My cousin and I are attempting to leave no stone unturned and looking at all possibilities in the search for Jeanie Whiteford Reid nee Ross.
We have abandoned the search for a connection to the J.R Reid printing company in Blantyre. This was originally started off by John Robertson Reid at 317 Glasgow Road which later moved to 109 Glasgow Road. One of the more recent directors was John Robertson Reid, who I believe is his son born 1948 Blantyre. The company was later renamed Gavin Watson and Reid but is now Gavin Watson Limited at the same premises. We cannot find a connection to Charles Hay Reid and his father who were both Master Printers. As far as I know, they were the only family members with that occupation as his grandfather was a teacher.
We have also ruled out the possible remarriage of Jeanie to John Kay Rae Bulloch in 1852, the same year as her husband's death. I completely overlooked the fact that this John Kay Rae was born in 1928 and aged 24 when he married. Jeanie would be aged 50! There are two other Jeanie Reids born in Hamilton in that time frame. One in 1933 and the other in 1934. Both of these are before Jeanie's marriage but not impossible that one of them is her daughter.
I think our main hope is to try and trace Charles Hay Reid's burial in 1852 but it seems that the burial records only cover from 1850 to 1949. I feel sure that Jeanie must be buried with him as there are other members of the Ross Family buried there. Does anyone know how we can get this information?
