Reeves, Henry Wilson

Summary

Father: Frederick Reeves
Mother: Catherine Hawkes

Birth: 8 Mar 1807
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 7 Mar 1864, Brighton, Sussex
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Emily Nicholas, m. 2 Dec 1837, Belgium
Spouse2: Mary Lydia Rutherford, m. 23 Mar 1852, Cape Town

Narrative

Children of Henry Wilson Reeves and Emily Nicholas:

1. Henry Nicholas Reeves, b. 4 Apr 1840
2. Arthur David Reeves, b. 21 Jul 1841
3. Charles Edward Reeves, b. 16 Jan 1843
4. Marion Reeves, b. 21 May 1844

Children of Henry Wilson Reeves and Mary Lydia Rutherford:

1. Frances Emma Reeves, b. 20 Oct 1853
2. Evelyn Gordon Reeves, b. 20 Dec 1855
3. Helen Rose Marguerite Reeve, b. 15 Feb 1858, d. 11 Sep 1860
4. Katherine Henrietta Reeves, b. 22 Dec 1859

From India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records:

• This is to certify that Henry William son of Frederick Reeve Esqr and Catherina his wife, born March 8th 1807 was fully baptized at Mangalore on 22d January 1808 by me S Dunsterville, chaplain

Note he is listed in a separate database for India baptisms as Henry Wilson Reeves.

In The East India Register and Director, Henry Wilson Reeves is listed as collector and magistrate, Candeish for the year 1824.

In the marriage record, Henry Wilson Reeves is described as a native of Mangalore in the East Indies and Emily a native of St Marylebone in Middlesex. Both were residing in Brussels, Belgium.

India Births and Baptisms includes the following info for children of Henry and Emily Reeves:

• Henry Nicholas Reeves, bap. 4 May 1840, Nassik, Bombay, India, b. 4 Apr 1840
• Arthur David Reeves, bap. 22 Aug 1841, Nasik, Bombay, India, b. 21 Jul 1841
• Charles Edward Reeves, bap. 5 Mar 1843, Malligaum, Bombay, India, b. 16 Jan 1843
• Marion Reeves, bap. 27 Jun 1844, Belgaum, Bombay, India, b. 21 May 1844

India Births and Baptisms includes the following info for children of Henry and Mary Lydia Reeves:

• Frances Emma Reeves, bap. 22 Nov 1853, Poona, Bombay, India, b. 20 Oct 1853
• Evelyn Gordon Reeves, bap. 9 Jan 1856, Belgaum, Bombay, India, b. 20 Dec 1855
• Helen Rose Marguente Reeves, bap. 5 Apr 1858, Byculla, Bombay, Mahārāshtra, India, b. 15 Feb 1858
• Katherine Henrietta Reeves, bap. 26 Jan 1860, Byculla, Bombay, Mahārāshtra, India, b. 22 Dec 1859

The Morning Post (London), 10 May 1852
At Trinity Church, Cape Town, on the 23d of March, by the Rev. R. G. Lamb, B. A., Henry Wilson Reeves, Esq., of H.E.I.C. Bombay Civil Service, to Mary Lydia, eldest daughter of H. E. Rutherfoord, Esq., of Green Point, Cape of Good Hope.

Berrow's Worcester Journal, 21 Apr 1855
On the 11th instant, at a Court of Directors held at the East India House, Henry Wilson Reeves, Esq., was appointed provisional member of Council at Bombay.

The Morning Post (London), 15 Sep 1860
REEVES - On the 11th inst., at Reading, Helen Rose Marguerite, daughter of Henry Wilson Reeves, Esq., of the Bombay Civil Service, aged two years and seven months.

Home News for India, China and the Colonies, 18 Mar 1864
MR. H. W. REEVES. - The death of Mr. Henry Wilson Reeves, late of the Bombay Civil Service, occurred at Brighton on the 7th of March. This gentleman entered the service of the late East India Company, on their Bombay Establishment, in the year 1824; and after serving in various capacities in the Revenue Department, he rose eventually to the high post of Revenue Commissioner of that presidency. In August, 1857, he took his seat as a member of the Council at Bombay, which office he held, according to precedent, for the term of five years - resigning the Bombay Civil Service in 1862, when he became an annuitant of the Civil Fund. During his career at Bombay Mr. Reeves took a prominent part in the various religious and social movements in that city, and was for several years President of the Western India Organization, in connection with the Evangelical Alliance, and also of the Auxiliary Branch of the Bible Society at Bombay, besides being an active member of the corresponding committee of the Church Missionary Society.

From the National Probate Calendar:
REEVES Henry Wilson Esq. 25 June (1864). Effects under £2,000. The Will of Henry Wilson Reeves late of Upper-Southwick-street in the County of Middlesex and of Britwell Priors Wallingford in the County of Berks Esquire deceased who died 7 March 1864 at Brighton in the County of Sussex was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of the Reverend Frederick John Hawkes Reeves of East Sheen in the County of Surrey Clerk the Brother one of the Executors.

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    FamilySearch - India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990
                   FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Marriage1:  RG 33: Foreign Registers and Returns, 1627-1960, folio 151
Death:        Home News for India, China and the Colonies, 18 Mar 1864

FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947

FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939 (Ancestry)
Berrow's Worcester Journal, 21 Apr 1855
The Morning Post (London), 15 Sep 1860
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)