Reeves, Ann

Summary

Father: Samuel REEVES
Mother: Sarah MARDON

Birth: Jan 1803
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 1851
Death Source: GRO Index

Spouse1:

Narrative

Ann REEVES, the seventh known child of Samuel REEVES and his wife Sarah (nee MARDON). She was born in Crediton, Devon during January 1803. She was baptised at the Bowden Hill Presbyterian Meeting House in Crediton in February 1803. See Research Note 1 below.

Although unmarried, Ann is known to have had three children, the fathers of whom are not known

1. Fanny Squire REEVES, bapt November 1822
2. William REEVE, bapt June 1831
3. Edmund Drake REEVES, bapt September 1838

On the 1841 census taken on 6 June, Ann appears in a household headed by Sarah Reeves (age 75 and presumed to be her mother) at St Lawrence Green, Crediton, Devon. Ann is recorded as being 35 years old and she was born in county (Devon). She, like Sarah, is a Serge Weaver. Completing the household are Ann's three children, Fanny (age 15, also a Serge Weaver), William (10) and Edmund (3).

It is probable her mother Sarah REEVES died during the second quarter of 1844.

At the time of the 1851 census, on 30 March, Ann and her son Edmund are Inmates in the Crediton Union Workhouse on Western Road, Crediton. She is now 49 years old and claims birth in Crediton, Devon. Her occupation is recorded as being a Weaver.

Ann has not been identified on the 1861 or any subsequent census. It is highly likely hers is the death recorded during the fourth quarter of 1851 in the Crediton Registration District. Ann's age at death is recorded as being 48, a very good match to this individual.

Research Notes

(1) The left edge of image of the reverse of folio 12 the Register from the Bowden Hill Presbyterian Meeting House is not distinct. Some have interpreted her name as Nance rather than Annie. In later life she appears most frequently as Ann and once as Anne

Sources

Birth:       
Baptism:   RG4, Piece 843, Folio 12 reverse, 14th entry
Marriage:
Death:      GRO Index   -   1851, December quarter, Crediton Registration District
                 
1841 Census: HO107, Piece 0215, Book 8, Folio 11 face, Page 16, last household
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1887, Folio 59 reverse, Page 41, Schedule 155
1861 Census: