Reeve(S)

[Timeside]

Looking for Robert Reeve(S) born Troston,Suffolk, Eliza Wife & Robert George Reeves (Abt 6)
In Kent. Last known 1845 in Sundridge. Robert was a Royal Marine born a Reeve but acquired the S circa 1842. Many thanks.

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

I have asked the moderator to move your post to the lookup requests board

What year was Robert born

What year was Eliza born and where was she born

When and where was Robert George born - is this the right entry as you make mention of 1845 

Births September qtr 1845   
 
Robert George Reeves    Sevenoaks  5 417

[CaroleW]

1851 for Royal Marine Barracks Chatham

Robert Reeves 36 b Troston Suffolk sgt in marines
Eliza 26 b Edenbridge Kent
Eliza 7 Months b Chatham
Robert 5  b Edenbridge
Emily 3 b Chatham
Thomas  1  b Edenbridge
HO107 Piece 1611 Folio 490 Page 24

I am assuming you already know he married in 1842 as you mention that year re: spelling of surname

[CaroleW]

Any possibility that these are his parents in 1851 in Troston


Robert Reeve 62 ag labourer b Troston
Sarah 62 b Stow?? Suffolk
William 3 g/son b Bury St Edmunds
HO107 Piece 1791 Folio 483 Page 19

[Timeside]

Hello Carol, Thank you for your response...spot on!
Robert Reeve was born in Troston March 1816, Shepherd. Enlisted Royal Marines Sept 1834, X his mark. Enlisted as Robert Reeve.  I pick up REEVES on His Marriage Cert to Eliza Humphrey at Sundridge 1842. By 1871 they were in Mucking Essex as a deaf labourer with a family of eight. Slight contradictions on the 1851 census to the 1871.
Eliza b Chatham 7m
Emily Sarah b Edenbridge (Have Cert)
Thomas b Brompton not Edenbridge
Eliza appears to have died by 1871
Robert was awarded a Copper Jean d' Acre for action in that war.

I now need to find the family in the 1861 census as I am trying to find out when Robert George ran away to Grimsby to end up skippering & eventually owning a fishing smack the Burton GY414. I pick him up in 1865 at his wedding.


kind regards

Terry

[casalguidi]

If you haven't done so already, you might find mention of the children born Chatham/Brompton in the baptism registers for Chatham/Brompton/Gillingham at Medway Cityark http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/

Casalguidi

[CaroleW]

I now need to find the family in the 1861 census

They are in Mucking Essex in 1861 but Robert jnr is not with them - the ref is RG9 Piece 1074 Folio 85 Page 10

[CaroleW]

There is a G Reeves b London Kent aged 17 at Fulwood Barracks Preston in 1861

Also a George Reeves b Shoreham 1844 working as a servant in Chevening Kent

Sevenoaks was the registration district for Shoreham.  I can't find an 1851 entry for a George Reeve/s b Shoreham

Nothing under Robert

[Timeside]

Thank you Carol,
I am returning to my Family History after a 10 year rest. I have now found most of my scattered records! The Chatham 1851 Marine Barracks record was a plus.

I am now in search of Robert George Reeves aged 16 in 1861. He is reputed to have run away from home in Kent and turns up in 1865 marring on Xmas day in Grimsby. I cannot find him on the  Grimsby 1861 census, Kent of Essex. Where is he hiding? Are the fishing vessels under a different census search heading? He could be at sea.