Alexander REID b. 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland married 1851 Vic to Emma BILSTON b. 1830 Tasmania. Alexander was a saddler at Digby in 1866. The family appears to have moved to South Australia as the last two children were born in Mt Gambier. Alexander and Emma had the following children:

1. Catherine Rose Cruikshank REID b. 1852 Portland, Vic m. John HOGAN;
2. Thomas Henderson REID b. 1854 Portland, Vic, m. Susan PATTEN;
3. Andrew Alexander REID b. 1856;
4. George William REID b. 1857 Digby, Vic, mar. Ann NICHOLLS;
5. Richard Lewis REID b. 1860 Hamilton, Vic, m. Isabella SINEL;
6. Alexander REID b. 1862 Hamilton, Vic d.1863;
7. Emma Mary REID b. 1864 Branxholme, Vic;
8. Ellen Maria REID b. 1866 Branxholme, Vic.
9. Ann Preston REID b. 1869, Mt Gambier, SA, m. William Herbert STOCK;
10. Jessie REID b. 1872, Mt Gambier, SA.

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