Leander Reid Florrie Reid

1. Ida Marie b. Oct. 22, 1919 - m. Aug. 22, 1950 George Eric Croken (Nov. 25, 1918 - May 17, 1988) They farmed in Freetown and moved to West Royalty in 1974. They had four children: Arnold Anthony, Marion Florence, Virginia Anne, and Peter Wade.

2. Margaret Isabel Avis b. Feb. 26, 1921 {see Thomas Reid}

3. Lea Patrick Reid b. Mar. 22, 1922

4. Robert Arnold (May 28, 1925 - May 22, 1970)

5. Helen Theresa b. Sept. 28, 1926 m. Sinclair Ash. They live in Comox, BC. They had two children: Sean and Jennifer.

6. Mary Martha Fleming b. Nov. 25, 1937 m. John J. Pickard. After her mother,

Mrs. Gerald Fleming (Dolly Dornan’s) death, Mary came to live with Leander and Florrie Reid. Mary and John J. Pickard live in Charlottetown, PEI.

7. James Barlow b. Dec. 11, 1918 m. Jean Murphy. James Barlow is the son of Edward Barlow and Mary Ethel "Burner. After her death in 1922, James came to live with his Aunt Florrie and Uncle Leander. James lives in Toronto, ON. They had eight children: Helen, Fraser, Patrick, Anne, Donna, Edward, and {twins} Carol

and Joyce. Leander Reid learned early in life the beneﬁts of supplementing the family farm income. As young men, he and his brother, Tom, bought cattle, fattened them, and then butchered them. The meat was then peddled about the country.

By the early 1930’s, Leander became an agent for Massey Harris (later Massey—Ferguson) Machinery C0. of Charlottetown and Moncton. Such items as binders, plows, harrows, scuf—

ﬂers and horseshoes were sold. At the outset the volume of sales was low.

However, when the tractor replaced the team of horses, business improved. The tractor would be picked up in Charlottetown, driven along Island highways and delivered to the buyer.

Soon after the tractor, the combine was introduced. It combined the tasks of the binder and threshing machine. Leander sold to his son Lea the ﬁrst self—propelled combine. There were only two other combines on the Island at the time. At first, many local farmers resisted using this modern invention. But after a storm which had flattened grain fields in the area, one

farmer discovered that the new combine could indeed do the better job.

Leander was fortunate to have his son, Lea, service much of the machinery. And his sales took Leander well beyond the area of Stanley Bridge. The machinery business proved to be quite

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