The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NamePatrick Reid
Birthca 1835
DeathMay 1860, Taranaki, New Zealand
Burial5 May 1860, Taranaki, New Zealand
OccupationPrivate in the 65th Regiment - Taranaki, NZ.
Misc. Notes
Name, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018:
1857/1400. Bride: Elizabeth Ann Langman. Groom: Patrick Reid

Full date of marriage of 15 June 1857 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

No date of death could be found for Patrick Reid. Did he die or divorce wife Elizabeth Ann Langman?

Quote from papers prepared by Denis Quickfall (son of Bernice Heather Behrent Lind, nee Knauf) and in Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree files:
Elizabeth was, “married at 16 to Mr Reed, widowed at 18. Baby died at 6 months. Married Francis at 23”.

Therefore, year of death circa 1859?

Date of funeral of 5 May 1860 from a newspaper clipping received from Graeme Kenyon attached to an email dated 24 September 2020, writing “…it nicely gives us a ‘close to’ date of death. He was buried on May 5 1860”.
The clipping text from the Taranaki Herald 12 May 1860 reads:

CONTINUATION OF JOURNAL OF EVENTS.
Saturday, May 5. — Weather very stormy. Wind from W. and S.W. Heavy squalls, with thunder and lightning. Several of the tents in the camp blown down. Weather very cold. Volunteers and Militia suffering from colds, upwards of 80 being on the sick list. The funeral of Patrick Reid, private, 65th Regiment, took place this day. The deceased died of consumption.

(Graeme Kenyon’s great grandfather was James George Kenyon b.1861 whose second wife was Ada Oliver b.1864, daughter of Samuel Oliver b.1833. Also, James’ sister, Florence Kenyon, married James William Oliver, son of Charles Oliver Oliver b.1843).

Place of marriage, year of birth circa 1835 (calculated from being aged 22 at time of marriage), profession Private 65th Regiment, from Graeme Kenyon in an email dated 7 October 2020 - sourced from the Marriage Certificate for Patrick Reid and Elizabeth Ann Langman.
One of the witnesses is “Richard Langman” which would be wife Elizabeth’s brother.
Spouses
Birth4 Feb 1843, Helman Tor, Lanlivery, Cornwall, England
Death7 Aug 1916, New Zealand
BurialTe Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer
FatherThomas Hender Langman (1810-)
MotherElizabeth Rowe (ca1816-)
Marriage15 Jun 1857, Wesleyan Church, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ChildrenJohn Thomas (1860-ca1860)
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