Reeves, Ann

Summary

Father: Henry REEVES
Mother: Hannah HUNT

Birth: c1826
Birth Source: Census return & baptism

Death: 1850
Death Source: GRO Index and Burial

Spouse1: Robert MUSSELL

Narrative

Ann Reeves, the daughter of Henry Reeves and his wife Hannah (nee Hunt) was baptised in January 1826 the Parish Church of St Laurence, Downton, Wiltshire.

On the 1841 census taken on 6 June, Ann appears as the oldest child in the household of her parents Henry and Hannah at Morgan's Vale, Downton, Wiltshire. She is 15 years old and was born within county (Wiltshire).

Ann Reeves married Robert MUSSELL on 05 September 1846 at the Parish Church of St Laurence, Downton, Wiltshire.

One day later, on 6 September 1846 at the same church, William Reeves, the son of Ann Reeves was baptised. There is no father named, but William is known to have used both the surname Reeves and his mother's husband's surname of MUSSELL

The known child of Ann (nee REEVES) and her husband Robert MUSSELL is

1. John MUSSELL, bapt September 1848, Downton

At the time of the 1851 census on 30 March, Robert Mussell appears in the household of his father Isaac Mussell at Morgan's Vale and he is described as a widower. Ann's sons William and John are described as Isaac's grandsons.

The GRO Index to Deaths notes the death of Ann MUSSELL, age 24, during the first quarter of 1850 in the Alderbury Registration District.
The Parish Burial Register of St Laurence, Downton records her burial on 23 January 1850 and notes her place of residence as Morgan's Vale.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:       
Baptism:   FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9F6-QLS
Marriage: FreeBMD     1846, September quarter, Alderbury Registration District
                 FamilySearch     https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX91-TX5
Death:     GRO Index     1850, March quarter, Alderbury Registration District
Burial:     FamilySearch     https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8J9-WQ7
                 
1841 Census: HO107, Piece 1174, Book 2, Folio 55 face, Page 20     HoH Henry Reeves
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1846, Folio 223 face, Page 28, Schedule 113     HoH Isaac MUSSEL

1846-09-06 Baptism of son William REEVES   FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6SF-P5K
1848-09-10 Baptism of son John MUSSELL      FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N636-CY1