Vera Dagmar Reis was born in 1883 in Kelvin, Glasgow, the daughter of Charles Lionel and Elizabeth (Woodburn) Reis.  She married i) Robert Bruce on 12 April, 1911, at 12 Henderson Street, Glasgow. He died in 1939. She then married ii) John James Costello on 10 December, 1960.  He died on 18 June,1961.

Vera and John belong to Reis Generation Three; their child belongs to Reis Generation Four and is:

1. Elizabeth

NOTES: She was educated at Glasgow University (M. B., Ch. B., 1906). L.M. (Rotunda), 1907. Formerly Medical Superintendent, Glasgow Medical Missionary Society.  School Medical Officer, Bradford Yorkshire, 1915-1918. (See The Samuel Family of Liverpool and London, p. 6).

Vera's first husband, Robert Bruce, was a doctor (as was she) who was resident at 12 Rosebery Terrace, Glasgow at the time of his marriage to Vera.  Robert's father was Robert Wilson Bruce (who was also a doctor) and his mother was Madeline Redpath. The witness to the marriage were William Redpath Bruce (possibly Robert's brother) and Violet Ida Reis, Vera's sister.