Reeve, Samuel

Summary

Father: Samuel Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Brown

Birth: c 1834 Belchamp Walter, Essex
Birth Source: Various records

Death: 1918 in Lincolnshire
Death Source: GRO

Spouse1: Harriett Cowlishaw

Narrative

From 1834 until sometime after 1861 Samuel resided with his parents and siblings in Belchamp Walter. HoH Samuel Reeve

1857. There is a UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges record for Samuel; Extract:
Name: Samuel Reeve
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 23
Birth Year: 1834
Birth Place: Otten, Belsharp, Hald??, Essex
Pension Admission or Examination Date: 15 Dec 1857
Regiment: 44th Foot Rank: Private
There is a corresponding discharge record for Private Samuel Reeve; Enlistment Age 21; Discharge Age23; Birth Date 1834; Birth Place Otten Belchamp, Essex; Enlistment Year 1855; Discharge Year 1857; Regiment Depot 44th Regt. Of Foot; Regimental Number4503

On the 1881 Census Samuel is recorded as 45 years old, single and living at Kings Town, Heanor, Derbyshire. Occupation Bricklayers Laborer.
Also resident Harriett Cowlishaw age 24 Housekeeper.

Samuel Reeve married Harriett Cowlishaw on 15 September 1878 in Heanor, Derbyshire
Children of Samuel Reeve and Harriet Cowlishaw

1. Eliza Cowlishaw (Reeve) b 1882
2. Sarah Ann Cowlishaw (Reeve) b 1886
3. Betsy Cowlishaw (Reeve) b 1890

See Research note 2

In 1889 there is an entry in theEngland & Wales, Criminal Registers which likely corresponds to this individual. Extract:
Name: Samuel Reeve
Date of Trial: 1 Jan 1889
Trial Year: 1889
Location of Trial: Derbyshire, England
Sentence: 1 Years imprisonment and hard labor
There is a corresponding record for his discharge in 1890

On the 1891 Census Samuel Reeves (sic Reeve) is recorded as 55 years old lodging with the Bestwick family at Hook End, Heanor, Derbyshire. With him are his wife Harriett Reeves Age 36 and children Eliza Reeve (8), Sarah Ann (4) and Betsy (7 months)

On the 1901 Census Samuel is 69 years old, widowed, and living at Jamvats, Metherington, Lincolnshire.Occupation Agricultural Laborer.

On the 1911 Census Samuel is recorded as 77 years of age living at Metherington Fen, Lincolnshire. Occupation Farm Laborer.

Research Notes

Note 1.
There is an entry for a Samuel Reeve in the England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, which may correspond to this individual. Transcript:
Trial record for Samuel Reeve:
Offense: Larceny and receiving stolen goods
Date of Trial: 20 May 1884
Trial Year: 1884
Location of Trial: Essex, England
Sentence: Acquittal

Note 2.
Although the children are recorded with the surname Reeves on the 1891 Census, the GRO has no record of any Reeve* children with corresponding birth dates. All the children are recorded as Cowlishaw in the Basford District of Nottinghamshire.

Sources

Birth:          
Baptism:    
Marriage1:  Derbyshire, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754 - 1932
Death:        GRO Reference: 1918 J Quarter in Lincoln, Volume 7a, Page 541
Burial:       
                   
1841 Census:  HO107, Piece 331, Book 6
1851 Census:  HO107, Piece 1788, Folio 85, Page 14
1861 Census:  RG 9, Piece 1127, Folio 103, Page 1
1871 Census:  
1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 3324, Folio 30, Page 54
1891 Census:  RG12, Piece 2663, Folio 32, Page 59
1901 Census:  RG13, Piece 3058, Folio 154, Page 17
1911 Census:  Piece 19711
1921 Census:  

Military:  Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Disability and Royal Artillery Out-Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 116; Piece Number: 72
Military:  The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

1884 Criminal Record: England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, HO 27, Piece 197, Page 189
1889 Criminal Record: England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, HO 27, Piece 212, Page 96