Bertie Reeve

Bertie Reeve was born in 1894 at Barnstone and was the son of the the late John Edward a lime works labourer and Sarah Reeve, née Fewkes of The Row, Barnstone, Nottingham. His father John Edward was born in 1854 at Maidford, Northamptonshire he died in 1918 aged 64 yrs, his mother Sarah Fewkes was born in 1861 at Cropwell Bishop, they were married in 1884 their marriage was recorded in the Bingham registration district, they went on to have 12 children, sadly six were to die in infancy or early childhood, their surviving children all born in Barnstone were, Emma Jane b1892, Bertie 1893, Alfred b1896, George b1897, Ernest b1900 and Samuel b1902. In the 1911 census Bertie has left the family home and is living at Field Farm at Trowell he is shown as Bertie Reeve 17 yrs a servant a cowman on a farm, he is living with John Henry Haseldine 29 yrs a farmer and his wife and family In the same 1911 census his parents and siblings are living at Barnstone village and are shown as John Edward 56 yrs a limeworks labourer, he is living with his wife Sarah 50 yrs and their sons Ernest 11 yrs a scholar and Samuel 8 yrs of age a scholar.

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