William S. Reid, 80, retired dairy farmer, and son of a woman who may have been the first Anglo-Saxon child born in California, died Tuesday after a long illness at his home, 10301 Seranno Court.
Reid, the father of Cecil R. Reid, owner of Reid-Hillview Airport here, had lived in San Jose 10 years.
He came here from Oakdale, where he operated a dairy farm. He was a 50-year member of Hope Lodge 33, IOOF, of Angel's Camp.
His mother, Elizabeth A. Gregson, was born at Sutter's Fort in 1846. Her father was a member of the second party which came across the plains in 1845.
Besides his son, Cecil, Reid leaves his widow, Magnhild; three other sons, Robert W. Reid, San Jose, Daniel G. Reid, Oakland and Raymond M. Reid, Stockton; a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Reid, San Jose; a brother, Robert M. Reid, Aromas; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha Seely, Los Gatos, Mrs. Alice Cox, Watsonville, Mrs. Olive Lipton, Watsonville, Mrs. Letitia Reid Oakes and Miss Lea Red, both of Redwood City, seven grandchildren and two great granchildren.
Services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. from Williams Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Oak Hill Memorial Park.
San Jose Mercury, January 29, 1953
William S. Reid, 80, retired dairy farmer, and son of a woman who may have been the first Anglo-Saxon child born in California, died Tuesday after a long illness at his home, 10301 Seranno Court.
Reid, the father of Cecil R. Reid, owner of Reid-Hillview Airport here, had lived in San Jose 10 years.
He came here from Oakdale, where he operated a dairy farm. He was a 50-year member of Hope Lodge 33, IOOF, of Angel's Camp.
His mother, Elizabeth A. Gregson, was born at Sutter's Fort in 1846. Her father was a member of the second party which came across the plains in 1845.
Besides his son, Cecil, Reid leaves his widow, Magnhild; three other sons, Robert W. Reid, San Jose, Daniel G. Reid, Oakland and Raymond M. Reid, Stockton; a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Reid, San Jose; a brother, Robert M. Reid, Aromas; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha Seely, Los Gatos, Mrs. Alice Cox, Watsonville, Mrs. Olive Lipton, Watsonville, Mrs. Letitia Reid Oakes and Miss Lea Red, both of Redwood City, seven grandchildren and two great granchildren.
Services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. from Williams Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Oak Hill Memorial Park.
San Jose Mercury, January 29, 1953
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Frank Sutter Reid
1864–1944
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Daniel Webster Reid
1866–1935
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Mary Ann Reid Richards
1867–1898
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Ida Elizabeth Reid Rowe
1869–1952
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Alice Curry Reid Cox
1871–1962
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Hercules M. Reid
1874–1885
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John Gregson Reid
1877–1952
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Letitia Scott Reid Oakes
1879–1973
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Bertha Patterson Reid Seely
1881–1974
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Lea Jane Reid
1883–1973
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Olive Frances Reid Lipton
1887–1971
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Ruth M Reid
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