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William Reed1831

William Reed 1831

Eglish (Offaly)
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Born abt. 1831

Son of Robert Reed & Margaret Lee & brother of Robert Reed b.1829 & Margaret Reed b. 1830.

Departed from Fivealley, Eglish, Kings County, Ireland in 1850

Arrived in New South Wales on 15 Mar 1851 on SS Garland aged 20

William's immigration was assisted by his brother Robert. Robert was previously assisted by his cousins William & Edward Lee (the sons of Margaret Lee's brother Henry) for arrival on 11 Jul 1949 on the SS Scotia aged 20 with his sister Margaret Reed aged 19.

Married Mary Ann Edwards in 1859 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales

William and Mary Ann had 7 children.
Eliza Reed 4 Oct 1860 - 26 Feb 1938. Married William John Litte in Port Macqaurie, NSW. 1877
Sarah Reed 4 Mar 1863 - 9 Dec 1956. Married James Manning Trotter in Port Macquarie, NSW in 1883
George Reed 9 Mar 1865 - 12 Dec 1945. Married Adelaide Louise Crossingham in Coraki, NSW in 1901
William Hughes Reed 2 Jul 1867 - 5 Apr 1965. Married Isabella Graham in Port Macquarie, NSW in 1891
Robert Hiram Reed 4 Sep 1869 - 17 Feb 1947. Married Hilda Clyde Jennings in Moruya, NSW in 1901
Laura Jane Reed 18 Oct 1879 -  9 Oct 1962. Married Frederick Percival Smith in Port Macquarie, NSW in 1903
Ernest James Reed 18 Aug 1881 - 23 Jun 1970. Married Evelyn Amelia Garrett in Port Macquarie, NSW in 1904

William died 25 March 1882 at the residence of his son in law and daughter William & Eliza Little, 16 Botany St, Surry Hills, New South Wales of Brights Disease.

Buried on 27 March 1882 at the Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales. His sister Margaret Coulling (nee Reed) attended his funeral. 

Additional Information
Date of Birth 1st Jan 1831
Date of Death 2nd Mar 1882
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  • Hi.   My husband also has a REED/REID line from the Eglish area.

    James Reed/Reid, b.abt 1810 and Mary Shanahan born about the same time.  Their 6 children were all baptized in an Eglish church (RC) in the Eglish area.   Their children were all born between 1831 and 1846 :    John, Anne, James, Mary, Bridget and Mamie.  We have their baptism records from the church records.

    Anne, my husband's ancestor, immigrated and landed in Yonkers NY.   She married Hugh WALSH and remained there until death in 1914.

    The only family knowledge we have is that Anne had a sister, Mamie, who married a McGowan.  We have no idea if the sister came to the States also or what his given name was.

    Have you done a DNA test ?   My husband's is at most companies:   Ancestry, FTDNA, MyHeritage, 23andME, and Gedmatch.

     

    Nancy

     

     

    NKN

    Saturday 2nd June 2018 05:34PM

  • Well met Nancy,

    I have noticed that the Reeds of Eglish I am researching were Church of England. I am not sure of the religious distinctions of the times in that county.

    I am on AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and reuploading to GEDMatch now. GEDmatch ID: A869781. Happy to compare, but I am still trying to confirm through DNA that the William Reed marriage to Mary Ann Edwards are my direct ancestors.

    Regards,
    Paul.
    Brisbane, QLD.

    Druigan

    Sunday 3rd June 2018 04:18AM

  • Hello!! I’ve been researching my Reid (Reed possibly) Lynch who we thought were from Borrisokane but I am now believing we’re from closer to Cloughjordan. So what I do know is that my ggg family Michael Reid and Bridget (Lynch) were married in 1855 in Borrisokane. Their sponsers at their wedding were Thomas Lynch and Ellen Gavan who were married the next year. They had two sons William (1857) and Thomas (1858) also in Borrisokane. They left Ireland in 1859 for NYC. They were Roman Catholic too so prob not related to your relations but I just couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk to other REIDs so close.... Anyhow just trying to eliminate so I can find his and her parents. Thanks and Happy New Year!!!

    Looking for Reids in Borrisokane

    Saturday 5th January 2019 05:36AM

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