Reeves/Revie, John

Summary

Father: John Revie
Mother: Agnes Turnbull

Birth: c1820, Airdrie, Lanarkshire
Birth Source: Scotland Census

Death: 22 Oct 1877, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Death Source: Coal Mining Deaths

Spouse1: Jane Scobbie, m. Apr 1836, New Monkland, Lanarkshire

Narrative

Children of John Reeves/Revie and Jane Scobbie:

1. Jean/Jane Reeves, b. c1838
2. John Reeves, b. 27 Jul 1842
3. William Reeves, b. c1845
4. Archibald Reeves, b. 23 Aug 1846 or 1847
5. Andrew Reeves, b. c1850
6. Alexander Reeves, b. c1856
7. Janet Reeves, b. c1850

According to an index of Coal Mining accidents, John Reevie, age 59, died on 22 Oct 1877 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. It mentions he had a widow Jane Scobbie and was buried in Blantyre cemetery 6 Nov 1877. The cause was an explosion of firedamp. An image of the Scotland Statutory Deaths record includes the fact that his parents were John Revie, a handloom weaver (decd) and Agnes Revie (M S Turnbull) (decd).

Research Notes

Most of the records in Scotland give his surname as Revie. One of the censuses says he was born in New Monkland, Lanarkshire while another says Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

Sources

Marriage1:  Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry)
Death:        UK, Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Index, 1878-1935 (Ancestry)

1841 Census:  Barony Martyrs, Lanarkshire
1851 Census:  New Monkland, Lanarkshire
1861 Census:  Slamannan, Stirlingshire
1871 Census:  Hamilton, Lanarkshire