Reeve, Elizabeth Houston

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeve
Mother: Sarah Napier

Birth: 24 Dec 1813, Bocking, Essex
Birth Source: Baptism & Census

Death: 7 Jun 1899, Bocking, Essex
Death Source: Probate Calendar

Spouse1: William Reeve Cooper, m. 30 Jul 1868, Bocking, St Mary the Virgin, Essex

Narrative

Birth and baptism were also recorded in Bocking Independent Registers:

• Elizabeth Houston Reeve daughter of Joseph Reeve of the Parish of Bocking (Grocer) and of Sarah (Napier) his wife Born Decr 24 1813 was Baptized Novr 3 1814 by me T Craig

Marriage from Bocking, St Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Registers:

• (1868) July 30 | William Reeve Cooper | full | Widower | Merchant | (of) H James Croydon (to) Elizabeth Houston Reeve | full | Spinster | (of) Bocking...in the PResence of Wm Napier Reeve...

In 1841, she was age 20, listed in the household of her parents Joseph and Sarah in Bocking.

In 1851, she was age 34, listed in the household of her mother Sarah Reeve in Bocking.

In 1861, she was age 47, an Annuitant born in Bocking, living in Bocking. With her are sister Sophia (42) and servant Emma Coote (22).

In 1871, she was age 57, born in Bocking, living in Croydon, St. James, Surrey, with her husband William R. Cooper (59) and servants Mary Ann Brackenbury (37) and Martha Parker (23).

In 1881, she and her husband were boarders in the household of John William Jevons in Brighton, Sussex.

In 1891, she was age 76, living with her sister Sophia Gosling in Bocking.

From the National Probate Calendar, 1899:
COOPER Elizabeth Houston of Bocking Essex widow died 7 June 1899 Probate Ipswich 8 July to Sophia Gosling and Mary Frances Fenton widows Effects £324 18s. 9d.

The Essex County Standard, etc., 17 Jun 1899
COOPER - June 7. at Bocking, Elizabeth Houstan, widow of William Reeve Cooper.

Research Notes

Husband William Reeve Cooper was her first cousin, son of Hephzibah Reeve Cooper.

Sources

Birth:          RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1501 (Bocking, 1792-1838), folio 46
Marriage1:  Bocking, St Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Marriage Register 1837-1870, D/P 268/1/12
Death:        England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)
                   GRO Death Index, Braintree Registration District, 2q 1899

1841 Census:  HO107, Piece 0331, Book 8, Folio 5 reverse, Page 5
1851 Census:  HO107, Piece 1785, Folio 205 face, Page 6, Schedule 23
1861 Census:  RG9, Piece 1114, Folio 16 reverse, Page 6, Schedule 28
1871 Census:  RG10, Piece 843, Folio 45 reverse, Page 11, Schedule 54
1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 1077, Folio 8, Page 9, Schedule 37
1891 Census:  RG12, Piece 1422, Folio 32 reverse, Page 8, Schedule 57

Obituary, The Essex County Standard, etc., 17 Jun 1899