Sam Reid
Samuel Beattie Reid married Rebecca Irwin (Ruby) Hayes
2 children
Mary Beattie Reid (Marie) & Ruby Elizabeth (Beth)
Marie Reid married Robert W.Wilson
7 children
E. Rebecca 28.11.1946
P.Hazel 20.03.1948
Samuel R. 28.06.1949
John 04.08.1951
Colin B. 23.04.1953
Linda M. 26.10.1956
Paul A.S. 30.12.1960
Rebecca Wilson married Tommy Somerville
3 children
Stephen R. 08.08.1969
Geoffrey I. 24.01.1972
Joanne E. 15.04.1974
Stephen Somerville married Christine Little
children
Chloe 26.12.1997
Joanne Somerville married Philip Scott
Hazel Wilson married Brian Hawthorne
3 children
S. Glenn 16.09.1977
Tanya M. 24.11.1979
Lisa M. 12.12.1982
Samuel Wilson married Marie Craig
John Wilson married Daphne Stewart
5 children
Leanne J.M. 19.12.1979
John R.B. 05.04.1981
Rebecca D.E. 18.04.1985
Rachel H. 08.08.1988
Sarah L.10.10.1990
Colin Wilson married Cathy Gagliardi
3 children
Alysa N. 14.02 1988
Lucas R.B. 21.04.1991
Hanna L. 21.10.1992
Linda Wilson married Jim Hamilton
3 children
Elaine M. 03.11.1977
Lloyd W.J. 08.08.1979
Andrea G. 02.02.1982
Paul Wilson married Barbara Anderson
5 children
Suzanne E. 26.03.1988
Natalie C.M. 05.02.1989
Naomi R. 23.08.1990
Claudia B.H. 28.01.1995
Samuel W.A. 28.10.1997
Alexandra 29.08.2001
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Beth Reid married David Spence (married on 16.06.1962)
3 children
Carolyn Maree 24.12.1962
David Arnold 28.12.1963
Edward Wilson 21.04.1965
Maree Spence married Mark Mortiboys (married on 01.09.1990)
2 children
Benjamin Edward 05.09.1991
Gemma Rebecca 09.05.1996
David Spence married Diane Calvart (married on 19.07.1985)
1 child
Kirsty 20.12.1989
Edward Spence married Beverley Patience (Married on 21.03.1986)
2 children
Lyndsey Maree 25.12.1986
Edward Wilson 14.06.19
Edward Wilson Spence 1965 - 1991
Eddie was the youngest child of David and Beth Spence, but being the youngest was never an obstacle to him. I suppose the proper word to describe him as a child would be boisterous, as he was more than a handful for his older brother and sister when they used to play on their Granda Reid's plantain at Whitepark on the Ballycorr road. After Uncle Sam and Aunt Ruby moved to Larne to live, I didn't see much of Eddie, David or Maree but I remember talking to Eddie just before he joined the RUC and then again shortly after.
He first joined the police reserves on 29th December 1986 and was stationed in Larne until June 1988. After this he joined the regular Police Force and passed out at Garnerville R.U.C. Training Centre on 5th August 1988. He was then stationed at Donegall Pass Police Station and it was while he was there, he was so tragically murdered by the enemies of Ulster.
Eddie was part of a foot patrol in the Lower Crescent area of Belfast. Just after midnight on 25th May 1991, a gunman appeared out of the shadows and before anyone could respond, he fired, hitting Eddie. Two days later at 01.30 hrs on 27th May, Eddie died in the intensive care unit of Belfast City Hospital. He was only 26 years old and left behind two lovely children, Lyndsey Maree and Edward. the sad thing is that Eddie should have finished his shift at 11pm that night but had been asked to stay on to provide extra cover.
