Reeves, Robert Theodore

Summary

Father: Matthew Reeves
Mother: Mary Rooke

Birth: c1820, New York
Birth Source: Census & NY City Deaths

Death: 8 Jan 1889, Manhattan, New York County, New York
Death Source: NY City Deaths

Spouse1: Catherine Beecher

Narrative

Children of Robert Theodore Reeves and Catherine Beecher:

1. Maria Louisa Reeves, b. c1852, m. John D. McClure
2. Ward J. Reeves, b. c1860

It appears that Theodore is listed in New York Ward 18 in New York City in the household of Richard Martin and next to Mary Reeves (64), Mary Reeves (43), Theodore (Reeves?) (10) and Thoms Sharrot (26) in the adjacent household.

The Standard Union, 9 Sep 1915
Funeral services will be held tomorrow evening for Catherine B. Reeves, who died yesterday at the home of her son, Ward S. Reeves, 505 First avenue, Astoria. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Saturday, privately. She was 93 years old and was born in the old Seventh Ward cf New York City. Her father was a ship carpenter, who came to this country from Germany during the war of 1812. She was married in 1850 to Theodore R. Reeves. She was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Astoria. Her husband was a past master of Sylvan Grove Lodge, F. and A. M., of Manhattan, and a member of Macca Temple. He died in 1889.

Research Notes

Sources

Death:        FamilySearch - New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949

1850 Census:  New York Ward 18, New York, New York
1860 Census:  
1870 Census:  New York City, New York County, New York
1880 Census:  New York City, New York County, New York

1885 New York Census:  E.D. 2, Ward 18, New York City, New York, New York

Catherine B. Reeves Obituary, The Standard Union, 9 Sep 1915