Giant Tiger founder Gordon Reid has died at 89

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Profile has been created, However I can not find any connections for him. Failed at attempts to find names of parents.
WikiTree profile: Gordon Reid
in The Tree House by Kandita Post G2G6 Mach 4 (48.1k points)

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Here are some clues, he moved to Montreal with his parents when he was quite young, also mentions his wife, daughter, sons and 3 stepchildren

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/gordon-reid-1933-2023-retailer-opened-first-giant-tiger-in-byward-market-in-1961

by Lorraine Nagle G2G6 Pilot (212k points)

This might be the cemetery?

https://jgs-montreal.org/bdh.html

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Here in the way of connections, on his blog, his son Scott Reid goes into detail about his mother's side of the family, who were Russian Jews.

https://scottreid.ca/on-quebecs-bill-21/
by Dina Grozev G2G6 Pilot (201k points)
Thank you. I have added it to the research notes.

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