Reeves, Edward John

Summary

Father: John William Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Bailey

Birth: c1860, Farley, Hampshire
Birth Source: Census & Baptims

Death: 16 Mar 1933
Death Source: Probate Calendar

Spouse1: Erica Mary Young, m. 6 Jun 1893, Upper St Leonards St John the Evangelist, Sussex

Narrative

Children of Edward John Reeves and Erica Mary Young:

1. Geoffrey Frederick John Reeves, b. c1894
2. Dorothy Reeves, b. c1896
3. Elizabeth Swacapple Reeves, b. 12 May 1906

In 1861, he is listed on the census with his parents in Farley, Hampshire. In 1871, he is listed in the household of his widowed mother in Hyde St. Bartholomew, Winchester, Hampshire. In 1881, they are in Winchester, Hampshire.

From Upper St Leonards St John the Evangelist, Sussex Parish Register:

• June sixth 1893. Edward John Reeves, 32, Bachelor, Civil Engineer (of) ?Curmavon? (son of) John William Reeves, cclerk in Holy orders (to) Erica Mary Young, 26, spinster, (of) South Sheen (d/o) Frederick Young, clerk in Holy orders. Married in the Church of St. John the Evangelist...in the Presence of us Elizabeth Reeves & Frederick Young

From Upper St Leonards St John the Evangelist, Sussex Parish Register:

• 1894 November eighteenth. Geoffrey Frederick John (son of) Edward John & Erica Mary Reeves (of) South Sheen, Civil Engineer (by) Henry D Jones Rector

From St Helier, St Mark's, Jersey Parish Register:

• 1906. (born) May 12. (Baptized) June 3. Elizabeth Swacapple (Swulapple?) (d/o) Edward John (&) Erica Mary Young Reeves, Civil Engineer, Centra Queen's Road (sponsors) Francis Bailer Henrietta Sarah Reeves Byron William Young (by) Hugh Le Fleming

In 1911, he was living at Centra Queen's Road, Jersey in St Helier, Jersey in Channel Island with wife Erica M (44), children Geoffrey (16), Dorothy (15) and Elizabeth (4), and two servants, Mabel Sebire (31) and Esther Jarret (17).

From the National Probate Calendar, 1933:
REEVES Edward John of Glengarry Lymington Hampshire died 16 March 1933 Probate London 19 May to Erica Mary Reeves widow. Effects £3266 6s. 3d.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          
Baptism:    
Marriage1:  Upper St Leonards St John the Evangelist, Sussex Parish Register 1866-1900, PAR 472/1/2/1
Death:        England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)
Burial:       

1861 Census:  RG9, Piece 0695, Folio 4 reverse, Page 4
1871 Census:  RG10, Piece 1212, Folio 56 reverse, Page 36, Schedule 181
1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 1232, Folio 31 reverse, Page 3, Schedule 8
1911 Census:  RG14, Piece 34926, Reg.Dist. 637 (Jersey), Enum.Dist. 48, Schedule 63


Upper St Leonards St John the Evangelist, Sussex Parish Register 1866-1900, PAR 472/1/2/1
St Helier, St Mark's, Jersey Parish Register 1845-1910, G/C/01/G1/1