Reeves, William Henry

Summary

Father: Reeves, Charles
Mother: Wisdom, Lucy

Birth: 1802 Dartmouth, Halifax co., Nova Scotia
Birth Source: Census records, 1827 Marriage bond

Death: Aft 1891 Lunenburg co., Nova Scotia
Death Source: Census records

Spouse1: Collins, Mary Ann (m. 3 Mar. 1827)
Spouse2: Anderson, Hannah (m. 31 Mar. 1842)

Narrative

William Henry Reeves was born to parents Charles & Lucy Reeves about 1802 in the Dartmouth area of Nova Scotia. He first married in 1827 to Mary Ann Collins. They moved to the Chester area of Lunenburg co. shortly after their marriage. Mary Ann died in 1839 leaving him with six children. He re-married a few years later (in 1842) to 22-year-old Hannah Anderson . He had ten more children with her.
He died during or after 1891 as he appears on the 1891 Census. Unconfirmed sources state he died in 1891 and is buried in Bayview cemetery near Mahone Bay, Lunenburg co.

Known children of William Henry Reeves & Mary Ann Collins are:

1. Stephen Elliott Reeves, b. 1828
2. Charles Augustus Reeves, b. 1830
3. Phoebe Collins Reeves, (1832-1924)
4. Mary Jane Reeves, b 1835
5. Louisa Beamish Reeves, b. 1837
6. William Henry Reeves, b. 1839

Children of William Henry Reeves & Hannah Anderson are:

1. James Edward Reeves, b. 1842
2. Georgina Reeves, (1843-1935)
3. John Williamson Reeves, (1843-1921)
4. Lucy Ann Catherine Reeves, b. 1844
5. Hannah Elizabeth Reeves, (1849-1937)
6. Elizabeth Reeves, b. 1850
7. William Reeves, (1854-1915)
8. George Cathcart Reeves, (1858-1916)
9. Ada Harriet Sophia Reeves, (1858-1936)
10. Joseph Victor Garibaldi Reeves, (1861-1934)

William Henry worked as a carpenter for most of his life, although in 1891 he is listed as a wheelwright.

Research Notes

(1) No direct evidence has yet been found that William Henry Reeves is the son of Charles & Lucy Reeves. But the evidence seems very likely for the following reasons:
(a) his marriage bond states that he was from Dartmouth;
(b) he was security for John Wisdom Reeves marriage bond in 1825;
(c) two of his children were named Charles & Lucy;
(d) his birth date places him as having been born after Charles & Lucy married;
(e) another William Reeves in the area married in 1824, and is the son of William Henry Reeves' uncle John; this William was born about 1796, before Charles and Lucy's marriage.

Sources

Marriage1:  Nova Scotia Archives - Nova Scotia marriage bond, Halifax co., 14 Feb 1827, Registration Year: 1827 - Book: 1800 - Page: 5415
Marriage2:  St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Chester, Lunenburg county, Nova Scotia
Marriages: 1814-1966; on microfilm 11,282 at: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM), Halifax NS

1861 Census:  Lunenburg co., Nova Scotia; Polling district 6, abstract no. 6
1871 Census:  New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
1881 Census:  New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
1891 Census:  Blockhouse, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (James & Annie Reves family)