Reeve, Walter James

Summary

Father: James Reeve
Mother:

Birth: 16 Sep 1844, Stanford le Hope, Essex
Birth Source: Death Certificate, Census

Death: 27 Feb 1934, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Fannie Eleanor Barnard, m. 3q 1872, Dunmow, Essex

Narrative

Children of Walter James Reeve and Fannie Eleanor Barnard:

1. Charles Reeve, b. c1874
2. Ellen Reeve, b. c1876
3. Frank Reeve, b. c1877
4. Edith Reeve, b. c1879
5. Anna Reeve, b. c1881

The marriage of Walter and Fanny was registered in 3q 1872 in Dunmow, Essex.

In 1881, Walter was living in Steeple, Essex with his wife Fanny E. (37), and children Charles (7), Ellen (5), Frank (4), Edith (2), and Anna. A servant Elizabeth Rush (11) was also in the household.

In 1900, he was living in Oakland, Iowa as a naturalized US citizen with wife Fannie E. (56), Ellen (24), Edith (21) and Anna (19).

Probate documents for Fanny Eleanor Reeve from Lane County, Oregon states she died 25 Feb 1919, age 75. She died intestate leaving the following heirs: husband Walter J. Reeve, (age 74) of Eugene, Oregon, children Charles Reeve (45) of Popejoy, Iowa, Ellen Reeve (43) of Pratt, Kansas, Frank Reeve (41) of Popejoy, Iowa, Edith Reeve (40) of Eugene, Oregon, and Anna Reeve Campbell (38) of Pratt, Kansas.

The Eugene Guard, 27 Feb 1934
Walter James Reeve died at his home on route one Tuesday following a long illness. Mr. Reeve was born in England on September 16, 1844, and had been a resident of Oregon for 24 years. He was a member of the Episcopal church.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Edith Reeve of Eugene and Mrs. Anna Campbell of Delta, Colo.; and two sons Frank Reeve of Eugene and Charles Reeve of Iowa.
Veatch chapel will announce the funeral arrangements later.

Walter is buried in the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery in Lane County, Oregon.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Oregon Death Certificate, Walter James Reeve, 1934
Marriage1:  England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 (Ancestry)
Death:        Oregon Death Certificate, Walter James Reeve, 1934
Burial:       Findagrave - Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 1773, Folio 92, Page 23
1900 Census:  Oakland, Franklin County, Iowa
1910 Census:  Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
1920 Census:  Zumwalt, Lane County, Oregon
1930 Census:  Zumwalt, Lane County, Oregon

The Eugene Guard, 27 Feb 1934
Oregon, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1849-1963 (Ancestry)