Reeves, George Henry

Summary

Father:   George Henry REEVES
Mother:   Annie Reeves

Birth: 1907
Birth Source: GRO Index

Death: 1983
Death Source: GRO Index

Spouse1:   Helen Kezia MITCHELL

Narrative

George Henry REEVES was the first of three children and the only son of George Henry REEVES and his wife Annie (nee REEVES). He was born in Fulham, Middlesex on 12 March 1907. He was one of five children baptised at the Parish Church of St John, Waltham Green, Fulham on 21 April 1907

On the 1911 census George Henry REEVES appears in his parent's household at 107 Stewarts Road, Battersea, London SW (geographically Surrey). As head of household, his father George declares his son George is four years of age and that he was born at Fulham, London. As well as his parents, the household includes his paternal grandfather Edward William REEVES and his uncles, (his father's brothers), Walter and Albert.

At the time of the 1921 census, George is again to be found in his parents' household now on Clifton Crescent, in Peckham, London SE15. He is now 14 years 3 months old and his place of birth is again given as Fulham, London. He was attending school only part time and was also working as an Errand Boy at the Anglo Boot Company on Rye Lane, Peckham.

On 20 July 1930, George Henry REEVES married Helen Kezia MITCHELL (usually known as Nell or Nellie) at Christ Church on the Old Kent Road in the Parish of Camberwell, London.
They had no children.

In September 1939, George H and Helen K REEVES are living on Cumberland Drive, Bexleyheath, Kent.

When he retired, George and Nell moved to the Swalecliffe area of Whitstable, Kent

George Henry REEVES died on 17 October 1983 and his death is noted in FreeBMD during the fourth quarter of that year.

Research Notes

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Sources

Birth:        GRO Index   -   1907, March quarter, Fulham Registration District
Baptism:   St John Walthan Green Parish Register, April 1907, Page 69, Entry 617 (LMA Collection at Ancestry)
Marriage: FreeBMD   1930, September quarter, Camberwell Registration District
                   Christ Church Camberwell Parish Register, Jul 1930, Page 195, Entry 389 (LMA Collection at Ancestry)
Death:      FreeBMD   -   1983, December quarter, Canterbury Registration District
                 
1911 Census: RG14, Piece 2170, Registration District 26 (Wandsworth), Sub District 1 (East Battersea), Enumeration District 27, Schedule 456
1921 Census: RG15, Piece 02643, Registration District 27, Sub District 5, Enumeration District 13, Schedule 235
1939 Register: R39, Registration District 43, Sub District 1, Enumeration District Letter Code CKBP