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Reeves, George (c1805 ESS - 1874 ESS)

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Reeves, George


Summary

Father: Unknown
Mother: Charlotte Reeves

Birth: c1805, Rayleigh, Essex
Birth Source: Census

Death: 2q 1874, Essex
Death Source: Death Index

Spouse1: Sarah Lack, m. 11 Feb 1834, Colchester, St. Leonard, Essex

Narrative

Children of George Reeves and Sarah Lack:
  1. Emma Reeves, b. c1838
  2. James Ezra Reeves, b. c1839
  3. George Reeves, b. c1840
  4. Isabella Elizabeth Reeves, b. c1842
  5. Ann Jane Reeves, b. c1845, m1. Peter Malone, m2. Robert Buttle
  6. Charlotte Sarah Reeves, b. c1846, m. William Everett
  7. Eliza Hephzibah Reeves, b. c1848

His mother Charlotte identifies this George as "my natural son George Reaves of Colchester Butcher" in her will from 1837.

Baptism from Sible Hedingham, St Peter, Essex Parish Registers:
  • 1805. George Reeve son of Charlotte Reeve March 10

From Colchester, St. Leonard, Essex Marriage Parish Registers:
  • George Reeves of this Parish Bachelor and Sarah Lack of this Parish spinster were married in this church by banns....this eleventh Day of February in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty four

In 1841, George, age 37, was living in Colchester, St. Leonard in Essex. With him were Sarah (28), Emma (3), and James (14).

In 1851, George, age 46, born in Rayleigh, was living in Colchester, St. Leonard in Essex. With him are wife Sarah (37) and children Emma (13), James E (12), George (10), Elizabeth (8), Ann J. (6), Charlotte S. (5), and Eliza H. (3).

In 1861, George, age 56, a journeyman butcher born in Rayleigh, was living in Colchester, St. Mary Magdalen. With him are wife Sarah (40) and children Emma (23), James (22), George (19), Anne (16), Elizabeth (18), Sarah (15), and Hepzibah (12).

In 1871, George, age 66, a journeyman butcher born in Rayleigh, was living in St. Botolph, Essex, with wife Sarah (55), daughter Jane Malone (26), daughter Sarah Everett (25), and grandchildren Sarah Malone (5), Henry Malone (3), and William Everett (5).

George's death is registered in 2q 1874, in Colchester, age 70.

The Essex County Standard, etc., 19 Jun 1874
INTERMENTS AT COLCHESTER CEMETERY
During the Week ending June 19, 1874.
....George Reeves, St. Botolph, 70 years.

Research Notes


Sources

Baptism:    Sible Hedingham, St Peter, Essex Parish Baptisms & Burials Register 1767-1809, D/P 93/1/4, Image
Marriage1:  Colchester, St. Leonard, Essex Marriage Parish Register 1813-1837, D/P 245/1/16
Death:        Civil Registration Death Index, 2q 1874, Vol. 4a, p193
Burial:       The Essex County Standard, etc., 19 Jun 1874

1841 Census:  HO 107, Piece 344, Book 8, Folio 34, Page 6
1851 Census:  HO 107, Piece 1781, Folio 664, Page 10, Schedule 36
1861 Census:  RG 9, Piece 1100, Folio 109, Page 3, Schedule 11
1871 Census:  RG 10, Piece 1683, Folio 75, Page 5, Schedule 32

1837 Will - Charlotte Reeves - Archdeaconry of Essex, D/AEW 43/5/7