Alexander REID 1818-1887, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Mount Gambier, S-E Southa Australia, married in 1851, Portland, S-W Victoria, Australia to Emma BILSTON 1830-1920, b. Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), daughter of Thomas BILSTON, d. Mount Gambier, S-E South Australia.

Alexander REID was a saddler at Portland, Digby (1866) and Hamilton in S-W Victoriain and at Mount Gambier, S-E South Australia. The moved to South Australia where their last two children were born.

Alexander REID and Emma BILSTON had the following family...

1. Catherine Rose Cruikshank REID 1852-..?.., b. Portland, S-W Vic m. John HOGAN c. 1848-1909;
2. Thomas Henderson REID 1854-1939, b. Portland, S-W Vic., d. Mount Gambier, SA, m. Susan PATON 1858-1936;
3. Andrew Alexander REID 1856-1915, b. ......, d. Mount Gambier, SA;
4. George William REID 1857-1911, b. Digby, S-W Vic., d. Western Australia, m. 1881 at Adelaide, SA to Anne NICHOLLS 1862-..?.., b. Bungaree, Victoria to William NICHOLLS and Elizabeth CONDON;
5. Richard Lewis REID 1860-1935, b. Hamilton, S-W Vic., m. Isabella SINEL 1861-1934;
6. Alexander REID 1862-1863, b. & d. Hamilton, S-W Victoria.;
7. Emma Mary REID 1864-1916, b. Branxholme, S-W Vic., d. Mount Gambier, SA;
8. Ellen Maria REID 1866-..?.., b. Branxholme, S-W Vic., m. ..?.., d. ..?..
9. Ann Preston REID 1869-..?.., b. Mount Gambier, SA, m. William Herbert STOCK 1870-1958;
10. Jessie REID 1872-1919, b. Mount Gambier, SA., d. Mount Gambier, SA.