The chance find of David Reid’s Atlantic City obituary led me to this set of siblings that migrated with their spouses to the Jersey Shore in the late 1920s.
- David and Lucinda Barnes Reid
On 8 August 1922, David Reid, 21, of Wilson County, son of John and Olivia Reid, married Lieucinda Barnes, 19, of Wilson County, daughter of Pattie Barnes, in Wilson County. Disciples minister W.W. Webb performed the ceremony in the present of Mollie V. Williams, Richard Winstead, and Eligar Reid.
Hattie Olivia Reid was born 28 December 1922 in Wilson to David Reid and Lucinda Barnes.
In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Reid David (c; Lucinda) hlpr h 712 W Walnut
In the 1930 census of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey: at 1317 Arctic Avenue, James Lucas, 26, hotel bus driver; wife Pattie, 26, hotel chambermaid; roomer David Reid, 24, garage mechanic; wife Lucinda, 25; children Olivia, 6, David, 4, and Wallace Reid, 3; and roomer Sydney Briggs, 20, hotel mechanic.
In the 1935 Atlantic City city directory: Reid David (Lucinda) garage attendant h 1322 Baltic av
David Reid died in March 1971.
Atlantic City Press, 8 March 1971.
Wallace Reid died just three years after his father.
Atlantic City Press, 24 July 1974.
Lucinda Reid Crosley died 29 March 2003 at age 97.
- James and Pattie Reid Lucas
In the 1930 census of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey: at 1317 Arctic Avenue, James Lucas, 26, hotel bus driver; wife Pattie, 26, hotel chambermaid; roomer David Reid, 24, garage mechanic; wife Lucinda, 25; children Olivia, 6, David, 4, and Wallace Reid, 3; and roomer Sydney Briggs, 20, hotel mechanic.
In 1940, James Oscar Lucas registered for the World War II draft in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Per his registration card, he was born 22 February 1905 in Wilson, N.C.; lived at 117 1/2 Center Street, Atlantic City, N.J., [later, 760 Chelton Avenue, Apartment B, Camden, N.J.]; his contact was wife Pattie Lucas; and he worked for “U.S. Government Cement Contracting” at Fort Dix, N.J.
In the 1940 census of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey: at 105 New York Avenue, James Lucas, 36, W.P.A. laborer; wife Patty, 38; daughter Willa Mae, 17; brother Buddy, 24, helper in restaurant kitchen; and lodger Vera Williams, 48, widow, seamstress in W.P.A. sewing project, and her son Ernest, 13.
In the 1950 census of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey: James Lucas, 45, construction company laborer; wife Pattie, 49, hotel maid; nephews Dowel, 7, and Willie Lucas, 5; and cousin-in-law Lizzie G. Reid, 23, hotel maid.
James Lucas died 23 July 1956 in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City Press, 27 July 1956.
Pattie Lucas died in August 1973.
Atlantic City Press, 29 August 1973.
- Benjamin and Mollie Hemby Reid
Benjamin Reid registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County in 1917. Per his registration card, he was born 1896 in Edgecombe County, N.C.; lived on Mercer Street, Wilson; worked as a delivery boy for H.M. McMullen; and was single.
On 28 November 1918, Bennie Reid, 22, of Wilson, son of John and Olivia Reid, married Mollie Turnage, 19, of Wilson, daughter of Louisa Turnage, at her home in Wilson. Missionary Baptist minister William Baker performed the ceremony in the presence of Carrie Melton, W.H.H. Howard, and Noel Jones.
On 12 May 1927, Ben Reid, 31, of Wilson, married Mollie Hembey, 22, of Wilson, in Wilson. Disciples minister W.W. Webb performed the ceremony in the presence of Oscar Barker, Ella Adams, and James Baker.
In the 1930 census of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey: Ben Reid, 35, restaurant dishwasher, and wife Mollie, 25, lodgers in the household of William Peterson.
Atlantic City Press, 30 March 1935.
Atlantic City Press, 26 April 1939.
Benjamin Franklin Reid registered for the World War II draft in 1942. Per his registration card, he was born 4 June 1896 in Pick [Pitt] County, N.C.; lived 1309 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City; worked for W.P.A. Watershed; and his contact was Nanie May Reid, same address.
Atlantic City Press, 10 March 1942.
