Amelia Reeves (1787 – 1880)

Amelia Pike was born circa 1787 in Chieveley. She married John Reeves on 23 March 1815 at St Nicolas in Newbury.

She was recorded with her husband John, sons Henry, Thomas and Samuel and daughter Sarah Ann at 87 Northbrook Street in Newbury in the 1841 census, John and Henry were recorded as tailors, Thomas a book binder and Sarah a dressmaker.

John died in January 1844 aged 48 and he was buried on 18 January 1844 at St Nicolas in Newbury.

In the 1851 census Amelia was recorded in Speen in the household of Henry Hemstead, a surgeon, she was one of six servants living in the house and her occupation was just recorded as a servant.

Ten years later in the 1861 census Amelia was recorded as a visitor at 3 Porchester Villas, Southampton Terrace in Newbury, she had no occupation recorded.

In the 1871 census Amelia was recorded in an Alms House in Cheap Street with no occupation recorded.

Amelia died in March 1880 aged 93 and was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 2 April 1880. She had been resident in Kimber’s Almhouses as there was a notice in the Newbury Weekly News dated 1 April 1880 that there was a vacancy as a result of the death of widow Reeves.

Amelia’s daughter Sarah Ann Willis was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 26 March 1864 aged 38.

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