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There you go!! After you have messed around with the site a few times, you will get the hang of it.

Just remember to put a few years either side when searching for any records and click on Country............and scroll down ..........and click on England.

Happy Researching..............PH x

Thanks PH i have just tried putting ElizaReeves in and i found her christening details,thanks for that.

This is the free site where, if we are lucky, we find baptism records Janette........


www.familysearch.org

You can also look for births, marriages, deaths etc and it gives you the 1881 census.

Put in the details for your Eiza Reeve born 1824...........and knowing that she was born in Saxstead Suffolk...........see what you come up with!!

Give it a go! PH.

Hi Pricklyholly thankyou for all your hard work.

1871 England Census
about Sarah Reeve
Name: Sarah Reeve
Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
Relation: Mother
Gender: Female
Where born: Bruisyard, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Saxtead
Ecclesiastical parish: Hoxne
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Dennington
Household Members:
Name Age
Eliza Reeve 47 (Unmarried...Farmer of 3 and a half Acres!)
Sarah Reeve 85 (Shoe Makers Widow)


Living in the next property is son Abraham.......


1871 England Census
about Abraham Reeve
Name: Abraham Reeve
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Saxtead, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Saxtead
Ecclesiastical parish: Hoxne
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Dennington
Household Members:
Name Age
Abraham Reeve 52 (Widower) Shoemaker and Grocer employing 1 boy.
William Reeve
Frederick Reeve 11
Sarah Reeve 10

Deaths Mar 1864 (>99%)
REEVE Benjamin Hoxne 4a 422


Deaths Mar 1874 (>99%)
Reeve Sarah 88 Hoxne 4a 391

1861 England Census
about Benjamin Reeve
Name: Benjamin Reeve
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Reeve
Gender: Male
Where born: Saxtead, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Saxtead
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Dennington
ED, institution, or vessel: 16c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 70
Piece: 1154
Folio: 80
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Reeve 71 (Shoemaker)
Sarah Reeve 75
Eliza Reeve 36
Francis Reeve 13 (Grandson)

All born Saxstead Suffolk..........except wife Sarah........born Bruisyard Suffolk.

1851 England Census
about Benjamin Beene
Name: Benjamin Beene
[Benjamin Reeve]
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1789
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Beene
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Saxtead, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Saxtead
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Piece: 1796
Folio: 515
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Beene 62 (Shoe Maker, employs 1 man)
Sarah Beene 64
Eliza Beene 38
Francis Caez Beene 3 (Grandson)

1841 England Census
about Abraham Reeve
Name: Abraham Reeve
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Male
Where born: Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Saxstead
Hundred: Hoxne
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Dennington
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1026
Book: 4
Folio: 10
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Reeve 50
Sarah Reeve 50
Abraham Reeve 20
Eliza Reeve 15
Samuel Reeve 12

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ABRAHAM REEVE Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
30 JUL 1820 Saxtead, Suffolk, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: BENJAMIN REEVE Family
Mother: SARAH

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

They were born saxtead suffolk.Abraham married Celia 1848,he was born 1819 and she was born 1820

When did they marry and when and where were they born?

Thankyou you have all helped me thanks again.
Can any one help find the parents of Abraham Reeve his wife Celia Reeve i found her parents they were Thomas Reeve and Hannah.i would be nice to see if there fathers were brothers.

birth and baptism of charlotte eastwood padley to george and mary 2 2 1852 baptised 29 2 1852 suttton cum lound father a groom living at sutton
possible siblings of charlotte all baptised at sutton cum lound
edmond baptised 7 4 1844 father a labourer living at sutton
elizabeth 13 12 1846 father a servant living at lound
margaret ann 13 6 1849 4 7 1849 father a labourer living at sutton
marriage of george padley and mary eastwood 25 11 1843 grindley on the hill
hope this helps

Someone put this one up please.

RG10; Piece: 3461; Folio: 51; Page: 8

It has Elizabeth transcribed but the image reads Charlotte.

And it was common practice to have a second name of a mothers maiden name.

There is this birth reg:

(possible birth reg for Charles E Reeves recorded above in the 1881 census, born before Charlotte married Thomas in 1873???)

Charles Edwin Padley
March Q 1869
E Retford 7b 9

1881 census

Address: Burrow Lees, Wortley, Ecclesfield

Head: Widower, Mary Padley c1820 Axey Lincoln
Son-in-law: Thomas Reeves c1849 Saxted Suffolk occ:Corn Miller
Daughter: Charlotte Reeves c1852 Sutton Nottinghamshire
Grandson: Charles E Reeevs c1869 Sutton Nottinghamshire

A possible for huband George

1861 England Census
about George Padley Name: George Padley
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Everton, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Barnby Moor
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: East Retford
Sub-registration district: Clarborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 47
Piece: 2413
Folio: 43
Page Number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
Wm H Allison 22 Farmer of 625 acres employing 16 men 6 boys
Emily Allison 33
Julia Allison 28
Annie Allison 25
Ann Hill 31
Mary Ann Drake 23
Ann Roberts 16
John Matthews 14
>>>>>George Padley 45 married, Groom
Henry Swallow 20
John Dixon 17
Enock Booth 15


Andy

Hi Janette.

That looks a preety good bet for her parents.

This may be 1861 census. Mary is Head of Household and married, so husband might be away from home. Place of birth agrees with 1891 census for Charlotte.

1861 England Census
about Charlotte Padley Name: Charlotte Padley
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Mary Padley
Gender: Female
Where born: Sutton, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Sutton
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: East Retford
Sub-registration district: Clarborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 108
Piece: 2413
Folio: 13
Page Number: 19
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Padley 41 Washerwoman
Mary Ann Padley 11
Charlotte Padley 9

Andy

Birth reg:

Charlotte Eastwood PADLEY
Mar Q 1852
E Retford 7b 6*

Looks like she had her mother's maiden name as her second name!

Married in 1873 aged 21 (as above)