Robert REED [1834-1873]

There is a passenger list departing London 5 December 1900 destination Hong Kong. One of the passengers is Robert Reed age 54 [dob abt 1846 which conflicts with marriage date 1861 when he would have been abt 15 years old]

On Find a Grave there is a Robert Reed who was buried in the Happy Valley Cemetery on 1st January 1873 aged 28 years whose date at death matches the Robert Reed mentioned in the passenger list. 

Carl Smith Card 135689 Anna Maria Diaz aged 38, daughter of Rodrigues and Faustina M Rosario, and, widow of Robert Reed married Charles  Bond aged about 30 at RC Cathedral 4 October 1875 . This was about two years after the death of the Robert Reed mentioned above. (By Carl Smith's reckoning Anna was born in 1837).

I agree that memorial inscriptions are often mis-transcribed and your age at marriage makes sense.There could also have been a mistranscription on the passenger list regarding age which would make Robert Reed's birth circa 1836. Do you know where he was born?

Memorial on the grave as transcribed

In memory of Robert Reed of the Harbour Master's Department, who died on 1st January 1873, aged 28 years

Find a Grave The grave stones are in poor condition. I had another look at the image of the grave and enlarged it considerably and the age could easily be 38 or even 39.

Jacks are often Johns. Robert is a great old Scottish name. I will have a look on Scotlands People.

In Scotland traditionally there was a naming pattern. First son named after father's father and second son after mother's father and third son after father - this often resulted in more than one child in a family having the same forename as another. Robert Reed's son was Amaro John so I'll look for John Reeds with sons Robert. 

First daughter after the mother's mother, secong daughter after the father's mother, third daughter after the mother. I am an eldest daughter named after my mother's mother and my next sister down is named after our father's mother. Researching in Scotland is so much easier than anywhwere else. A child's birth certificate has exact time and place of birth both parents' names and the date and place of parents marriage also any previous marriages of parents and names of previous spouses  and mother's maiden name.

The grave of Robert Reed who died 1st January 1873 at the Colonial Cemetery Hong Kong (as pointed out by annpake) - if you look at the enlarged photo it is definitely aged 38 years. The first digit can not be a 2 as it has a curved base.

To further confirm it the transcribed age in familyseach.com for Robert Reed in the Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery is also aged 38 years (image 34 of 106) under 'Register of Internments:106 1853-1884'

You might be interested in this and this

If you are outside Hong Kong, you can request PRO to produce photocopies of the documents. CD copy is much more expensive.

Many thanks for the confirmation,

Yes, he was a Freemason in Hong Kong 

Robert Reed initiated 27 December 1861 Zetland Lodge

Robert Reed Serving Brother 1864 Victoria Lodge

Robert Reed 27 March 1867  Perseverence Lodge

Scotlands People has only one baptism of a Robert Reed  betwen 1830 and 1840

Robert Reed born 19 April 1834, son of James Reed and Janet Montgomerie

Recorded as of the Irvine East Associate

Yes. The Associates were not RC or Presbyterian or Church of Scotland I checked these and no Robert Reed birth or baptisms. In  1855 civil birth records were introduced in Scotland. Until then baptisms were Church of Scotland or Roman Catholic or the  Associates. There was a great religious  upheaval in Scotland leading up to "the Disruption" and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland as well as the Church of Scotland.