Samuel Reeves (1874 - 1906)

Born 12 Sep 1874 in Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Daisy Rose Etta (Courtemanche) Dickerson — married 25 Jan 1897 (to 1906) in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Died 15 Feb 1906 at age 31 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Samuel, born in 1874,^[1] was the sixth of the nine children of Frederick Reeves and Eliza Guy.^[2] He grew up in Lindsay, Ontario, where his father worked as a plasterer. Samuel married Daisy Courtemanche in 1897.^[3] On the Canadian Census records for 1901, Samuel is listed as a railway employee living in Lindsay.^[4]

He died in Toronto in 1906 of Guillain–Barré syndrome^[5] and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay, after a "very largely attended service" at St. Paul's.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLB6-XYC : 5 December 2014), Samuel Reeves, 12 Sep 1874; citing Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,845,044.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXY-ZF8 : 30 June 2017), Samuel Reeves in household of Fred Reeves, Lindsay, Victoria South, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 77; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13242, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,878.
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZB9-7J1 : accessed 18 Nov 2013), Frederick Reeves in entry for Samuel Reeves and Daisy Courtemanche, 1897.
4. ↑ Census of Canada, 1901
5. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J64J-K4X : 9 March 2018), Samuel Reeves, 15 Feb 1906; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1906 cn 1488, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,399.
6. ↑ The Watchman Warder, February 22, 1906.