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Reece Warwickshire

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I am researching the Reece family. My gt-grandfather was John Reece, born around 1834 in Assen? (or is it Aston) Warwickshire. This is on the 1861 census for Grantham, so it could be Assen is a mis-spelling.

His father was William Reece - Engineer (from marriage certificate of John Reece), but I do not know his mother's name.

John Reece went to Scotland around 1871.

His father William was dead by 1857 (again, from John Reece's marriage certificate). John Reece married Sarah Anne Butler in Grantham in 1857 and was an iron turner by trade.

Are any of these names familiar?
regards,
myra
 
on the 1851 census in wolverton buckinghamshire

william reece 42 (could even be 48) engine fitter b. warks. yawly?
phoebe 43 house work b. staffs wednesbury?
thomas 19 engine fitter b. staffs sedgley
isaiah 16 apprentice b. staffs sedgley
john 14 apprentice b. warks. alsen or assen??
matilda 9 b. bucks
caroline 7 b. bucks
mary ann 3 b. bucks

on igi there is a submitted entry

which states that william reece died 8 may 1856 at wolverton bucks.
 
again on igi there is an extracted entry

william reece marriage to phebe smith 20 apr 1829 at st. thomas, dudley
worcs.
 
christening of john reece 15 apr 1838 at st.martins tipton staffs

father william reece mother phebe
 
1841 census living wolverton bucks

william reece 25 engineer
phebe 25
eliza 12
thomas 8
isiah 6
john 3
rachel 4 mths.
 
Dear Shera,

Many thanks for your kind reply re John Reece. I did have the family of William and Phebe - but with a big question mark. This family does seem to be the only Reece that fits all the criteria for my John, so again, many thanks. They do seem to have moved around, and I know for certain that John went to Scotland - and thanks to him I was born there!

Good luck to you also with your research, and again many thanks for your kind info. - especially regarding the christening of John Reece and the death of William. It helps put the jigsaw together a bit more.

with kindest regards,
myra (mary) from sunny Tasmania
 
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