What else do we know about Thomas Boyd Reesby and Dora Amy Coates?
Below is the distinctive Boyd tartan. Boyd was Thomas Boyd Reesby's mother's maiden name but it's all I know about her, or whereabouts in Scotland her family may have lived.
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Here's a quote from Gertie Reesby: "Thomas Boyd Reesby was looked upon as a steady capable man who would do well in life, but died quite young with pneumonia after getting a severe chill after riding a long distance in wet clothes."
This is a little different from the source who believed he'd shouted drinks in the pub and that someone had stolen his saddle.
(By the way, for non-New Zealanders, to "shout" is to treat, to buy drinks.)
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