Reeves, Charles Edward

Summary

Father: Henry Wilson Reeves
Mother: Emily Nicholas

Birth: 16 Jan 1843, Nassick, India
Birth Source: Baptism, Census

Death: 30 Jul 1902
Death Source: Probate Calendar

Spouse1:Eliza Elliot Mary Fraser, m. 9 May 1874, St. Mark's, Hamilton Terrace, Middlesex

Narrative

India Births and Baptisms includes the following info for Charles as a child of Henry and Emily Reeves:

• Charles Edward Reeves, bap. 5 Mar 1843, Malligaum, Bombay, India, b. 16 Jan 1843

In April 1865 Charles is serving in the UK as an Ensign with The Buffs. See 18650401_Army_List_Reeves_Charles_Edw

By Dec 1870, he has risen to the rank of Lieutenant still serving in the 1st Battalion of the Buffs, who are in Seetapore, Bengal. See 18701230_Army_List_Reeves_Charles_Edw

The Belfast News-Letter, 18 May 1874
REEVES-FRASER - May 9, at St. Mark's, Hamilton Terrace, London, by the Rev. R. Gordon, Rector of ?, Herts, assisted by the Rev. E. P. Nichols, Vicar of Wo??idd?, Bridgnorth, Captain Charles Edward Reeves, 2rd Foot, second son of the late Hon. Henry Wilson Reeves, Member of the Council of Bombay, to Eliza Elliot Mary, youngest daughter of Colonel John Elphinstone Fraser, Bengal Staff Corps.

There is a marriage bond for "Charles Edward Reeves, a Captain in Her Majesty's 3rd Regiment the Buffs of the New Parish of Saint Mark, Hamilton Terrace, in the County of Middlesex, a Bachelor" to Eliza Elliot Mary Fraser dated 8 May 1874.

From St. Mark, St Johns Wood, Middlesex Parish Register:

• 1874 May 9th. Charles Edward Reeves, 31, Bachelor, Captain in the 3 Regiment Buffs, 26 Abbey Gardens, (son of)The Hon Henry Wilson Reeves Civil Service (to) Eliza Elliott Mary Fraser, 23, spinster, 61 Leinster Square, (d/o) John Elphinstone Fraser, Colonel

By September 1877, he is then a Captain, but still with the 1st Battallion of The Buffs, who are still posted to Bengal. See 18770929_Army_List_Reeves_Charles_Edw

In 1881, he and his wife were living as lodgers in Canterbury St. Mary Bredin in Kent.

In 1891, he and his wife were boarding in St. Dunstan, Kent.

In 1901, they were living in St. Dunstan Within, Kent.

From National Probate Calendar:
REEVES Charles Edward of "Melrose" London-road Canterbury major in the 1st-battalion Buffs East Kent-regiment died 30 July 1902 Probate London 27 August to Eliza Elliot Mary Reeves widow Effects £105.

Sources

Birth:          UK, British Army Records and Lists, 1882-1962 (Ancestry)
Baptism:    FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Marriage1:  St. Mark, St Johns Wood, Middlesex Parish Register 1851-1889, P89/MRK2/007
Death:        England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)

1881 Census:  RG 11, Piece 959, Folio 7, Page 7, Schedule 32
1891 Census:  RG 12, Piece 709, Folio 128 reverse, Page 18, Schedule 106
1901 Census:  RG 13, Piece 796, Folio 68 reverse, Page 6, Schedule 48

London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 (Ancestry)
The Belfast News-Letter, 18 May 1874