Reeve, William

Summary

Father: Samuel Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Brown

Birth: c 1830 Belchamp Walter, Essex
Birth Source: Parish Record

Death: Q4 1904 West Ham, Essex
Death Source: Death Index

Spouse1: Sarah Wright

Narrative

William was baptized 4 April St John the Baptist, Little Yeldham, Essex

William married Sarah Wright 1860 Brentford, Middlesex

Children of William Reeve and Sarah Wright

1. William Henry Reeve b 1860
2. Charles Thomas Reeve b 1862
3. Ellen Reeve b 1864. Married James Booker
4. Mary Emma Reeve b 1866
5. Ann Reeve b 1867. Married Charles Henry Berry
6. Mary Ann Reeve b 1870. Married James Bradford

On the 1841 Census William was 11 years old and living with his parents and siblings at Puttock End, Essex.

On the 1861 Census William was recorded as 30 living at Brook Green Road, Jasmine Cottages, Hammersmith, Middlesex, with his wife Sarah and son William (3 months) Occupation Laborer.

On the 1871 Census William is 42 years old and still living at a Jasmine cottages, with his wife Sarah and children William (10), Charles (9), Ellen (7), Ann (4) and Mary Ann (3 months) Occupation Groom.

On the 1881 Census William is 50 years old living at 4 Luckets Cottages, Hammersmith, Middlesex with his wife Sarah and children William (20) and Mary Ann (10). Occupation General Laborer.

On the 1891 Census William is 59 years old still living at Luckets Cottages, with his wife Sarah. Occupation General Laborer.

William died aged 74 in December 1904 in West Ham, Essex

Research Notes

There is an entry for a William Reeve from the General Session held in Westminster on 1st September, 1851, that may correspond to this individual. The England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, HO 27, Piece 97, Page 129.
Name: William Reeve
Offense: Convicted of Assault
Date of Trial: 1 Sep 1851
Trial: Year 1851
Location of Trial: Middlesex, England
Sentence: 3 Months Imprisonment

On the 1911 Census for his son Charles Thomas Reeve there is recorded a brother Walter Stanley Reeve aged 31, so born c 1880. FreeBMD has an entry for a Walter Stanley Reeve born 1880 (1880 Islington, Volume 1b, Page 379) GRO Reference: 1880 M Quarter Islington, Volume 1b, Page 379 confirms his birth, mmn Tibbitts.

Sources

Birth:          
Baptism:    https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk//ancestry.aspx?id=1133570
Marriage1:  England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, Q1 1860, Brentford, Volume 3a, Page 4
Death:        England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, Q4 West Ham, Volume 4a, Page 42
Burial:       
                   
1841 Census:   HO107, Piece 331, Book 6, Folio 16, Page 3
1851 Census:  
1861 Census:  RG 9, Piece 24, Folio 101, Page 31
1871 Census:   RG10, Piece 60, Folio 13, Page 18
1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 55, Folio 69, Page 16
1891 Census:  RG12, Piece 36, Folio 188, Page 6
1901 Census:  
1911 Census: