George Lillie REID

1885 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	George Lillie REID
  Born	7 Nov 1885	Chico, Butte, California   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Health	Crippled from polio.
  History	Even though his wife Grace left him for John Maggini whom she eventually married, they died within six days of each other and were buried within 50 yards of each other in the King City Cemetery. She was buried alongside of John Maggini and George was buried in the Reid plot.
  Buried	Abt Sep 1961	King City Cemetery, King City, Monterey, California
  Died	19 Sep 1961	San Benito Co., California   [1]
  Notes	George contracted polio at only 3 days old, and as a result, was crippled the rest of his life. He moved to Oasis with the family and stayed on the place until his father bought the Veach place for him. He lived on the Veach place, lost it and moved to King City, then he got the place back and lost it again (about 1920). He again lived in King City just north of the high school and cemetery. Somewhere along here, he met and married Grace Lovell. They moved to the Mathew's place in Bitterwater, and later moved to the lower Mathew's place, and this is where Aunt Mary King fell and broke her hip. Then they moved back to King City about 1930 and he and Grace split up. Later he fed cattle for John Maggini (who had by now married Grace), in Bitterwater. Dad and I saw him there in 1941 when we took a trip through there. He went to the county hospital in Hollister about 1960, and died in 1961. When his parents died, George got half of the estate. Will Reid helped him quite a bit and so did Annie. All of this, coupled with the unsuccessful marriage, didn't make him very popular in the family, especially among the in-laws like my mother. Phyllis Reid, born in 1924, was dark complected for a Reid, and had many of John Maggini's characteristics, thus it was frequently rumored among the family that she was really a Maggini and not a Reid. However, she was given the Reid name because George and Grace were still married at the time (barely). Harold, a son, worked in a garage in King City and then went to Salinas as service manager for the Chevrolet garage. Then he had a hardware store in Salinas for some while and now is the manager of maintenance for the county of Salinas. Cyril Reid and I drove down to George's funeral in King City where he was buried in the Reid plot. A woman we did not know was at the graveside, so we asked Cyril's mother, Bertha Reid, if that happened to be Grace. She said "No", and pointed across the road to a fresh grave with flowers. Grace had been buried the day before in the Maggini plot. [6]
  Person ID	I31	Reid Family | David's side of the family
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	David William REID,   b. 28 Dec 1832, Murray Harbour North, Lot 63, Kings, P.E.I., Canada ,   d. 11 Jun 1911, Reid Farmhouse, Oasis, Monterey, California  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lamira Lovina LILLIE,   b. 8 Aug 1847, Edwards, St. Lawrence, New York ,   d. 25 Sep 1914, Reid Farmhouse, Oasis, Monterey, California  (Age 67 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1865	Idaho City, Idaho Territory
  Photos		Reid, David W.-1832 Family & Home(~1890) This picture was taken in 1890 and is the Reid Family home in Chico on Dayton Road, just below the railroad tracks.. They left the Bidwell dairy in ~1878 for a year and lived in this house, then returned to the Bidwell dairy. In 1887 they again left the dairy and lived in this house until ~1890 when they moved to Monterey County (San Lucas and Oasis).
  		Reid, David W.-1832 Family (~1890) Back Row: David Edwin-1876, Alexander William-1869, Bertram McClure-1880, Alice Lovina-1868, David William Reid-1832, Mary Ann Lillie-1851 (Lamira’s younger sister), Barbara Ann-1867. Front Row: George Lillie Reid-1885, Lamira Lovina Lillie Reid-1847 (sitting in chair), Warren Irving-1883, Charles Cameron-1888 (Charles died in 1892 and this is the only known picture of him).
  Headstones		Reid Monument KC Cemetery
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Catherine LOVELL,   b. 30 Jan 1898, California ,   d. 13 Sep 1961, Monterey Co., California  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1915
  Divorced	Abt 1930
  Children	+ 1. Harold Robert REID,   b. 2 Aug 1916, King City, Monterey, California ,   d. 26 Jan 1991, Roseville, Placer, California  (Age 74 years) + 2. Phyllis June REID,   b. 14 Aug 1924, Monterey Co., California ,   d. 13 Mar 1996, Paicines, San Benito, California  (Age 71 years)
  Photos		Reid, George L.-1885 & Lovell, Grace C Taken around 1915.
  Last Modified	18 May 2006
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Nov 1885 - Chico, Butte, California Buried - Abt Sep 1961 - King City Cemetery, King City, Monterey, California Died - 19 Sep 1961 - San Benito Co., California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Reid, George Lillie-1885 (~1915) Taken around 1915.
  		Reid, Warren I.-1883 & Extended Family (~1936) Back Row: Maurice Allen Reid-1913, Alexander William Reid-1869, George Lillie Reid-1885, Warren Irving Reid-1883 Front Row: Alice Elizabeth Benner-1879 (second wife of Alexander), Joyce Elaine Reid-1923, Bertha Violet Ramage-1884 (wife of Warren) Taken about 1936.
  		Reid, George Lillie-1885 (1936) Taken about 1936.

  
  

  Headstones		Reid, George L.-1885 (HS).jpg
  		Reid Monument KC Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] California Death Index (CDI), San Benito County, California. [S237] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California; Enumeration District #7, Pg. 7A. [S238] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California; Enumeration District #10, Pg. 3A. [S239] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California; Enumeration District #13, Pg. 7A. [S240] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California; Enumeration District #27-18, Pg. 2B. [S13] REIDS, ROGERS, and EUGENE B. REID, by Eugene Bernhard Reid (1914 - 2012), (Self-Published).