Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Reeves was born in 1779, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, Dr William Henry Reeves, was 47 and his mother, Ann, was 38. He married Lucy Wisdom on 28 June 1800, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. In 1838, at the age of 59, his occupation is listed as farmer in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 11 April 1856, in Waverley, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 77.
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- 1838 Nova Scotia Census, C. Reeves family
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Reeves - Published information: birth-name: Charles Reeves
- Death announcement of Charles Reeves, 1856
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1820 · Cape Breton Island
In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
1823
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1848 · Self-Governing
In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reeve , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: from Middle English reve + genitival -s, for the son, daughter, wife, or servant of a reeve or of someone surnamed Reeve .
English: from Middle English atte Reves, a topographic and occupational name for someone who lived and probably worked ‘at the reeve's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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