John REAVES

GEDCOM Note

1841 Census
Thomas Street [now Warham St], [Kennington] Lambeth

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John Reeves, male, furrier, 45 [b. 1796], not born in Surrey

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1841 Census
Bankside, St Saviour, Southwark

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John Reeves, 37 [b. 1804], Independent Means
Sarah Reeves, 35 [b. 1806], Surrey
Sarah Reeves, 8 [b.1833], Surrey
Elizabeth Reeves, 5 [b. 1836], Surrey

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1841 Census
Falcon Court, St George
[Borough High St], Southwark
["a horrible rookery of tumble-down, dirty hovels." Now named Little Dorrit Court]

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? Reeves, male, labourer, 39 [b. 1802], Surrey
Sarah Reeves, female, 21 [b.1820]. not born in Surrey

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Ages in the 1841 Census

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The census takers were instructed to give the exact ages of children but to round the ages of those older than 15 down to a lower multiple of 5. For example, a 59-year-old person would be listed as 55. Not all census enumerators followed these instructions.

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Someone named John Reeves, widower, married Sarah Sims, widow, on 16 Aug 1819 at Stepney.