Person:Joseph Reid (16)

Joseph's marriage to Mary McAsey in 1927.

Joseph Reid was born in 1888 at Monasterevin in County Kildare. He was the son of a bricklayer and mason named John Reid and his wife Mary Cleary. The family lived at Coole, a hamlet in the townland of Coolnafearagh to the west of the town of Monasterevin. Joseph followed his father's trade, also becoming a bricklayer.

Joseph married Mary McAsey in Dublin in 1927, although they had grown up as neighbours at Coolnafearagh. When they married, he was about 39 and she 40. They did not have any children.

Joseph's grave at Passlands, Monasterevin

Mary died in 1952 and was buried alongside Joseph's parents at Passlands Cemetery in Monasterevin. Just under a year later, Joseph remarried, again in Dublin, to a Mary Whittle. However, less than six months after their marriage, Joseph died, aged 65. He too was buried at Passlands alongside his parents, aunt and first wife.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office of Ireland. Civil Registration, Primary quality.

   b. Joseph REID, December Quarter 1888, Athy Registration District, Vol. 3, page 307

2. ↑ Monasterevin (Roman Catholic) baptisms, in Kildare Genealogy. Kildare Genealogy, Primary quality.

   ch. 22 Sep 1888: Joseph son of John Reid & Mary Cleary of Cool, sponsors William Reid & Elizabeth Cleary
   Notes: Married 5 May 1952, Wife died. Also married Mary Whittle Berky? Road Dublin. 21 Apr 1953.

3. ↑ Census Office. Ireland Census 1901. (National Archives of Ireland), Kildare / Monasterevan / Coolnafearagh / Schedule 31, 31 Mar 1901, Primary quality.

   Address: Coolnafearagh, Monasterevan, County Kildare
   Form A (about the family):
   John Reid, head of family, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 46 [1854/5], male, Mason, married, b. Dublin City
   Mary Reid, wife, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 48 [1852/3], female, married, b. Co. Kildare
   Michael Reid, son, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 14 [1886/7], male, Scholar, not married, b. Co. Kildare, speaks Irish & English
   Joseph Reid, son, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 12 [1888/9], male, Scholar, not married, b. Co. Kildare, speaks Irish & English
   Form B (about the house):
   Private dwelling
   Out-offices: 1 (piggery)
   Walls: Mud, wood or other perishable material
   Roof: Thatch, wood or other perishable material
   Windows in front of house: 2
   Class of house: 3rd class
   Number of families in house: 1 (head John Reid)
   Rooms occupied: 2
   Landholder: John Reid

4. ↑ Census Office. Ireland Census 1911. (Dublin: National Archives of Ireland), Kildare / Monasterevin / Coolnafearagh / Schedule 26, 2 Apr 1911, Primary quality.

   Address: Coolnafearagh, Monasterevin, County Kildare
   Form A (about the family):
   John Reid, head of family, Church of Rome, Read & Write, male, 60 [1850/1], Bricklayer unemployed, married, b. Dublin City, speaks English
   Mary Reid, wife, Church of Rome, Read & Write, female, 65 [1845/6], married 27 years, 3 children born, 2 children still living, b. Kildare, speaks English
   Joseph Reid, son, Church of Rome, Read & Write, male, 22 [1888/9], Bricklayer unemployed, single, b. Kildare, speaks Irish & English
   Form B (about the house):
   Private dwelling
   Out-offices: 2 (piggery & fowl house)
   Walls: Mud, wood or other perisable material
   Roof: Thatch, wood or other perishable material
   Windows in front of house: 3
   Class of house: 3rd class
   Number of families in house: 1 (head John Reid)
   Rooms occupied: 3
   Landholder: John Reid

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office of Ireland. Civil Registration, Primary quality.

   d. Joseph REID, December Quarter 1953, Naas Registration District, Vol. 2, page 419, aged 65

6. ↑ Principal Probate Registry (Dublin). Will registers of Ireland, 1858-1891. (Dublin: National Archives of Ireland), Primary quality.

   1954
   REID, Joseph / Coolnafearagh, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare / d. 29 Oct 1953 probate applied for 15 Feb 1954, granted 20 Mar / grantee Patrick J. Lalor / Assets £329 / No.351 Principal Registry