REID, William
1844 - 1911 (66 years)-
Name REID, William Birth 14 Dec 1844 Hant's Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland 
Gender Male Death 11 Jul 1911 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I4625 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 2 Feb 2024
Father REID, William, b. Hant's Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Mother UNKNOWN, Unknown Family ID F1181 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 UNKNOWN, Sarah Ann Marriage Abt 1892 Newfoundland, Canada Family ID F1075 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2025
Family 2 WARD, Rachel Amelia, b. 8 Jan 1841, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 Feb 1924, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 83 years) Marriage 29 Aug 1865 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] Divorce 1892 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] - "A fundmental Baptist, Rachel Amelia (Ward) Reid divorced William Reid because he liked other women and Scotch whiskey. It was one of the first divorces granted in Nova Scotia"
Children 1. REID, William Edgar, b. 7 Dec 1869, Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 9 Dec 1946, Kalamazoo, Michegan, United States (Age 77 years)2. REID, Elizabeth Amelia, b. 25 Mar 1876, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Jun 1954, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years)Family ID F1076 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2025
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Notes - "...wealthy merchant, founder of the Halifax Curling Club, ... A fundamentalist Baptist, Rachel Amelia (Ward) Reid divorced William Reid because he liked other women and Scotch whiskey. It was one of the first divorces granted in Nova Scotia. Amelia persuaded her father to give up selling booze and to sell the inn. Amelia became chief housekeeper of Victoria General Hospital in Halifax. When James Ward died he left all his real and personal property to her and made William Reid an Executor." ("Dickson and Leslie Family Histories" © 1990 Custom Printers of Renfrew Ltd. ISBN 019942-09-1 )
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