Williams-O'Connell Family History

Father

Kennis (or Kenneth) Reid¹ b. c 1856

Mother

Mary Donoghue¹ b. c 1858

Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Margaret Reid was born on 30 November 1881 in Queensland.^1,2

She began a relationship with Peter Zambellas circa 1900.

She died on 7 October 1941 in Perth, Western Australia, at age 59.^3,4

Family

Peter Zambellas

Children

Mary Iris Reid b. 1900, d. 1900
Irene Dagmar Reid b. 1904, d. 1904
Eva Reid b. 23 Oct 1905, d. 11 Oct 1989
Nicholas Andrew Zambellas b. 4 Jan 1908, d. 25 Nov 1981
Olga Reid b. 15 Feb 1911, d. 28 Jun 1968
Greta Mary Reid b. 2 May 1913, d. 9 Dec 1966
(unknown) Zambellas b. 26 Mar 1915, d. 26 Mar 1915
Venez Zambellas b. 1916, d. 19 Mar 1976
Maurice Thomas George Zambellas b. 26 May 1917, d. 15 Jun 1996
Rosalind Zambellas b. 5 Dec 1918, d. 11 Aug 2002

Story

Margaret was born in Queensland on 30 November 1881. She was the second child of Mary and Kennis (or Kenneth). She was sometimes known as Marguerite and Gretha.^2,3,5,6

Move to Victoria
The family of seven moved to Mooroopna in Victoria around 1889.^7,8

Relationship and Family
Margaret Reid and Peter Zambellas began a relationship in Melbourne around 1900. Margaret had a child in 1900 and the couple had nine more children. Three of the children died as infants.

After the first child died aged 7 months, Mary and Peter went to Western Australia. The next two children were born in Perth, and one died there. The next child was born in Narrogin, about 150 km south-east of Perth, then one in Collie 150 km south of Perth, then Perth, three in Collie and the last in Perth in 1918.

Five of the births were under the name Reid and five under the name Zambellas. Margaret and several of her children also used the family name Bell.⁹

It is believed that a number of Margaret and Peter's children were looked after by Margaret's sister Johanna.¹⁰

Peter was a fishmonger when in Collie in 1916 and 1917.⁵

Margaret Zambellas died in Perth on 7 October 1941, aged 59. She is buried in the Roman Catholic section of Karrakatta cemetery in Perth.^4,3

Citations

[S221] John Francis Reid, birth registration no. 31556, 11 November 1894.
[S487] Queensland registry of births, deaths and marriages, registry and index, Margaret Reid entry, birth registration no. C6151, 1881.
[S268] 'Skoda Family Tree', Ancestry.com.au, online, family tree, prepared by Dale Skoda, viewed 14 July 2019.
[S124] Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Margaret Zambellas entry, death registration no. 2143, 1941.
[S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Swan, subdivision of Collie, 1916 and 1917.
[S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Mary Iris Reid entry, death registration no. 12170, 1900.
[S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Patrick Reid entry, birth registration no. 25669, 1890.
[S487] Queensland registry of births, deaths and marriages, registry and index, Agnes Reid entry, birth registration no. C7481, 1889.
[S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 11 May 2019.
[S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 10 May 2019.