Reeves, William

Summary

Father: Samuel REEVES
Mother: Elizabeth FOUCH

Birth: 1813
Birth Source: Baptism and Census

Death: 1898
Death Source: FreeBMD & Burial

Spouse1: Hannah THORNBOROUGH
Spouse2: Jane CROZIER (nee DAVIS)

Narrative

William is the second (of four) known child of Samuel REEVES and his wife Elizabeth (nee FOUCH). He was baptised in July 1813 at the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire. The Baptismal Register notes the family were from the hamlet of Gotherington which is in the north of the parish of Bishops Cleeve and that his father was a labourer.

James Reeves married Hannah THORNBOROUGH in October 1836, after banns, at the Parish Church of St James, Alveston, Warwickshire.
The known children of William Reeves and his wife Hannah (nee THORNBOROUGH) are

1. Elizabeth Reeves, b.reg & d.reg, 2q1838. Died age 4 days
2. Charles Reeves, b.reg. & d.reg. 3q1839. Also died age 4 days
3. William Reeves, b.reg. 4q1841
4. Ann Reeves, bapt April 1844
5. Eliza Reeves, bapt April 1847
6. Emma Reeves, b.reg, and d.reg. 2q1850. Died age 1 week
7. Samuel Reeves, bapt June 1851
8. Alfred Reeves, bapt September 1854
9. George Reeves, bapt February 1857
10. Henry Reeves, bapt April 1862

On the 1841 census taken on 6 June, William and Hannah were living in Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire. His age is recorded as 25 and he was not born within the county. He is working as an agricultural labourer. There are no other members of their household.

At the time of the 1851 census, on 30 March, William and Hannah are to be found in the adjacent parish of Alveston, Warwickshire. He is 37 years old, claims birth in Gotherington, Gloucestershire and is working as an Agricultural Labourer. Their three children William (age 9), Ann (7) and Eliza (4) complete the household.

A decade later and the 1861 census shows William and Hannah Reeve (sic) living at Baraset Cottages in Alveston. William's age and place of birth remain consistent and his occupation is now given as a Shepherd. The household comprises their children Samuel (age 10, who was dumb from birth), Frederick (sic, Alfred, 6) and George (4) along with Elizabeth THORNBOROUGH (age 57) whose relationship is given as Sister in law which has been over-written with Visitor.

A Hannah Reeves of Alveston, almost certainly William's wife, was buried at the Parish Church of St James, Alveston in February 1864, age 49. FreeBMD has a corresponding death registration for Hannah Reeves, age 49, in the Stratford on Avon Registration District during the first quarter of 1864.

In June 1866 William Reeves, a Widower, married Jane Crozier, a Widow, at the Parish Church of St James, Alveston. William is described as a Shepherd and names his father as Samuel REEVES whose occupation was Poulterer. Jane names her father was David DAVIS, a Sculptor. Jane signs the register and William makes his mark.

On the 1871 census, William and Jane are living in the hamlet of Tiddington, the parish of Alveston, Warwickshire. He is now 56 years old and again claims birth in Gotherington, Gloucestershire. His occupation is recorded as a Dairy man. His sons Samuel (20 and now categorised as an imbecile), George (14) and Harry (sic, Henry, 9) complete the household.

At the time of the 1881 census, William is again to be found in Tiddington. He is now described as a widower, age 67 and he claims birth in Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire. He is a Farmer of 5 acres. His daughter Ann (age 37, a Ladies Maid), Samuel (30 and again described as dumb from birth) and George (24, a Gardener) live with him, along with servant Ellen Bartlam (58, unmarried).

On the 1891 census, William remains in Tiddington with his age and place of birth consistent with 1881. He is now described as a Retired Dairyman. The household is completed by Ellen Bartlam, whose relationship is now described as Housekeeper.

William has not been identified on the 1901 census. The burial of William Reeves, of Tiddington, age 86, is recorded in the Parish Register of St James, Alveston in November 1898. FreeBMD notes a corresponding death registration during the fourth quarter of 1898 in the Stratford on Avon Registration District.

Research Notes

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Sources

Birth:       
Baptism:      Bishops Cleeve Parish Register - Page 3, Entry 21 (image 15 of 217 at Ancestry)
Marriage1:   Alveston Parish Register - Page 33, Entry 97 (image 20 of 24 at FamilySearch)
Marriage2: FreeBMB     1866, June quarter, Stratford on Avon Registration District
                     Alveston Parish Register - Page 71, Entry 142 (image 48 of 74 at FamilySearch)
Death:      FreeBMB     1898, December quarter, Stratford on Avon Registration District
Burial:     Alveston Parish Register - Page 42, Entry 329 (FamilySearch transcript only)
                 
1841 Census: HO107, Piece 1125, Book 5, Folio 10 face, page 12, first household
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 2074, Folio 615 reverse, Page 9, Schedule 40
1861 Census: RG9, Piece 2231, Folio 11 Face, Page 15, Schedule 74
1871 Census: RG10, Piece 3207, Folio 55 face, Page 15, Schedule 83
1881 Census: RG11, Pece 3102, Folio 8 face, Page 7, Schedule 45
1891 Census: RG12, Piece 2467, Folio 9 Face, Page 11, Schedule 73

1844 Baptism of daughter Ann Reeve (sic) - Alveston Parish Register - Page 73, Entry 580 (image 39 of 53 at FamilySearch)
1847 Baptism of daughter Eliza Reeve (sic) - Alveston Parish Register - Page 80, Entry 640 (image 43 of 53 at FamilySearch)
1851 Baptism of son Samuel Reeves - Alveston Parish Register - Page 89, Entry 706 (image 47 of 53 at FamilySearch)
1854 Baptism of son Alfred Reeves - Alveston Parish Register - Page 95, Entry 758 (image 50 of 53 at FamilySearch)
1857 Baptism of son George Reeves - Alveston Parish Register - Page 1, Entry 2 (image 3 of 34 at FamilySearch)
1862 Baptism of son Henry Reeves - Alveston Parish Register Page 15, Entry 117 (image 11 of 34 at FamilySearch)