Hello, Bette: I'm not sure whether we connect or not, but thought I'd give it a try. I know very little about my Reid ancestors. 1.. James Reid, a farmer, m at Edinburgh 10 March, 1818 Margaret Haldane. They had children: William b 6 October, 1820, George White baptised 10 July,m 1825, Walter b 3 Jan. 1829 and 2.. John Reid b Askirk 7 July, 1823, he was a brewery carter or drayman; m 9 March, 1855 at Wilton Jane Riddell who was b 28 Dec. 1831 in Hawick, a dau of Walter and Mary (Turnbull) Riddell. They had children: Margaret b Hawick 1855 who married a Mr. Sanderson, James b Hawick 1859, possibly "Lizzie", and 3.. Mary b 6 Feb. 1861 at Hawick; m 3 Aug. 1888 at Wilton Thomas Caldwell Finlay who was b Galashiels 8 July, 1860 a son of James and Eliza Jane (Caldwell) Finlay. Thomas Caldwell Finlay was at first a woolen weaver, then became a pattern designer. They emigrated to Canada in 1909 from Glasgow on the "Cassandra" and landed in Quebec with their children Jane (my mother) who was b Hawick 2 September, 1889, Elizabeth b Hawick 21 Aug. 1892, Mary (or Mae) b Galway Ireland 21 April, 1896, Margaret (Madge or Maggie) who was b in Tipperary in November, 1900 and James Charles who was b Hawick 5 August, 1891 (he served in WW I as a Private with the Canadian Expeditionary forces in Europe) and the family crossed into the U.S. in 1910. By 1920 they were located in Hopkinton, R. I. That's all the information on the Reids that I have. If you should find a connection, I would be glad to hear of it. Lucille (Adams) Richmond <cwrichmond@snet.net> -----Original Message----- From: bcart <bcart@bcart.freeserve.co.uk> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 3:12 PM Subject: Re: SWAN/PEACOCK/REID >Hello, >This may be just a shot in the dark but I have ancestors, WILLIAM SWAN who >married a GIBSON lady and also associated with the GIBSON family are the >REID's. > >If you think there might be a link I would be delighted to share >information. > >Bette - Wales > >http://www.bcart.freeserve.co.uk/ > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Think BEFORE you post ! > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >