Margaret McEvoy was born May 23, 1864 in Monterrey, CA to Henery Etta [sic] Grose (1826-1889) and Joseph McEvoy (1828-1902). She married Simpson Percy Reid, born November 23, 1845, in September 1878 with whom she moved to New Mexico in 1884 to pursue his mining and ranching interests. They had six children: Joseph, Henretta (Wilton), Robert, Percy, Thomas, and Simpson. Simpson Reid died in 1892 of typhoid fever leaving Margaret with six children all under the age of eight. In order to support herself, she turned to Angora goat breeding, buying her first goat in 1887. The ranch soon became a success and at one of the first meeting of the American Angora Goat Breeders Association (an association of which she would eventually become president) she was dubbed the "Angora goat queen." Margaret married again in December of 1894. Her new husband was an engineer by the name of Leven Edward Armer. She had three children with Armer: Edith (Rankey), Mary (Earwood) and Edward who died in childhood.

Margaret and Simpson's son Robert W. Reid, or Bob as he was known, was born in Lake Valley, NM February 6, 1884. Reid attended Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH, graduating in 1905. He joined the Forest Service in New Mexico in 1908. On August 27, 1912 he married Mary Sparks. She was born in Golias, TX on February 9, 1891 to Ellen Sparks Marble (1871-1949) and Henry F. Sparks (1864-ca. 1920). Ellen Sparks married Edward Thornton Marble (1871-1940) in January of 1908. Reid continued his career in the Forest Service until 1916. He was in charge of the Mogollon Fire Division starting in 1913 and worked at various posts, including at Mimbres, NM. They raised two children, their nieces Margery and Gertrude, whom they officially adopted. Gertrude married Benjamin Casey in 1946 and Margery married Carlton McGregor in 1947.

In 1916, Mrs. Armer asked them to help her to run the ranch and family business. Mrs. Armer passed away suddenly while visiting her sister in California on December 22, 1933. Bob and Mary Reid continued the Armer-Reid Goat Ranch business until 1962 when they sold the ranch to Robert Cox of Winston, NM.

Source: Armer-Reid papers, New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections
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STEP-MOTHER WAS SARAH ( ) McAVOY OR
ACCORDING TO 1870 CENSUS,
(HENRIETTA (GROSS) McEVOY WAS HER MOTHER ACCORDING TO DEATH CERT.
THANK YOU TO LoisLaine (48012614), FOR CORRECTIONS ON MOTHER.
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MOTHER WAS HENRIETTA GROSS, according to her Death Certificate
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69 years 6 months 27 days
Detail Source
Name: Margaret Reid
Maiden Name: McAvoy
Gender: Female
Birth Place: California
Spouse: Simpson Percy Reid
Child: Henrietta Reid Wilton
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Name: Margaret Armer
Gender: Female
Death Age: 69
Birth Date: abt 1864
Residence Place: New Mexico
Death Date: 23 Dec 1933
Death Place: Los Angeles, California
Obituary Date: 28 Dec 1933
Obituary Place: Deming, New Mexico, USA
Newspaper Title: The Deming Headlight
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MARRIED ARMER IN 1894
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1880 SAN FRANCISCO, CA. CENSUS
Joseph G. Mc Evoy 43 Self (Head)
Sarah Mc Evoy 41 Wife
Mary Mc Evoy 17 Daughter
Margaret Mc Evoy 16 Daughter
Joseph Mc Evoy 14 Son
William Mc Evoy 11 Son
Sarah Mc Evoy 9 Daughter
Hester Mc Evoy 3 Daughter
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1900 FED CENSUS KINGSTON, SIERRA, NM
Ed F Armor 46 Head
Margaret Armor 36 Wife
Martha Armor 3 Daughter
Mary Armor 2 Daughter
Joseph Reid 20 Step Son
Henrieta Reid 18 Step Daughter
Robt Reid 16 Step Son
Perthie Reid 13 Daughter
Thos Reid 10 Step Son
Simpson Reid 8 Step Son
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1910 Kingston, Sierra, New Mexico, USA
WITH ARMER HUSBAND L C ARMER
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Home in 1920 San Diego, San Diego, California
MARGARET ARMER
HEAD OF HOUSE/MARRIED
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MARGARET ARMER
WIDOWED/HEAD OF HH
Home in 1930 Precinct 3, Sierra, New Mexico, USA