Welcome
to my families 
Note: This site is a smaller version of my French site which has sections on biographies, places, sources and trades, among other subjects. If you can read French, click here
The
original
goal in creating this web site was to share information about Louis
Reid,
my ancestor, and to solve the enigma surrounding his name....Was he not
a Mosly who had changed his name to Reid for some unknown reasons??
After
a long search, I have found the evidence that indeed, my ancestor WAS
Louis
Mosly "dit" (alias) Reid. His father, John Mosly "dit" Reid, had
married
Madeleine Bourbeau-Verville in Becancour, in 1820. The mariage records
show that John Mosly, born in England, was the son of Joseph Mosly and
Anna Reid.
note:
Mosly
= Mosle, Mozelay, Moseley, Moslay. I have seen various spellings of the
name and can't make up my mind which one to adopt. John Mosly himself
was
not consistent in the way he signed his own name.
