Reeves, George

Summary

Father: George Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth

Birth: Bapt 22 May 1808 at Kingsomborne, Hants
Birth Source: HGS Baptisms Index of Parish Registers

Death: 1875
Death Source: FreeBMD & absence from 1881 Census

Spouse1: Elizabeth Holdaway, married on 21 August 1831 at Kings Somborne

Narrative

George is almost certainly the son of George Reeves and Elizabeth who was baptised on 22 May 1808 at Kings Somborne, Hampshire. Nothing is known of George's early life.

George Reeves and Elizabeth Holdaway were married on 21 Aug 1831 also at Kings Somborne. There are other known links between the Reeves and Holdaway families of this locality.

The known children of George and Elizabeth are

1. John Reeves, bapt 29 Jan 1832
2. William Reeves, bapt 15 Dec 1833
3. Elizabeth Reeves, bapt 3 Jan 1836
4. Mary Reeves, bapt 29 Apr 1838
5. Rebecca Reeves, bapt 21 Feb 1841, m James TANNER
6. Charlotte Reeves, born c 1843 and bapt 8 Jun 1845
7. George Reeves, bapt 8 Jun 1845
8. Emily Reeves, bapt 8 Oct 1848
9. Charles Reeves, bapt 26 May 1850, m Hannah WOODLEY
10. Henry Reeves, birth registration Apr-Jun 1853
11. Tom Reeves, birth registration Jul-Sep 1855
12. Sabina Reeves, bapt 24 Jul 1859

All of the above baptisms were at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Mottisfont.

George, Elizabeth and their first five children appear on the June 1841 census in the Mottisfont parish area.

On the March 1851 census, George plus wife Elizabeth and their first nine children are living on SpearyWell Road, Mottisfont. George is 41 years old and born Kings Somborne

By the 1861 census, George plus wife Elizabeth are shown with John, William, George, Emily Charles, Henry, Thomas and Sabina. Rebecca married James Tanner in 1858 and is living next door, still at Speary Well Road in Mottisfont. George is now 51 years old, but claiming birth at Brook in Hampshire. Note the family is enumerated as REAVES (sic) but there are no other known instances of this surname variant being used.

On the 1871 census, George plus wife Elizabeth are shown with John, George, Charles, Henry, Thomas and Sabina. Rebecca is still living in an adjacent property on Speary Well Road in Mottisfont. George is now 62 and again claiming birth at Brook Hampshire.

On all four census returns George is shown as an Agricultural Labourer or simply as a Labourer (in 1861).

By the 1881 census wife Elizabeth is the head of household and a widow. FreeBMD has an appropriate death registration for a George Reeves, age 67 in the adjacent Stockbridge Registration District.

Research Notes

Brook is a hamlet two miles distant from the village of Kings Somborne and a part of the Parish of the same name.

Sources

Baptism:  - HGS Baptisms Index of Parish Registers
Marriage: - HGS Marriages Index of Parish Registers
Death:       - FreeBMD Death Registration September quarter 1875 in Stockbridge Registration District

1841 Census: HO107, Piece 400, Book 13, Folio 13 reverse, Page 21
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1671, Folio 282 face, Page 12 and continued on
                      HO107, Piece 1671, Folio 283 reverse, Page 13
1861 Census: RG9, Piece 686, Folio 46 reverse, Page 2 and continued on RG9, Piece 686, Folio 47 face, Page 3
1871 Census: RG10, Piece 1204, Folio 85 reverse, Page 22
1881 Census: RG11, Piece 1226, Folio 47 Reverse, Page 2