Person:Theresa Reid (1)

Theresa Reid was baptised on 30th May 1835 at Monasterevin in County Kildare, daughter of Mary Reid, formerly Dennan, and her husband Michael Reid, a mason. Around 1851, Theresa emigrated to New York, following her brother Joseph who had emigrated about a year earlier. They were later joined by several other siblings and their widowed mother, and the 1855 census finds the family living in the city of New York. Theresa at this time was described as a cloak maker. In 1870 she was still living in the city with her mother and sisters Agnes and Ann, and Ann's daughter Elizabeth, and working as a sewing machine operator.

Theresa's mother died in 1884. The 1900 census find Theresa and her sister Agnes (neither of whom married) both boarding with a German family at 337 East 62nd Street in Manhattan. Agnes died in 1901.

Theresa then went to live with her niece, Elizabeth Cucksley, who was daughter of Theresa's late sister Ann. Theresa appears in the 1910 living with the Cucksley family at 170 East 71st Street.

Theresa died in Manhattan on 2nd March 1913, aged 77. She was buried at New York's Calvary Cemetery.

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

   May 1835 / 30 B. Teresa of Michael Read & Mary Dillon / Sp[onsors] William Stewart and Margaret Gorman / Monasterevan

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. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Ward 19; Enumeration District 1147, 15 Apr 1910.

   Address: 170 East Seventy-First Street, Manhattan, New York, New York
   Patrick J. Cuckley, head, male, 50 [1859/60], b. New York, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, Agent - Real Estate
   Elizabeth Cuckley, wife, female, 42 [1867/8], married 22 years, 6 children born, 5 children still living, b. New York, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland
   Edna L. Cuckley, daughter, female, 20 [1889/90], b. New York, father born New York, mother born New York
   Edith M. Cuckley, daughter, female, 14 [1895/6], b. New York, father born New York, mother born New York
   John C. Cuckley, son, male, 11 [1898/9], b. New York, father born New York, mother born New York
   Walter J. Cuckley, son, male, 4 [1905/6], b. New York, father born New York, mother born New York
   Robert G. Cuckley, son, male, 1 [1908/9], b. New York, father born New York, mother born New York
   Teresa Reid, aunt, female, 75 [1834/5], single, b. Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, migrated 1850
   Margaret Smith, servant, female, 24 [1885/6], b. Scotland, father born Scotland, mother born Scotland, migrated 1902, Nurse
   Ellen Curtain, servant, female, 23 [1886/7], b. Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, migrated 1907, Cook

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

   Theresa Reid
   d. 2 Mar 1913, Manhattan, New York, New York
   Single
   Age: 78 [1834/5]
   Born: Ireland
   Buried: 4 Mar 1913, Calvary
   Father: Michael Reid, born Ireland
   Mother: Mary Deneis, born Ireland