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Reeves, Mary (c 1824 HAM - )

Reeves, Mary

Reeves, Mary


Summary

Father: Samuel Reeves
Mother: Mary BROOKS

Birth: bapt 20 June 1824
BirthSource: Baptism recorded in the Parish Register of All Saints, Dibden, Hampshire

Death:
Death Source:

Spouse1:

Narrative

According to the register of her baptism, Mary was a twin to Ann Reeves.

Mary does not appear in a family context on the 1841 or 1851 census returns.

Based on age and place of birth, she is in all probability the Mary Reeves residing in the household of the Reverend John Maurice at the Rectory, Michelmersh, Hampshire on the 1851 census, where she was employed as a house servant.

On the 1861 census Mary has strayed to Stoke Damerel in Devon. She appears as a Visitor in the household of John Short and his wife Ann (nee Reeves), Mary's twin sister. Stoke Damerel is now part of the City of Plymouth.

By the time of the 1871 census, Mary was back in Hampshire, and was again working for the clergy. She was living at Tatchbury Mount, Eling and working as a cook in the household of the Rev. Edward Timson (aged 74), who is described as a clergyman of the CofE, without the cure of souls. She is again described as unmarried.

Mary has not be positively identified on the 1881 or subsequent census returns.



Sources

Baptism  - HGS Baptisms Index of Parish Registers
                        and Family Search https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JSNX-BDQ

1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1671, Folio 236 reverse, Page 11
1861 Census: RG9, Piece 1448, Folio 65 reverse, page 32 and Folio 66 face, Page 33
1871 Census: RG10, Piece 1166, Folio 41 face, Page 5 and Folio 41 reverse, Page 6
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