Reeves, Harriet Ann

Summary

Father: Reeves, Charles
Mother: Wisdom, Lucy

Birth: 1827 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Birth Source: Nova Scotia death record (2)

Death: 11 March 1868 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death Source: Nova Scotia death record (2)

Spouse1: Whidden, Simeon (1)

Narrative

Harriet Ann Reeves was born in 1827 to parents Charles and Lucy. (2) She married Simeon Whidden in 1848 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 21. (1). She died 11 March 1868 in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the age of 41. (2)

Known children of Harriet Ann Reeves and her husband Simeon Whidden are:

1. Mary Whidden, b. 1855, d. 1936
2. Harriet Whidden, b. 1857, d. 1935
3. Emily A. Whidden, b. 1859, d. 1935
4. Albert Whidden, b. 1862
5. Elizabeth Ann Whidden, b. 1868, d. 1868

Research Notes

Sources

(1) Nova Scotia marriage bond, 23 October 1848, Halifax county. Registration Year: 1848 - Book: 1800 - Page: 9566; link to this record: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1800-9566&Event=marriage&ID=200249

(2) Nova Scotia death record for Harriet Ann Whidden, 11 March 1868, Halifax county. Registration Year: 1868 - Book: 1808 - Page: 135 - Number: 382; link to this record: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1808-135&Event=death&ID=19308

(3) 1881 Census. Place: Ward 5, Halifax City, Nova Scotia; Roll: C_13168; Page: 142; Family No: 737; note that Simeon re-married Eliza Smith, a widow in 1870

(4) Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics for Elizabeth Ann Whidden. Births, Halifax county, Registration Year: 1868 - Book: 1809 - Page: 166 - Number: 411; Deaths, Halifax county, Registration Year: 1868 - Book: 1808 - Page: 165 - Number: 996. Link to these records: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1809-166&Event=birth&ID=39899
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