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Hi Grierson,

The following may be of interest to you and anyone else researching the Reid family living on the Aldie Estate, Fossoway.

I found an online newspaper article on the Australian website Trove. The article is in the Newcastle Morning Herald + Miners' Advocate, dated 19 January 1887.

The article refers to Mr John Reid, native of the parish of Fossoway, Perthshire, living in Canada. His residence for many years had been on the 'Aldes Estate' (as written in article)  'Aldie Estate' in Perthshire, where his "forebears" his maternal ancestors had been since A.D. 1250. These maternal ancestors where named Robertson and had occupied the farm of East Hilton.

Trove is a free website and all articles can be viewed in full online. I have added the links below :-

website link -           https://trove.nla.gov.au/

article link -

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138813518?searchTerm=%22mr%20john%20reid%22%20fossoway

Mr Barratt the bootmaker of Church Street, Sidmouth, gets a mention, along with his father that died in 1850, in the book by Peter Orlando Hutchinson, 'A New Guide to Sidmouth'

Name of informant on David Reid's death certificate 1864 should read son Thomas informant not Andrew

In reference to other children of William Reid and Jean Paton.  I have the death certificate of John Reid 27 May 1859, Age 82, Piperpool, Saline, Fife.  Father William Reid farm servant, Jean Reid maiden name Paton.  Informant John Reid son of deceased.  In 1851 census John gives his birth place as Cleish.  Baptism date would co-ordinate with the Cleish one listed for William Reid and Janet Paton (name Janet given for 3 children born in Cleish) is Janet an acceptable version of Jean?  Any ideas?

William Reid son of David Reid and Marion Barclay married Mary McLeod
children of William & Mary are :

Mary Reid born 3 Dec 1845 Cleish (Mary gives Cleish, Kinross-shire as place of birth on her Marrriage Certificate
Jane Reid born c1850 (born Australia probably at Pentland Hills, Victoria, Jane was alive in 1869 when her father died but I have been unable to find any trace of her.
Helen (Ellen) Reid born 1853 (no certificate found probably Pentland Hills, Victoria also)
William Reid born 1854 died 1855 Carngham, Victoria (birth certificate gives Father William's birth place as Portmoak, Kinross, Mother Mary's birth place as Lochore, Ballingry, Fife
William David Reid & John George Reid (TWINS) born 10 Jan 1856 Anakie (near Geelong), Victoria
(John George is alive at time of William's Death in 1869 but no sign of him after that)
James Adam Reid born 1858 Anakie
Frederick McLeod Reid born 1862 Anakie

Mother Mary Reid (nee McLeod) died 1862 Anakie, buried Geelong
Father William Reid died 1869 Kangatong Station, near Hawkesdale

I have photographs of William Reid & Mary McLeod, Helen Reid, William David Reid & James Adam Reid.  Also pictures of William & Mary's many Grandchildren