Eleventh Generation (Continued)
Eliza Fanny REEKS (Eliza Morant COMPTON10, Thomas9, Thomas8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in Q3 1856 in Kintbury, Hungerford RD, Berkshire, England.
- 1856 England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Eliza Fanny Reeks
Registration Year: 1856
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Hungerford
Inferred County: Berkshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 206
- 1861 England census, living in Thruxton, Hampshire
Thos Compton - head, widr, 64, Corn & ___ merchant, Hants Amport
Fanny Compton - daur, un, 28, Hants Amport
Thos H L Compton, son, un, 24, agriculturist, Hants Amport
Sarah M Compton, caur, un, 21, Hants Amport
Geo F Compton, son, un, 18, scholar, Hants Amport
Eliza F Reeks, g. dau, 4, Berks Kenthay? [Kintbury]
Susan Harvey, nurse, wid, 56, nurse, wilts Char____
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Margaret Sawyer, cook, un, 17, cook, Hants, Thruxton
Robt Sawyer Groom un, 15, groom, Hants Thruxton
Is this Eliza F Reeks the actual married daugther of Thos Compton (with her age grossly understated), or is this Eliza the young granddaughter of Thomas Compton and daughter of Eliza Morant Reeks (nee Compton)???
- 1871 England census, living in Lymington, Lymington RD, Hampshire - boarding school, No 58 High Street cont.
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Comer [Emma] Rooke [Noake] 65 - head, unm, F, 65 schoolmistress, Hants Lymington
Harriett Salome Rooke [Noake] 61 - sister, unm, F, 61, schoolmistress, Hants Lymington
Fanny Banky [Bank,] 38 - niece, unm, F, 38, governess, Hants Lymington
Jane Compton 32 - cousin, unm, F, 32, governess, Hants Amport
Antoinette Sokoloff 26 - Governess
Harriett Cath Gerleau 26 - Governess
Charlotte Banks 28 - Governess
Pupils:
Florence Appleyard 14
Annie Agnes Budden 15
Elizabeth Barley 16
Emily Barley 15
Eliza Castle 14
Ada Boston Beckenry 14
Rachel Path Cottell 13
Eliza Whitrow 13
Flara Emily Dixon 15
Bessie Dixon 11
Mary Drury 17
Agnes Drury 15
Ellen Eremorst 12
Ellen Scothorn 16
Maria Hart Foster 13
Kate Florence 15
Annie Goodridge 12
Emily Groves 13
Edith Caroline Lamb 13
Ellen Miles 14
France Mary Noake 16
Marianne Oake 17
Emily Ann Parham 16
Caroline Mary Rumbell 13
Susan Rumbell 12
Eliza Fanny Reeks 14 - pupil, 14, scholar, Berks Kinbury
Ann Mary Reeks 12
Ada Finham 14
Emma Jane Richard 13
Catherine Celia Telfer 13
Elizabeth Ann Kilson 14
Jane Darwin Woodson 14
Julia Dean Hockman 13
Annie Whitson 14
Mary Ann Ward 16
Lucy Sophia Lewis 19
Elizth Minter 20
Jane Knight 30
Class: RG10; Piece: 1173; Folio: 86; Page: 22; GSU roll: 827802
- 1874 England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Eliza Fannie Reeks
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Andover
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 393
Names on Page:
Eliza Fannie Reeks
William Henry Scamell
In Q2 1874 when Eliza Fanny was 17, she married William Henry SCAMELL in Andover Reg Dist, Hampshire, England.
Canon John Compton REEKS (Eliza Morant COMPTON10, Thomas9, Thomas8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1857 in Elcot, Berkshire, England. John Compton died in Southwick, Steyning RD, Sussex, England, on 5 Apr 1895; he was 38. Buried on 9 Apr 1895 in Southwick, Sussex, England.
