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REID, George
1872 - 1950 (77 years) Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.
1876 - 1914 (37 years)-
Name REID, George Birth 10 Jun 1872 Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Death 1950 Newton Abbott, Devonshire, England Person ID I490 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 1 EDGOOSE, Mabel Margaret, b. 10 Sep 1876, West Walton, Norfolk d. 30 Jul 1914, University College Hospital, London (Age 37 years) Marriage 21 Aug 1906 Holy Cross Church, St. Pancras, London Children 1. REID, Athol George, b. 6 Apr 1908, Sidcup, Kent, England d. 6 Sep 1960, Sidcup Registration District, Kent, (Age 52 years)Family ID F329 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 GARROD, Alice Jane, b. 1873, Erwarton, Suffolk, England d. 1904, Marylebone Registration District, London (Age 31 years) Marriage 1900 Samford, Suffolk, England Children 1. REID, William Peter, b. 1901, Marylebone Registration District, London d. 1902, Marylebone Registration District, London (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F330 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 PANTRY, Mabel Florence, b. 22 Jan 1891, St. Saviour Registration District, London d. 1963, Newton Abbot Registration District, Devon (Age 71 years) Marriage 1925 Lambeth, Greater London, England Children 1. REID, Leonard, b. 30 Dec 1918 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F3007 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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GEORGE REID 1872-
George, son of Peter REID farm servant and his wife Mary formerly EVESLIE (?), was born at Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on 10 June 1872. Peter REID had married Mary EVESLIE at King Edward on 1 December 1860.
(Scotlands People)
George REID married Alice Jane GARROD in 1900.
(GRO June 1900 Samford [which includes the parish of Erwarton] 41 1687)
In 1901 they were living at 238 Wharncliffe Gardens, St. Marylebone, Middlesex:
George REID, head, aged 28, police constable, born in Scotland;
Alice J. REID, wife, aged 27, born at Erwarton in Suffolk.
RG13/112/49/35.
The death of Alice Jane REID aged 31 was registered in 1904.
(GRO December Q 1904 Marylebone 1a 395)
He married Mabel Margaret EDGOOSE at Holy Cross Church, St. Pancras, London, on 21 August 1906. She was described as a 29 year old spinster of 12 St. Andrews Mansions, Dorset Street, London W, daughter of Stanton John EDGOOSE, farmer. George REID was a 34 year old widower. a police constable, of 49 Tonbridge Houses, son of Peter REID deceased, a farm labourer. Witnesses were May Louisa JONES, W. H. BURTON, and J. A. EDGOOSE.
(GRO September Q 1906 Pancras 1b 185)
The 1911 census of 49 Tonbridge House, Tonbridge Street, London W.C.:
*George REID, head, aged 38, married, police sergeant (Metropolitan), born Monquhitter, Aberdeen;
Mabel Margaret REID, wife, aged 34, married 4 years, 1 child (living), born West Walton, Norfolk;
Athol George REID, son, aged 2, born at St. Pancras, London.
(RG14/677)
His second wife Mabel Margaret REID died at University College Hospital on 30 July 1914 aged 37. Her address at the time was 10 Tonbridge Houses, Tonbridge Street, St. Pancras. George REID was a police sergeant.
(GRO 1914 September Q Pancras 1b 39)
George REID and Mabel Florence PANTRY had a son Leonard on 30 December 1918. Leonard's birth now appears in the March Q of 1919 and September Q of 1926 under both surnames. Presumably the records were amended after the couple's marriage in 1925.
The marriage between George REID and Mabel F. PANTRY was registered in 1925.
(GRO September Q 1925 Lambeth 1D 706)
Their daughter Doris E. REID was born on 26 January 1927.
(GRO March Q 1927 [PANTRY] Lambeth 1d 618)
From the 1939 Register of 29 Portland Grove, Lambeth, London:
George REID, born 10 June 1872, retired police, married;
*Mabel F. REID, born 22 January(?) 1891, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Leonard REID, born 30 December 1918, office boy, single;
Doris E. REID, born 26 January 1927, school girl, single.
(RG101/0343D/006/2-5)
NOTE: FreeBMD has Leonard REID March Q 1919 [PANTRY] Marylebone 1a 692 and a note: See September 1926.
The death of a George REID aged 77 was registered in 1950.
(GRO June Q 1950 Newton Abbott 7a 494)
The death of a Mabel F. REID aged 72 was registered in 1963.
(GRO June Q 1963 Newton Abbott 7a 543)
NOTES & QUERIES:
FreeBMD:
Leonard Reid was born 30 December 1918 (1939 Register). His parents George Reid & Mabel Florence Pantry married in 1925. The entry for Leonard Pantry in 1919 was modified at this time, i.e. September 1926. See Reid and Pantry entries in 1919 & 1926.
An Athole George REID was born on 19 January 1919. He died at Chippenham 23 1764
Was an Athol Jack Michael REID born in 1923?
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