THE REEVES
The Reeves as related to the Howells Family. Lena Gertrude Reeves see link. Wife of Benjamin Howells (III) see main page for relationship to Howells family.:
i. REEVES FAMILY FROM 1764 TO 1979
Descendants of Robert Reeve
1. ROBERT REEVE
b. Abt. 1764
d. February 19, 1844 in Oxborough, Nr.Swaffham Norfolk.
m. MARY HAWES. She was born Abt. 1766, and died May 29, 1845 in Oxborough, Nr.Swaffham Norfolk
his occupation: Cooper
Children of ROBERT REEVE and MARY HAWES are:
i. JOHN2 REEVES, b. 1798.
More About JOHN REEVES:
Baptism: June 25, 1798, Litcham, Norfolk
Burial: August 03, 1798, Litcham, Norfolk
2. ii. JAMES REEVES, b. 1803, Litcham, Norfolk; d. June 07, 1888, Upton, Notts.
3. iii. WILLIAM REEVE, b. April 09, 1809.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES2 REEVES (ROBERT REEVE) was born 1803 in Litcham, Norfolk, and died June 07, 1888 in Upton, Notts. He married CHARLOTTE SMEDLEY June 07, 1841 in Southwell Minster.Notts., daughter of THOMAS SMEDLEY and MARY BURKETT. She was born Abt. 1823 in Upton Notts, and died April 29, 1918 in Upton Notts.
More About JAMES REEVES:
Baptism: August 23, 1803, Litcham, Norfolk
Burial: June 10, 1888, Upton Notts
Military service: Sergent 64th Regiment of Foot, Chelsea Pensioner
Children of JAMES REEVES and CHARLOTTE SMEDLEY are:
i. MATILDA3 REEVES, b. 1842.
ii. MARY ANN REEVES, b. January 09, 1847.
iii. ISABELLA REEVES, b. 1848.
iv. WILLAIM WALTER REEVES, b. 1852.
v. ARTHUR JAMES REEVES, b. May 07, 1855.
vi. FLORENCE REEVES, b. November 04, 1857.
vii. SARAH SMEDLEY REEVES, b. March 21, 1860.
4. viii. OBADIAH REEVES, b. July 22, 1862, Upton, Notts.; d. February 07, 1940, Upton, Notts..
3. WILLIAM2 REEVE (ROBERT1) was born April 09, 1809. He married ANN.
More About WILLIAM REEVE:
Baptism: April 10, 1809, Litcham, Norfolk
Children of WILLIAM REEVE and ANN are:
i. ANN3 REEVE.
ii. ROBERT REEVE.
iii. ELIZA REEVE.
Generation No. 3
4. OBADIAH3 REEVES (JAMES2, ROBERT1 REEVE)
A picture of Obadiah and his son Walter and their butchers cart
was born July 22, 1862 in Upton, Notts., and died February 07, 1940 in Upton, Notts.. He married ANNE HANSON January 24, 1885 in Sheffield Yorks, daughter of WILLIAM HANSON and MARY PARKIN. She was born June 26, 1861 in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, and died September 28, 1944 in Upton, Notts..
Notes for OBADIAH REEVES:
Gardner, Butcher & Farmer
Children of OBADIAH REEVES and ANNE HANSON are:
i. FLORENCE HANSON4 REEVES.
ii. LILLIE REEVES.
iii. FREDRICK JAMES REEVES.
iv. JOHN EDWARD REEVES.
v. ALICE WINIFRED REEVES.
vi. CHARLES BENJAMIN REEVES.
vii. GEORGE WILLIAM REEVES.
viii. MARY OLIVE REEVES.
ix. ROBERT SYDNEY REEVES.
x. LENA GERTRUDE REEVES, b. Abt. 1893, Upton, Notts.; d. December 07, 1980, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; m. (2) BENJAMIN HOWELLS June 25, 1915, Stockton, County Durham; b. September 11, 1885, 13 Norfolk St. Stockton on Tees.; d. March 17, 1942, 14 Dean St. Stockton on Tees.
Notes for LENA GERTRUDE REEVES:
"Many farmers may have struggled in the early part of the century but the Reeves of Glebe Farm illustrate where ingenuity and diversification could lead. James Reeves, originally from Norfolk, began farming in Upton. His son Obadiah, according to the 1891 census, ran Glebe Farm, owned by his mother, as a market garden, he then began renting land and rearing cattle and trading as a travelling butcher from a horse and cart, even after owning the butcher's shop in King Street Southwell. This first shop was run by Obadiah's daughter a Mrs.(Lena) Howells. Each evening when the horse and cart returned to the shop Mrs.Howells had to be ready with a nosebag for the horse. Failure to do so resulted in the horse charging through the shop. The family prospered, later owning Cliffe Farm and Daisy Farm in Upton while animals continued to be slaughtered at Glebe Farm.
Obadiah was a church warden and Parish Councillor. His family of six sons and five daughters included Sidney, who followed him into the business. Obadiah never exchanged his horse and cart for modern motor transport and when he died in 1940 his obituary mentioned the well known longevity of his horses. Obadiah had a "mare Kitty who lived to be thirty" and it was said he would rather fall out with his wife than his horse. Today Charlie Reeves still lives at Glebe Farm and Sydney's son Robert after retiring from the Southwell shop in 1988 returned to live in the Parish."
Exceprt from "A Lingering Look Behind: A History of Upton-By-Southwell in the Twentieth Century. (Upton Local History Group 1999)
More About LENA GERTRUDE REEVES:
Baptism: December 10, 1893, Upton, Notts.
Burial: December 12, 1980, Upton, Notts
xi. WALTER CECIL REEVES, b. November 01, 1899, Upton, Notts.; d. April 25, 1979; m. MARGARET AGNES JANE MCGREGOR, September 29, 1945, Averham, Notts; b. September 09, 1911; d. September 12, 1974.
More About WALTER CECIL REEVES:
Burial: May 03, 1979, Upton, Notts.
More About MARGARET AGNES JANE MCGREGOR:
Burial: September 14, 1974, Upton, Notts
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