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George Decimus Reed was born in Surrey, England, but his son, Hayter Reed (b.1849) was a native of Canada. In 1871, Hayter went to Manitoba as a militia officer and in 1872 was admitted to the bar of the province. In 1881 he entered the federal civil service as an Indian agent and held several positions within the Department of Indian Affairs, including Deputy Superintendant of Indian Affairs (1880-1887). In 1897 he retired from the federal service and later became Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway hotels. He married twice, the first time to Georgina Ponton (d.1889) and the second time in 1894 to Kate Lowrey Armour, eldest daughter of the Hon. John D. Armour, Chief of Justice of Ontario, and Eliza Clench. Previously, Kate Armour had been married to Grosvenor Lowrey (d.1893). Hayter and Kate had at least one son, Gordon, a Montreal architect, and a daughter, Virginia. Kate Armour's mother's parents were Freeman Clench (a cabinetmaker in Coburg, ON) and Eliza Cory Clench.