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Margaret Kyd see FAMILY TREE
Born: 6 Jun 1773 Arbroath, Scotland


Married: 3 Feb 1798 Dundee, Angus, Scotland

FATHER

John Kyd

MOTHER

Jean Reide

HUSBAND

Skene Blair

CHILDREN

1. Elizabeth Blair
    b. 27 Jan 1799 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. 17 Feb 1821 William Mellis, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    d. 22 Jan 1891 Wellington, Ontario, Canada

2. Agnes Blair
    b. 30 Mar 1801 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. 6 Sep 1822 Duncan McDonald in Forfar, Angus, Scotland

3. Henny Blair
    b. 27 Apr 1803 Forfar, Angus, Scotland

4. William Blair
    b. 20 Apr 1805 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    Administered father's estate 4 Jun 1844
    Skene Blair died intestate and had a fixed place of abode which was granted to William Blair of West Gwillembury.

5. John Ogilvy Blair
    b. 8 Aug 1807 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. 21 Apr 1850 Ann Dinny in Forfar, Angus, Scotland

6. Rachel Blair
    b. Abt. 1808

7. Mary Blair
    b. 28 Jul 1810 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. 28 Feb 1832 to Thomas Livingstone at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
 
   
8. Helen Blair
    b. 06 Jul 1812 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. John Shaw
    d. 25 Oct 1897 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

9. Margaret Blair
    b. 11 May 1815 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. 20 Mar 1840 Alexander Barclay St Anne, Limehouse, England
    d. 13 Feb 1875 Dundee, Scotland
 
10. David Blair
    b. 21 Aug 1817 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    m. Jane Algeo
    d. 23 May 1913 Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
David Blair

Margaret Kidd
by Chase Brooke
Oct 2023

Margaret Kidd was baptized 6 Jun 1773 in Arbroath, Scotland with her parents listed a John Kyd and Jean Reid. (1) She married Skein Blair on  3 Feb 1798 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. (2) Her last known child was born in 1817.  Her husband migrated to Canada about 1834.  It is assumed she died sometime between 1817 and 1834.

Sources

 

(1) Baptism of Margaret Kidd
Old Parish Registers, Scotland
177 Kyd June 6  John Kyd, Jean Reid, their daughter Margaret

Margaret Kyd birth

(2) Marriage Record
"Skene Blair, gunman in the Royal Artillery and Margaret Kidd in this parish"

Marriage of Skene Blair and Margaret Kyd