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Launton was the home of the extended Reeves family who left Ireland to go there and settle. Henry and Caroline had 12 sons and I am following all thier descendents. I am the great grandaughter of Austin Henry.

Launton was the home of the extended Reeves family who left Ireland to go there and settle. Henry and Caroline had 12 sons and I am following all thier descendents. I am the great grandaughter of Austin Henry.

Thank uou Jacqueline. I took William Cox jr to be her father as her Mother is his widow. who remarried William Wright in Ireland. I will follow up all the leads mentioned and see where it all leads to. :-)

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Preston Bissett, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England


First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
Thomas Reeves Male 50 1791 - Transcription
Jane Reeves Female 35 1806 - Transcription
Thomas Reeves Male 15 1826 Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Rebecca Reeves Female 13 1828 Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Mary Reeves Female 11 1830 Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Henry Reeves Male 3 1838 Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Alfred Reeves Male 0 1841 Buckinghamshire, England Transcription

Thomas's occupation is Gardener.........so further verification is needed



1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Cowley Lodge, Preston Bissett, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England

Print transcription View image Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Reeves Head Married Male 69 1782 Pauper Launton, Oxfordshire, England Transcription
Jane Reeves Wife Married Female 45 1806 - Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, England Transcription
Henry Reeves Son - Male 12 1839 Ag Lab Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Emma Reeves Daughter - Female 7 1844 - Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire, England

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
33, Havelock Street, St Mary Islington, Islington, London, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry Reeves Lodger Unmarried Male 22 1839 Railway Porter Briston, Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
John Williams Lodger Unmarried Male 26 1835 Railway Porter Gloucestershire, England

Purely for interest............

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
127, High Street, Saint Marys, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Downes Foreman Married Male 50 1811 Grocers Foreman Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Mary Downes Wife Married Female 57 1804 Grocer Housekeeper Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Ebenezer Walford Assistant Unmarried Male 26 1835 Grocers Assistant Finstock, Oxfordshire, England Transcription
David Holmes Assistant Unmarried Male 22 1839 Assistant Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England Transcription
Frederick Preston Grinnell Assistant Unmarried Male 20 1841 Assistant Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Edmund Haitland Assistant Unmarried Male 20 1841 Assistant Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England Transcription
Jabez Antill ... Unmarried Male 18 1843 - Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Ellen Halliday Servant Unmarried Female 21 1840 Servant Tilbury, Gloucestershire, England Transcription

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Gate House on the G North R, Balby with Hexthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry Reeves Head - Male 32 1839 - Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Carline Reeves Wife - Female 30 1841 - Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Walter Reeves Son - Male 8 1863 - Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Alfred Reeves Son - Male 6 1865 - Derbyshire, England Transcription
Montague W Reeves Son - Male 4 1867 - Derbyshire, England Transcription
A??? Heny Reeves Son - Male 2 1869 - Derbyshire, England Transcription

I took the step of asking for a lookup, and Andrew kindly obliged


Henry Reeves, Policeman GWR
Address 2 Ambrose Street
Date:8 Nov 1862
Age:Full Age
Father:Thomas Reeves Butcher
Spouse:Caroline Cox
Address 6 Bayshill Villas
Spouse Age:Full Age
Spouse Father:William Cox Watchman
Event Type:Marriage
Parish:Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Register Type:Bishop's Transcripts


Witnessess Ebenezer Walford, Sarah Ann Cox

Hi Everyone I just checked the family bible and Caroline did marry Henry of course and they had Austin henry who married Emily roughton. theses are my grand parents. I believe Henry's father was Augustine which was where austin derives from but it means going back to ireland and a possible norman connection.

AUSTIN was her SON

Her marriage was to HENRY..............as posted on 31 May

tbh most of the trees concerning Csroline are wrong. I am absolutely ertain she married AUSTIN Henry Reeves. I have now found her parents. her father was William Cox jr . her mother Elizabeth Burr was his widow. who remarried in Ireland. Having said that there is a lot of info here that is very helpful. thank you so much everyone.

thank you very much for all your replies. I havent been on GR for solong that I have lost track of the protocols. Very sorry. I had a stroke some time ago and it affects my memmory.

thank you very much for all your replies. I havent been on GR for solong that I have lost track of the protocols. Very sorry. I had a stroke some time ago and it affects my memmory.

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
REEVES Henry COX Caroline Cheltenham Cheltenham St Mary 1862 10 247

This would explain why she married in Cheltenham Parish Church,

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
2, Somerset Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Packwood Head Married Male 63 1798 Solicitor St Martin, Herefordshire, England Transcription
Mary Packwood Wife Married Female 60 1801 Solicitors Wife Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
George Packwood Son Unmarried Male 29 1832 Solicitor Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Caroline Cox Servant Unmarried Female 25 1836 General Servant Tirley, Gloucestershire, England

Unusual not to marry in her' home' parish...............

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Wakefield Road, Soothill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry Reeves Head Married Male 42 1839 Railway Official Buckinghamshire, England Transcription
Caroline Reeves Wife Married Female 40 1841 - Gloucestershire, England Transcription
Walter E Reeves Son Single Male 17 1864 Railway Servant Steventon, Berkshire, England Transcription
Alfred Reeves Son Single Male 15 1866 Telegraph Clerk Peterborough, Huntingdonshire, England Transcription
Montague W Reeves Son Single Male 13 1868 Telegraph Messenger Gpo Nottinghamshire, England Transcription
Austin H Reeves Son Single Male 11 1870 Scholar Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Transcription
Reuben A Reeves Son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Transcription
Horatio H Reeves Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Yorkshire, England Transcription
Norman V Reeves Son Single Male 1 1880 - Yorkshire, England

When she married, did she name anyone as her father?

Above death from GlosBMD

COX William 19 1847 Tewkesbury, Deerhurst 2 268

Possible death of William Cox ??? (If the marriage posted by Andrew is the correct one.)

Deaths Sep 1847 (>99%)
Cox William Tewkesbury 11 285

Hester/Esther shown as a widow in 1851. Unfortunately as the 1841 wouldn't record that, it's not certain whether she was widowed by 1841 or her husband just wasn't at home on the day.

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Tirley Street, Tirley, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Hester Cox Head Widow Female 48 1803 Laundress Gloucestershire, England
Sarah Ann Cox Daughter Unmarried Female 15 1836 Laundress Apperley, Gloucestershire, England
Josiah Cox Son Unmarried Male 14 1837 Farm Labourer Tirley, Gloucestershire, England

Esther is Hester in 1851, a widow:

Hester Cox
in the 1851 England Census

Name: Hester Cox
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Upledon, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Tirley
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Tewkesbury
Sub-registration district: Deerhurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 108
Piece: 1974
Folio: 74
Page Number: 27
Household Members:
Name Age
Hester Cox 48
Sarah Ann Cox 15
Josiah Cox 14

Eliza's baptism with mother as Esther Jaynes. AS there is no Father mentioned then I would think that Esther is a Jaynes. Perhaps a William Cox admitted parentage of Caroline as she has that surname on the 1841 census??

Eliza Jaynes
England Births and Christenings
Name: Eliza Jaynes
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 25 Sep 1831
Christening Place: TIRLEY,GLOUCESTER,ENGLAND
Mother's Name: Esther Jaynes
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
C03639-1 ,
System Origin:
England-ODM ,
GS Film number:
857049 ,