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Am trying to trace Wiilam Reid born in South Africa, 1898, married in London then raised family in Umtali. Last record is 1924 when family split .

Married when and to who ?

Umtali, Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe)

Not got a clue if right

Name: William Reid
Birth Date: abt 1897
Age: 6
Port of Departure: Cape Town, South Africa
Arrival Date: 18 Apr 1903
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ship Name: Tintagel Castle

Travelled with William 32 and Annie

Married Lily May Oldfield in Wandsworth, London 1919. The children were born in Umtali, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

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Births Mar 1920 (>99%)
Reid Florence Oldfield Wandsworth 1d 1821

Name: Lily May Reid
Birth Date: 19 May 1894
Date of Registration: Mar 1975
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 32


Matches date on baptism of Lilian May Oldfield - parents Edward James and Margaret

Name: Lily M Oldfield
Event Type: Marriage
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1919
Registration District: Wandsworth
County: London
Event Place: Wandsworth, London, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Reid
Volume: 1D
Page: 1662
Line Number: 45


Lily M Oldfield probably married one of the following people
Name: William Reid

Name: Lily May Oldfield
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1894
Registration District: Shoreditch
County: London
Event Place: Shoreditch, London, England
Volume: 1C
Page: 59
Line Number: 106

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Name: Florence Reid
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Nov 1920
Event Place: Umtali, Zimbabwe
Gender: Female

District: Umtali , GS Film Number: 001145003 , Digital Folder Number: 004638584 , Image Number: 00718

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Name: Dennis Arthur Read
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Feb 1947
Event Place: Umtali, Zimbabwe
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1926

District: Umtali , GS Film Number: 001145024 , Digital Folder Number: 004638468 , Image Number: 01849

Is this your tree on ancestry?

PARENTS

James Reid

Margaretha Reid


of

William Augustus Reid
Birth 23 Jul 1898



Baptism
1898 21 Aug
Roman Catholic Mission, Johannesburg, Braamfontein-Holy Trinity
Sponsor M. Malcolm. Priest: Fthr. Ryan

Marriage to Lily Oldfield
1919 31 May Age: 20
Wandsworth, London

Military
1919 Age: 21
Attached to 2nd South African Infantry Lcpl. R1807 Boilermaker





SPOUSE AND CHILDREN




Lily Oldfield
Birth 19 May 1894 in Shoreditch St Mark, England
Death 1975 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England




Florence Reid
Birth 15 Jan 1920 in Wandsworth, London
Death Sep 1920 in Wandsworth, Greater London, England



Donald William Reid
1921 –




Joyce Louise May Reid
Birth 08 Jun 1924 in Umtali, Southern Rhodesia
Death 05 Jun 2004 in York Hospital. York. England



Lily May returned to England in 1924 with Donald and Joyce.

Yes above is tree but can find no trace of William Augustus Reid (William Reid) after 1924. He stayed in South Africa.

Can find no trace either of Donald William Reid after Second World war it is believed he went back to South Africa after the war 1945. He served in Royal Corp-Signals.

So not this death?

ngland & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
First name(s) WILLIAM AUGUSTAS
Last name REID
Gender Male
Birth day 20
Birth month 2
Birth year 1898
Death quarter 4
Death year 1971
District EALING
County London
Volume 5B
Page 14
Country England

EDIT: There is a marriage for this William to a Myrtle Louisa Rose in 1928. A tree on Ancestry suggests he was born in India, but nothing to reference it. There is a passenger list with him returning to UK from India.

EDIT: Sorry, just found baptism (in India):

First name(s) William Augustus
Last name Reid
Baptism year 1898
Birth year 1898
Place Saugor
Presidency Bengal
Mother's first name(s) Rachel
Father's first name(s) Alfred Augustus
Father's last name Reid
Baptism date 21 Jul 1898
Birth date 20 Feb 1898
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Have you checked this one?:
Married (doesn't say to who). Informant was an Ivy Reid
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSC-71B2

Name: William Reid
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Dec 1931
Event Place: Cape Town-Carnarvon, Cape Province, South Africa
Residence Place: 7th Avenue Windemere Maitland
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
GS Film Number: 001926300 , Digital Folder Number: 004875290 , Image Number: 00066
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