Person:Clara Reid (4)

From Records of Baptisms Before 1886, card index, read at Provincial Archives and Reocrd Office, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island:

Reid, Clara Born: 18 Jan 1856 at Tryon Baptised: 20 Apr 1856 at St. John's Anglican Church, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island by D. B. Parnther Father: Andrew Reid Mother:Ann Record Book 1, page 11

In 1901 Clara is living at home with her parents and her brother, Gilman.

1901 Census:

Source Information: 1901 Census of Canada Subdistrict: Summerside (Town/Ville), PRINCE (East/Est), PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND District Number: 133 Subdistrict Number: a-2 Archives Microfilm: T-6510

16 12 150 Reid Andrew M Head M Mar 1 1821 80 (Immigrated to Canada - 1830) 16 13 150 Reid Ann F Wife M Jul 4 1822 79 16 14 150 Reid Gilman M M Son S Dec 4 1859 41 16 15 150 Reid Clara E F Dau S Jan 19 1856 45

In 1911, her father had died and Clara is still living in Summerside with her mother and brother.

1911 Census of Canada

Prince Edward Island, PRINCE COUNTY District Number 140 Subudistrict: Summerside, Poll 34 Enumerator: William McMurdo Taken: June 3 and 4, 1911

3 35 30 Reid, Gilman M.R. Summer St. M Head M Dec 1865 45 PEI Manager, Pioneer Pub 3 36 30 *Reid, Clara E Summer St F Sister S Jun 1862 48 PEI 3 37 30 Reid, Annie Summer St. F Mother W Jul 1821 89 PEI 3 38 30 Forbes, William Summer St M Lodger S Jun 1891 19 PEI Salesman 3 39 30 Raynor, Earl Summer St. M Lodger S Jul 1893 17 PEI Salesman 3 40 30 Adams, Joseph Summer St. M Lodger M Nov 1851 59 Eng (1884) Prof of music 3 41 30 Adams, Margaret Ann " " F Lodger M Feb 1950 51 Eng (1889)

NOTE: Gilman Reid is listed as married. He never married. Also, the birth year of Margaret Ann Adams is listed as 1950 when it obviously should be 1850.

Nova Scotia Death Registration

Year: 1946 Book: 1946 Page: 4494 County: Colchester Division: Truro Place of death: Colchester County Hospital, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Length of residence: 25 years at place of death; 40 years in province

Name: Brooks, Clara Reid Residence: 36 Elm Street, Truro Sex: Female Canadian English Married Place of birth: PEI Date of birth: January 19, 1856 Age: 90 years 5 months 20 days Occupation: At home Spouse: Ernest Brooks Father: Andrew Reid Place of brith: Ireland Mother: Anne Howatt Place of birth: PEI Informant: Ernest Brooks, husband Address: 36 Elm Street, Truro Place of burial:Robie Street Cemetery, Truro, NS Date of burial: July 11, 1946

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Date of death: July 9, 1946 Cause of death: Senility Gangrene of left foot Operation? Yes - gangrene foot, amputation thigh Physician: J. B. Reid, MD Address: Truro Date of return: 12 July 1946 Registrar: Jas. H. Fraser

The following is the newpaper account of Clara (Reid) Brooks' death in the newspaper in 1946:

"			FUNERAL OF LATE	

MRS. E. W. BROOKS

The death occurred at the Colchester County Hospital, on July 9, of Mrs. E.W. Brooks, 36 Elm Street, Truro, in her 91st. year, after an illness of four months duration. The deceased was, before her marriage, Miss Clara Eve Reid, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reid, of Summerside, P.E.I. She received her early education in Prince Edward Island and, in her young womanhood, went to Boston , Mass., where she trained for the nursing profession, later returning to her native province where she lived a life of unselfish service to her family. Although of a quiet, retiring nature, the late Mrs. Brooks was possessed of an extremely happy disposition, which made her most popular with a wide circle of friends, both in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The funeral service was held Ontario Thursday afternoon, July 11, with Rev. C. Earle Gordon, the officiating clergyman. Internment was in Robie Street Cemetery. The late Mrs. Broooks is survived by her husband, one sister, Mrs. Grace Clay, 41 Pleasant Street; also, two nephews, Lt. Col. M.A. Clay, Ottawa; Harvey R. Clay, Hartford, Conn.; and two nieces, Mrs. R.S. Topper, of West Hartford, Conn., who arrived in Truro last week; and Miss Gwendolyn Clay of the Regional War Labour Board, Halifax, who spent last weekend at home. "

On 8 Sep 2005 we visited Truro Cemetery, Robie Street, Truro Nova Scotia and recorded the following:

(Black marble stone with stylized B on top):

Ernest W./1866-1950/His wife/Clara Eva/1866 - 1946/BROOKS

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