When Elizabeth Reeves was born in 1837, in Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Harmon Reeves, was 38 and her mother, Janet McDonald, was 35. She married Edwin Bamford on 4 January 1859, in Picton, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Christchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 23 October 1919, in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 82, and was buried in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
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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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