- 1861 England census, living in Kintbury, Hungerford RD, Berkshire - Eliot Farm
Name Age
James Reeks 39 - head, mar, M, 39, farmer 374 acres, Wilts Kingston Langley
Eliza Reeks 29 - wife, mar, F, 29, farmer’s wife, Hants Amport
John Reeks 3 - son, M, 3, Berks Elcot
Alice Reeks 2 - daur, F, 2, Berks Elcot
Bessie Reeks 1 - daur, F, 1, Berks Elcot
Mary Ford 38 - visiot, un, F, 38, Wilts Pottene
Anne Reason 19 - servant, un, F, 19, house servant, Berks Hungerford
Sarah Burton 17 - servant, un, F, 17, nurse, Bristol City
Class: RG 9; Piece: 723; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542691
Living next door to the William and Jane Watts family
NOTE: Elcot is just north of Kintbury, both west of Newbury and south east of Hungerford
- 1871 England census, living in Hungerford, Hungerford RD, Berkshire - Westfield House
Name Age
William Hobday Coleman 25 - head, unm, M 25, BA Schoolmaster, Parish of Hungerford , Berks HungerfordCurate
Mary Coleman 65 - mother widow
Mary Ann Coleman 27 - sister
John Reeks 13 - pupil, M, 13, Berks Kintbury. Fellow students:
John Poole 9
William B May 9
Richard L Hill 11
Thomas J Phelps 12
James Henry Wilson 13
Augustus F Gibbons 13
Robert F Gibbons 13
Edwin Smallbones 11
Edwin G Simmons 12
Henry Goddard 13
Henry A Annshong 12
Sarah Harding 21 - servant, unm, F, cook,
Class: RG10; Piece: 1255; Folio: 83; Page: 28; GSU roll: 827841
- 1891 England census, living in Southwick, Shoreham, Sussex - Village of Steyning?, Doctor House
Name Age
John Reeks 33 - head, M, M, 33, surgeon, Berks Elcot
Mary R Reeks 26 - wife, M, F, 26, Spain Gibralter BP
Doroth G T Reeks 2 - daur, F, 2, Sussex Southwick
Alice Scammell 13 - neice, F, 13, Hampshire Whenell
Elizabeth Coleman 20 - servant, S, F, 20, cook, Sussex Sampling
Alice Middleton 20 - servant, S, F, 20, housemaid, Kent Yaldon
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 823; Folio: 87; Page: 20
- 1895 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: John Reeks
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Registration Year: 1895
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 37
Registration district: Steyning
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 180
- 1895 England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Name: John Reeks
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 9 Apr 1895
Burial Place: Southwick, Sussex, England
FHL Film Number: 2147132
Reference ID: p19 item146
- 1895 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: John Reeks
Death Date: 5 Apr 1895
Death Place: Sussex, England
Probate Date: 13 Jun 1895
Registry: Chichester
Probate summary: REEKS John of Southwick Sussex surgeon died 5 April 1895 Probate Chichester 13 June [1895] to Harol Athelstn Baines surgeon and James Compton Reeks corn merchant Effects £4003 17s 7d
RESEARCH NOTES:
- name also listed as James Compton Reeks, nephew of Edmund Compton and co-executor of his uncle Edmund’s will about 1911. [This is a different person as John died in 1895]
In 1886 when John Compton was 29, he married Mary Rosa THORNTON.
Alice REEKS (Eliza Morant COMPTON10, Thomas9, Thomas8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1859 in Elcot, Berkshire, England. Alice died in Appleshaw, Andover Reg Dist, Hampshire, England, on 19 Jul 1891; she was 32.
- 1861 England census, living in Kintbury, Hungerford RD, Berkshire - Eliot Farm
Name Age
James Reeks 39 - head, mar, M, 39, farmer 374 acres, Wilts Kingston Langley
Eliza Reeks 29 - wife, mar, F, 29, farmer’s wife, Hants Amport
John Reeks 3 - son, M, 3, Berks Elcot
Alice Reeks 2 - daur, F, 2, Berks Elcot
Bessie Reeks 1 - daur, F, 1, Berks Elcot
Mary Ford 38 - visiot, un, F, 38, Wilts Pottene
Anne Reason 19 - servant, un, F, 19, house servant, Berks Hungerford
Sarah Burton 17 - servant, un, F, 17, nurse, Bristol City
Class: RG 9; Piece: 723; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542691
Living next door to the William and Jane Watts family
NOTE: Elcot is just north of Kintbury, both west of Newbury and south east of Hungerford
- 1891 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Reeks
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Registration Year: 1891
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 32
Registration district: Andover
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 120
- 1891 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: Alice Reeks
Death Date: 19 Jul 1891
Death Place: Southampton, England
Probate Date: 19 Aug 1891
Registry: Principal Registry
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.
