Reeve, Joseph

Summary

Father: Samuel Reeve
Mother: Susannah Butcher

Birth: c1816, Belchamp Walter, Essex
Birth Source: Parish Register

Death: Sep 1894, Bulmer, Essex
Death Source: Burial, Death Index

Spouse1: Eliza Wilding, m. 1842

Narrative

From Belchamp Walter, St Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Register:

• 1816. 21 July | Joseph Son of | Samuel and Susan | Reeve | Walter Belchamp | Labourer | Samuel Raymond Vicar

Joseph married Eliza Wilding in 1842 in Sudbury Reg District.

Children of Joseph Reeve and Eliza Wilding

1. Meanna Reeve, b 1842
2. Alice Reeve, b 1844
3. Jesse Reeve, b 1846
4. Emma Reeve, b 1848
5. Julia Reeve, b 1850
6. Walter Reeve, b1851
7. George Reeve b 1856
8. Alfred Reeve b 1858

In 1841 Joseph was 20 years old and working for Thomas Halls at Nether Halls farm, Gestingthorpe, Essex. Occupation Farm Servant.

On the 1851 Census Joseph is recorded as 36 years of age living on Blacksmith Road, Belchamp Walter, Essex, with his wife Eliza and children Mime (sic Mihanna 9),Alice (7), Jesse (4), Emma (3) and Julia (6 months. Occupation Agricultural Laborer,

On the 1861 Census Joseph was recorded as 43 years of age living on Cottage Row, Belchamp Walter, Essex with his wife Eliza and children Mime (sic Mihanna 19), Alice 17, Jesse 15, Emma (13), Julia (11) George (5) and Alfred (3). Occupation Agricultural Laborer.

On the 1871 Census Joseph is 53 and living on Sudbury Road, Belchamp Walter with his wife Eliza and sons George (16) and Alfred (14). Occupation Agricultural Laborer.

In 1881 Joseph was 65 years old and living with his wife Eliza at Prospect Place, Bulmer, Essex. Occupation Brickyard Laborer.

In 1891 Joseph was 75 years old living with his wife Eliza at Kitchen Hill, Bulmer. Also resident was James Pilgrim (59) Lodger.

From Bulmer, St. Andrew, Essex Parish Register:

• (1894) Joseph Reeve | Bulmer | Sept: 26 | 77 | F W Low

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, Q3 Sudbury, Volume 4a, Page 330
Baptism:    Belchamp Walter, St Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Register 1813-1856, D/P 215/1/4, Image 10
Marriage1:  England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, Q1 1842, Sudbury, Volume 12, Page 591
Death:        England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, Q3 1894, Sudbury, Volume 4a, Page 330
Burial:       Bulmer, St. Andrew, Essex Parish Register 1878-1973, D/P 358/1/12
                   
1841 Census:  HO 107, Piece 332, Book 1, Folio 10, Page 14
1851 Census:  HO 107, Piece 1788, Folio 97, Page 38
1861 Census:  RG 9, Piece 1127, Folio 41, Page 7
1871 Census:  RG 10, Piece 1714, Folio 54, Page 26
1881 Census:  RG 11, Piece 1825, Folio 61, Page 14
1891 Census:  RG 12, Piece 1439, Folio 43