Reeves, Archibald

Summary

Father: John Reeves
Mother: Jane Scobbie

Birth: 23 Aug 1846 or 1847, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 24 Sep 1925, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Jane Brown, m. 16 Jul 1869, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Narrative

Children of Archibald Reeves and Jane Brown:

1. Alison Reeves, b. 2 Jan 1870
2. Jane Reeves, b. c1871
3. John Reeves, b. c1873
4. Alice Reeves, b. Oct 1875
5. Archibald Reeves, b. 17 Mar 1877
6. Thomas Brown Reeves, b. 6 Jan 1879
7. William Reeves, b. 23 Apr 1881
8. James Whilden Reeves, b. 23 Sep 1883
9. Agnes Ann Reeves, b. 28 Jun 1885
10. Ellen Reeves, b. 20 Nov 1887

Archibald and his family are on a passenger list arriving in Ellis Island after having visited Cristobal, Canal Zone (Panama). It states Archibald was June 23 Aug 1846 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, was naturalized in Mauch Chunk, PA in 1872, and resided in Lansford, Pennsylvania. With him are Jane, Archibald Jr. and Frank, Alfred, and Clyde Reeves, the latter three probably grandsons.

Pottsville Republican, 26 Sep 1925
Death of Archibald Reeves
Archibald Reeves at one time a mine foreman in the Lansford region, died at his home at Straussburg on Friday from complications. He was retired six years ago by the L. C. & N. and went to that place to live. A son, Thomas Reeves of Port Carbon, is one of the survivors.

Death Certificate states wife was Jane Brown.

The following is from History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania:

Reeves, Archie, a retired mine foreman, of Lansford, was born at Airdrie, Scotland, August 23, 1846. He is one of the eight children of John and Jane (Scobbie) Reeves. Leaving school at the age of nine to become a worker, he finally became a railroader, and later a coal miner in his native country.

In 1868 Mr. Reeves emigrated to America, settling at Lansford, where he was successively a laborer, miner, and mine foreman in the employ of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. He was placed on the retired list after a continuous service of over forty-two years.

The year of his coming to America witnessed his marriage to Jane, daughter of John Brown, of Airdrie, Scotland. The following children were born to them: John, Jane, the wife of Benjamin Crowe, of Lansford ; Archie, Thomas, William, Agnes, Alice, deceased, and Ellen, wife of Charles Manning.

Mr. Reeves has taken an active part in municipal affairs in Lansford, having served as a member of town council, the school board and the board of health. He is one of the best known men of the older generation in mining circles in the Panther Creek Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have paid numerous visits to their old home in Scotland since coming to America.

Research Notes

Headstone incorrectly gives his birth as 1844.

Sources

Birth:          Pennsylvania Death Certificate, Archibald Reeves, 1925
Baptism:    
Marriage1:  Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry)
Death:        Pennsylvania Death Certificate, Archibald Reeves, 1925
Burial:       Findagrave - Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Summit Hill, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

1851 Census:  New Monkland, Lanarkshire
1861 Census:  New Monkland, Lanarkshire
1870 Census:  
1880 Census:  Jamestown, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
1900 Census:  Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
1910 Census:  Lansford East Ward, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
1920 Census:  East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Obituary, Pottsville Republican, 26 Sep 1925
FamilySearch - New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
Brenckman, Fred. (1918). https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852428/page/n721/mode/2up, p544