Reeve, John William Archibald

Summary

Father: William Reeve
Mother: Sarah Gibbs

Birth: 1847, Chelmsford, Essex
Birth Source: Census & Birth Reg.

Death: 16 Sep 1880, Parramatta, New South Wales
Death Source: Headstone, Death Index

Spouse1: Mary Ann

Narrative

John was buried in the Rookwood Cemetery in Rookwood, New South Wales with his parents. The large headstone reads:

WILLIAM REEVE
WHO DIED MAY 27th 1877.
AGED 57 YEARS.
"He giveth His beloved sleep"
Also of SARAH REEVE
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 13th 1877.
AGED 53 YEARS.
They die in Jesus and are blest
How kind their slumbers are
From suffering and from toil released
And freed from every care
Also of
JOHN WILLIAM ARCHIBALD
BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 16th 1880
AGED 33 YEARS.
"Thy will be done."

The Sydney Mail, 25 Sep 1880
REEVE - September 16, at his residence, Macquaric-street, Parramatta, John William Archibald Reeve, only son of the late Mr. William Reeve, chemist, aged 33 years.

Probate notice was issued in the New South Wales Government Gazettes on 22 Sep 1880, stating that the will of John Archibald Reeve, late tobacconist of Parramatta, that application would be made that probate be given to the widow Mary Ann Reeve of Parramatta.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          GRO Birth Index, 1q 1847, Chelmsford Registration District
Death:        Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Ancestry)
Burial:       Findagrave - Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales

1851 Census:  HO107, Piece 1789, Folio 428 reverse, Page 7, Schedule 31

Obituary, The Sydney Mail, 25 Sep 1880
New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 (Ancestry)