Reeves, Joseph

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeves
Mother: Margaret mnu

Birth: c1790/91
Birth Source: Baptism and Census

Death: Oct 1878
Death Source: see burial

Spouse1: Margaret COOKE

Narrative

Page 14 of the Baptismal Register for Ludgershall, Wiltshire records the baptism of Joseph Reeves, the son of Joseph and Margaret Reeves took place on 2 January, the first of eighteen children to be baptised there during the year of 1791.

Joseph Reeves and Margaret COOKE were married after Banns at the Parish Church of St James, Ludgershall on 24 October 1812. Both Joseph and Margaret are described as being "of this parish".
The known children of Joseph Reeves and his wife Margarett (nee COOKE) are

1. Charles Reeves, bapt Jan 1813
2. Edward Reeves, bapt Aug 1815
3. Elizabeth Reeves, bapt Jul 1818, married 1840 to Charles CROUCH
4. Joseph Reeves, bapt Aug 1821
5. William Reeves, bapt 1824
6. Margaret Reeves, bapt Jan 1828, married 1847 to Henry TAYLOR
7. Tom Reeves, bapt Jan 1831

All of the above baptisms are recorded in the Baptismal register of the Parish Church of St James at Ludgershall. The first five baptisms specifically refer to the parents as "Joseph and Margaret Reeves the younger" to differentiate them from Joseph's parents who share the same given names.

On the 1841 census taken on 6 June, Joseph is living on Castle Street, Ludgershall, Wiltshire. His age is given as 49, he was born in county (Wiltshire) and he works as a Bricklayer. The household comprises his wife Margarett (sic) age 45, Joseph Reeves age 19, (Reeves_Tom_7194|Tom Reeves)) age 10, and Margarett (sic) Reeves age 13. Sharing the same dwelling but enumerated separately are Charles CROUCH, Elizabeth CROUCH (nee REEVES, Joseph and Margaret's daughter) and their young son James, whose full name is James Reeves CROUCH.

At the time of the 1851 census, on 30 March, Joseph and Margaret are still living in Ludgershall. He is now 59 years old, a widower and described as a Labourer. Their sons Joseph and Tom remain in the family home.
Joseph's wife Margaret died during March 1855 and she was buried at Ludgershall on 24 March.

A decade later and the 1861 census shows Joseph as a Lodger in the household of William and Amelia Mathews. See Research Note 2 below. Joseph's age is given as 70, his place of birth as Ludgershall and his occupation as Bricklayer.

On the 1871 census, Joseph appears as the Father in Law in the household of Charles Crouch and his wife Elizabeth (nee Reeves). This a reversal of roles from the 1841 census where the recently married couple Charles and Elizabeth were living with her parents, Joseph and Margaret. Joseph is now an 80 year old widower, who claims birth in Ludgershall. He was formerly a Bricklayer.

Joseph has not been identified on the 1881 census.

FreeBMD notes a death during the fourth quarter of 1878 in the Andover Registration District of a Joseph Reeves, age 87. FamilySearch notes the burial of Joseph Reeves at the Parish Church of St James, Ludgershall on 24 October 1878 and the burial register for Ludgershall Church (from Ancestry) confirms the date and notes his age as 87.

Research Notes

(1)     Joesph's wife was Margaret COOKE. Co-incidentally William Reeves, another Ludgershall resident married Hannah COOK in 1820 at the same church. The potential for a relationship between Josepeh and William and also between their wives Margaret and Hannah has yet to be investigated.

(2)     This is most probably the William Mathews who married Amelia TAYLOR on 1 October 1831 at the Parish Church of St James, Ludgershall. There is presently no known family connection.     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXSX-TZD

Sources

Birth:       
Baptism:   Ludgershall Register of Baptisms, page 14 at Ancestry
Marriage:   Ludgershall Register of Marriages - transcript at Ancestry
Death:      FreeBMD     1878, December quarter, Andover Registration District
Burial: FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8C9-8ZL
                  Ludgershall Burial Register, Page 81 entry number 645 at Ancestry

1841 Census: HO107, Piece 1165, Book 10, Folio 6 reverse, Page 7
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1683, Folio 258 face, Page 4, Schedule 12
1861 Census: RG9, Piece 0714, Folio 96 face, Page 21, Schedule 105
1871 Census: RG10, Piece 1241, Folio 22 reverse, Page 14, Schedule 82 and continued
                                  RG10, Piece 1241, Folio 23 face, Page 15
1881 Census: