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REID, Frederick William

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katiesmith24

proper brummie kid
This is my great grandfather. I have found all the military information on him: Enlisted 22-1-1900, transferred to AR??? 21-1-1908, Mobilised 5-8-1914, Killed in action 16-5-1915. He enlisted in Birmingham and on his death his personal effects were forwarded to his wife, Lily at Devonshire Place, Alfred Street, Aston. However, I am consistently drawing a blank with trying to go back any further and find out his parents and where he was born etc etc.

Would appreciate any advice

Thanks
 
Just looking at your other thread and wondered if the info. found wasn't the right family.

Don't want to look and come up with the same if they are not the right ones.
 
The post from 2nd April by smtr was the right person. She found a next of kin as his father, Thomas William and found all the children and their date of births and she was able to give me a rough date of birth but even with all that info i still can't find him or Thomas on any of the census' apart from the latest one!
 
Following up on the post from April 2nd,would this be the family in 1891?
1891
Address: 3, Clarkson Street, Canning Town, West Ham
Thomas Reed, Head aged 38 born 1853 Carlisle,Cumberland,General Labourer
Catherine Reed,Wife aged 34 born 1857 Wales
Mary Ann Reed,Daughter aged 13 born 1878,Wales
Richard Reed,Son aged 11 born 1880,Birmingham
William Reed,Son aged 9 born 1882,Birmingham
Thomas Reed,Son aged 7 born 1884,Birmingham
Charles Reed,Son aged 5 born 1886,Birmingham
John Reed,Son aged 3 born 1888,Canning Town
James Reed,Son aged 2 born 1889,Canning Town
Kate Reed,Daughter aged 9 months born 1891 Canning Town
and
1901
Address: 40, Ascot Street, West Ham
Thomas Reed, Head aged 40 born 1861,Cumberland, Gen Labourer
Kate Reed, Wife aged 39 born 1862,Wales
William Reed, Son aged 19 born 1882,Staffordshire, General Labourer
Thomas Reed, Son aged 15 born 1886,Staffordshire
John Reed, Son aged 13 born 1888,Canning Town
Frederick Reed, Son aged 9 born 1892,Canning Town
Harry Reed, Son aged 7 born 1894,Canning Town
Kate Reed, Daughter aged 11 born 1890,Canning Town
Albert Reed, Son aged 4 born 1897,Canning Town
 
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No, unfortuantely this isn't the right family unless the william is actually frederick william and the Reed is actually reid. I'm just not convinced this is the right one, but it's the only one that seems to come up!
 
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