Probate summary: REEKS Alice. Personal Estate £155 1s 11d. 19 August [1891]. The Will of Alice Reeks late of Appleshaw in the County of Southampton Spinster who died 19 Jul 1891 at Appleshaw was proved at the Principal Registry by James Compton Reeks of Andover in the said County Corn Merchant the Brother the sole Executor.
RESEARCH NOTES
- 1898 There was a different Mrs Alice Reeks, greengrocer in 1898, living in Hampshire (Pokesdown), Christchurch Road (Kelly’s directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight)
- 1908 - a Alice Fanny Reeks married Q1 1908 Christchurch RD Hampshire to either Harry Baker or George Patrick Belcham - she was born;
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Fanny M Reeks
Registration Year: 1877
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Christchurch
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 613
Bessie REEKS (Eliza Morant COMPTON10, Thomas9, Thomas8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1860 in Elcot, Berkshire, England. Bessie died in Okehampton, Friern Park, North Finchley, Barnet RD, Middlesex, England, on 23 Jan 1931; she was 71.
- 1861 England census, living in Kintbury, Hungerford RD, Berkshire - Eliot Farm
Name Age
James Reeks 39 - head, mar, M, 39, farmer 374 acres, Wilts Kingston Langley
Eliza Reeks 29 - wife, mar, F, 29, farmer’s wife, Hants Amport
John Reeks 3 - son, M, 3, Berks Elcot
Alice Reeks 2 - daur, F, 2, Berks Elcot
Bessie Reeks 1 - daur, F, 1, Berks Elcot
Mary Ford 38 - visiot, un, F, 38, Wilts Pottene
Anne Reason 19 - servant, un, F, 19, house servant, Berks Hungerford
Sarah Burton 17 - servant, un, F, 17, nurse, Bristol City
Class: RG 9; Piece: 723; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542691
Living next door to the William and Jane Watts family
NOTE: Elcot is just north of Kintbury, both west of Newbury and south east of Hungerford
- 1881 England Census, living in Ringwood, Hampshire - The Manor House
Name Age
Hay Morant 55 - head, M, 55, owner of and and _____al property, Mdsx London
Elizabeth Anne Morant 40 - wife, Mar, F, 40, Hants Lymington
Caroline Francis H. (Twin) Morant 16 - daur, F, 16 twins, scholar, Hants Ringwood
Isabella Rosa Dora H. (Twin) Morant 16 - daur, F, 16 twins, scholar, Hants Ringwood
Reginald M.H. Morant 8 — son, M, 8, scholar, Hants Ringwood
Rowland H. Morant 6 - son, M, 6, scholar, Hants Ringwood
Bessie Reeks 21 - governess, unm, F, 21, Governess Sch, Berkshire Elcott?
Enos Sloggett [Sloggott) 19 - serv, unm, M,, 19, footman, Glasnorganshire? Reynoldstone
Emily Hendon 22 - serv, un, F, 22, kCook, Devon Middlewood
Gertrude Staples 20 - serv, unm, F, 22, general serv, Wiltshire Imben?
Harriett Stevens 20 - serv, unm, F, 22, general serv, Hants Totton?
Annie Rose Rowe 18- serv, unm, F, 18, Ladies maid, Hants Lymington
Hay Geo.Saml. Morant 18 - son, unm, M, 18, Hants Ringwood
Class: RG11; Piece: 1198; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341294
Separate household on same property:
George Ware, Head, mar, M, 47, Coachman, Dorset Woodyates
Rebecca Ware, wife, Mar, F, 65, Gen Serv out of emplooy, Hants Ringwood
- 1931 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Bessie Reeks
Death Age: 69
Birth Date: abt 1862
Registration Date: Mar 1931
Registration district: Barnet
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 678
- 1931 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: Bessie Reeks
Death Date: 23 Jan 1931
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Probate Date: 13 Apr 1931
Registry: London, England
Probate summary: REEKS Bessie of Okehampton Friern Park North Finchley Middlesex spinster died 23 January 1931 Probate London 13 Apr [1931] to James Compton Reeks gentleman. Effects £3056 10s 10d. Further Grant 2 July 1931.
ALSO
Probate summary: REEKS Bessie of Okehampton Friern Park North Finchley Middlesex spinster died 23 January 1931 Porbat London 2 July [1931] to Charles Warren manufacturer. Effects £2785 5s 6d. Former Grant P.R. 13 April 1931. [both on same image]