born there around 1770. There is a suitable baptism in the Skene parish register:

 7Jul1772 Thomas Reid in Ord and his wife Jean Abel had a son baptized named George before the congregation

Although George did not name any of his known children Thomas, the fact that Thomas was in the hamlet of Ord, where George also spent most of his life, suggests this is the correct baptism

MARRIAGE

Elizabeth was bptized in 1793 in Aberdeen, daughter of George Reid and Margaret Smith. There is a suitable marriage some 6 months earlier in the parish of Skene, about 6 miles west of Aberdeen:

 26Sep1792 Geo Reid & Margt Smith both in this parish were proclaimed

DESCENDANTS

baptisms at Skene and Old Machar, Aberdeen, children of George Reid and Margaret Smith

C  4Mar1792 James           Skene
m 26Sep1792 George Reid & Margaret Smith at Skene
C  5Mar1793 Elizabeth       Old Machar
C 12May1796 Jean            Old Machar
C 18Jul1798 Margaret Amelia Old Machar
C 10Aug1800 John            Skene
C 24Aug1806 Helen           Skene
C 28Aug1809 Agnes           Skene d of George Reid in Ord and his wife Margaret Smith

extract from the registers

4 Mar1792 Skene
George Reid in Ord had a natural son baptized called James

5Mar1793 Old Machar
George Reid, miller at Justice Mills & his spouse Margaret Smith had a daughter baptized by Mr James Gregory, minister at Chapel of Ease and named Elizabeth; witnesses James Brebner and JohnSmith

28Aug1809 Skene
George Reid in Ord and his wife Margaret Smith had a daughter named Agnes baptized

DEATH

  From the census data below George Reid probably died in 1836, but no suitable burial in Skene has been found. The George Reid buried in Aberdeen in 8Dec1838 aged 65 was a weaver so probably not the millworker.

CENSUS

Skene Register of Male Heads of Households

1834 George Reid workman Garlogie Mills
1835 George Reid workman Garlogie Mills
not found 1836-1841 and not found in 1841 census

Thomas REID

Alll known records of Thomas Reid in Skene

m 23 Jul1761 Thomas Reid & Jean Abel

children of Thomas Reid & Jean Abel:

C  8May1762 Hellen
C  7Mar1764 John
C 14Nov1765 Ann
C   May1768 Elspit
C  7Jul1772 George
C 22Dec1777 Jean
C  7May1780 Thomas

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