This man's real name was William Miller Reid, son of Rev. William Reid and wife Mary Miller. According to the article from "Manchester Faces and Places, written about 1900, young William also became a reverend. "Mr. Reid's eldest son, the Rev. William Reid, who studied at Cheshunt College, is the senior curate of Leeds Parish Church". According to Crockfords Clerical Directory, Cheshunt was apparently an important theological college at Cambridge.
During the WWI era the Rev. William Miller Reid became involved with the wife of another curate named William Arthur Birks in the Immingham, Lincolnshire, England region. The married lady's name was Anna Marie (Laing) Birks. William Miller Reid and Anna ran away together. A scandal followed. William had left a wife and daughter while Anna left behind a husband and daughter. Anna Birks kept her married surname while William simply assumed the surname of Birks. In 1929, now with 4 children, William and Anna immigrated from England to Canada aboard the steamship "Empress of Scotland," eventually settling in the province of Alberta. Oldest daughter Joan Marie later wrote a book on her personal life but much of the history on her parents is incorrect. Seemingly the Birks children never knew the real history of their parent's lives.
A group of amateur genealogists traced and fully documented William Miller Reid's life story several years ago.
Respectfully,
Sherrie Paty Barber
(A Reid family member)
Contributor: Sherrie Paty Barber (46947141)
During the WWI era the Rev. William Miller Reid became involved with the wife of another curate named William Arthur Birks in the Immingham, Lincolnshire, England region. The married lady's name was Anna Marie (Laing) Birks. William Miller Reid and Anna ran away together. A scandal followed. William had left a wife and daughter while Anna left behind a husband and daughter. Anna Birks kept her married surname while William simply assumed the surname of Birks. In 1929, now with 4 children, William and Anna immigrated from England to Canada aboard the steamship "Empress of Scotland," eventually settling in the province of Alberta. Oldest daughter Joan Marie later wrote a book on her personal life but much of the history on her parents is incorrect. Seemingly the Birks children never knew the real history of their parent's lives.
A group of amateur genealogists traced and fully documented William Miller Reid's life story several years ago.
Respectfully,
Sherrie Paty Barber
(A Reid family member)
Contributor: Sherrie Paty Barber (46947141)
This man's real name was William Miller Reid, son of Rev. William Reid and wife Mary Miller. According to the article from "Manchester Faces and Places, written about 1900, young William also became a reverend. "Mr. Reid's eldest son, the Rev. William Reid, who studied at Cheshunt College, is the senior curate of Leeds Parish Church". According to Crockfords Clerical Directory, Cheshunt was apparently an important theological college at Cambridge.
During the WWI era the Rev. William Miller Reid became involved with the wife of another curate named William Arthur Birks in the Immingham, Lincolnshire, England region. The married lady's name was Anna Marie (Laing) Birks. William Miller Reid and Anna ran away together. A scandal followed. William had left a wife and daughter while Anna left behind a husband and daughter. Anna Birks kept her married surname while William simply assumed the surname of Birks. In 1929, now with 4 children, William and Anna immigrated from England to Canada aboard the steamship "Empress of Scotland," eventually settling in the province of Alberta. Oldest daughter Joan Marie later wrote a book on her personal life but much of the history on her parents is incorrect. Seemingly the Birks children never knew the real history of their parent's lives.
A group of amateur genealogists traced and fully documented William Miller Reid's life story several years ago.
Respectfully,
Sherrie Paty Barber
(A Reid family member)
Contributor: Sherrie Paty Barber (46947141)
During the WWI era the Rev. William Miller Reid became involved with the wife of another curate named William Arthur Birks in the Immingham, Lincolnshire, England region. The married lady's name was Anna Marie (Laing) Birks. William Miller Reid and Anna ran away together. A scandal followed. William had left a wife and daughter while Anna left behind a husband and daughter. Anna Birks kept her married surname while William simply assumed the surname of Birks. In 1929, now with 4 children, William and Anna immigrated from England to Canada aboard the steamship "Empress of Scotland," eventually settling in the province of Alberta. Oldest daughter Joan Marie later wrote a book on her personal life but much of the history on her parents is incorrect. Seemingly the Birks children never knew the real history of their parent's lives.
A group of amateur genealogists traced and fully documented William Miller Reid's life story several years ago.
Respectfully,
Sherrie Paty Barber
(A Reid family member)
Contributor: Sherrie Paty Barber (46947141)
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