Person:Agnes Reid (8)

Agnes Reid was baptised on 15th September 1839 at Monasterevin in County Kildare, daughter of Mary Reid, formerly Dennan, and her husband Michael Reid, a mason. During the 1850s several of the family left Ireland and moved to New York, although not all at the same time. Agnes's brother Joseph and sister Theresa emigrated first, with Agnes, her siblings Ann and Patrick and her mother Mary (who appears to have been a widow by this point) all emigrating around 1854. They appear in the 1855 census in New York. Fifteen years later the 1870 census finds the family still living in New York, with Agnes working as a milliner.

Agnes's mother died in 1884. The 1900 census find Agnes and her sister Theresa (neither of whom married) both boarding with a German family at 337 East 62nd Street in Manhattan.

Agnes died in Manhattan on 28th October 1901, aged 62.

1. ↑ Monasterevin, County Kildare, Ireland. Catholic Parish Registers.

   1839 / Sept[ember] / 15 / B. Agnes of Michael Reid & Mary Dennan / Sp[onsors] Pat Kelly & Jane Steward / Town

2. ↑ New York, United States. 1855 New York State Census
   1st Election District, 15th Ward, New York City, New York County, 1 Jun 1855.

   Mary Reid, 60 [1794/5], female, b. Ireland, widow, 1 year resident in city, cannot read or write
   Jos[eph] Reid, 23 [1831/2], male, child, b. Ireland, 5 years resident in city, Mason
   Maria Reid, 32 [1822/3], female, child, b. Ireland, 1 year resident in city
   Mich[ae]l Reid, 20 [1834/5], male, child, b. Ireland, 2 years in city, Mason
   Therasa Reid, 19 [1835/6], female, child, b. Ireland, 4 years resident in city, Cloak Maker
   Ann Reid, 17 [1837/8], female, child, b. Ireland, 1 year resident in city, Cloak Maker
   Agness Reid, 14 [1840/1], female, child, b. Ireland, 1 year resident in city
   Pat[ric]k Reid, 13 [1841/2], male, child, b. Ireland, 1 year resident in city

3. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Election District 20, Ward 19, New York County, New York, 1 Jun 1870.

   Anna Gahan, 32 [1837/8], female, H[ouse] K[eeping] widow, b. Ireland
   Elizabeth Gahan, 4 [1865/6], female, b. N.Y.
   Mary Reed, 75 [1794/5], female, b. Ireland
   Therassa Reed, 34 [1835/6], female, Sewing machine operator, b. Ireland
   Agnes Reed, 28 [1841/2], female, Milliner, b. Ireland
   Emma Fronges, 16 [1853/4], female, Cook, b. Ireland
   Jno. Haman, 32 [1837/8], male, Labourer, b. Ireland
   Geo? Deane, 14 [1855/6], male, b. N.Y.

4. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Ward 24; Enumeration District 666, 1 Jun 1900.

   Address: 337 East Sixty-Second Street, Manhattan, New York, New York
   Sam Epstein, head, born Oct 1812, Germany, both parents born Germany, migrated 1850
   Yella Epstein, wife, born Jun 1823, Germany, both parents born Germany, migrated 1869
   Eliza Epstein, granddaughter, born Dec 1884, New York, both parents born Germany
   Agnes Reid, boarder, born Oct 1840, Ireland, both parents born Ireland, migrated 1871, Dressmaker
   Theresa Reid, boarder, born Dec 1850, Ireland, both parents born Ireland, migrated 1872

   Whilst the ages for Theresa and Agnes are wrong, the fact that neither have been found elsewhere in this census and the coincidence of two unmarried Theresa and Agnes Reids living together, with Agnes doing a very similar job to that they were known to have done is sufficient to be reasonably confident that this is them. Perhaps their landlords filled in the form on their behalf.

5. ↑ New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 (FamilySearch).

   d. Agnes Reid, 28 Oct 1901, Manhattan, New York, aged 60 [1840/1], born Ireland, single, daughter of Michael Reid, born Ireland, and Mary Reid, born Ireland. Buried 30 Oct 1901.