Margaret Jane (Reeves) May (abt. 1853)

Born about 1 Jun 1853 in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom

Wife of William Frederick May — married 1896 in Westham, Essex, England

Wife of John Elgood Punchard — married 1912 in Hackney, London

Died [date unknown] in Southend On Sea, Essex, England

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1853.^[1]

Margaret married John Elgood Punchard in Hackney, London in 1874. (Jul-Sep).^[2].

Margaret was known as Maggie , and registered as such on the 1891 census. ^[3] She was also noted as being a Widow at the time, so John, her first husband, must have passed by then.

Margaret married William Frederick May, in 1896 (Apr - Jun), in West Ham, Essex, England.^[4] In 1901, she was living with, in Katherine Rd., East Ham, Essex.^[5]

In the 1911 Census, Margaret was living at 45 Tremaine Rd, Anerley/Penge, in SE London. Living with her were her daughter Kate, son John, his wife Winifred,^[6] Her second husband, William had passed away by this date, probably before 1910, as she is registered as a Widow, and she appears to have owned the property in 1910^[7], and 1911^[8], as she is shown as the landlord of the property.

Margaret , died at the age of 88, in the first quarter of 1942, at Southend-on-Sea,Essex, England, two years after her son. ^[9]

Family

Siblings^[10]

• John W Reeves, born 1855, Bromley, Middlesex
• Elizabeth E Reeves, born 1857, Bromley, Middlesex
• Catherine Reeves , born 1859, Bromley, Middlesex
• Thomas George Reeves, born 1861, Bromley, Middlesex
• Emma Reeves, born 1864, Bromley, Middlesex
• George Reeves, born 1866, Bromley, Middlesex

• Fact: Residence (1861) Bromley St Leonard, London, Middlesex, England
• Fact: Residence (1881) Lewisham, London,Kent, England
• Fact: Residence (1891) Lewisham, London, England
• Fact: Residence (31 Mar 1901) East Ham, Essex, England
• Fact: Residence (1911) Penge, Anerley S E, Surrey, England

Sources

1. ↑ UK Births 1853 June Quarter in POPLAR UNION Volume 01C Page 570
2. ↑ UK marriage registration: HACKNEY, Volume 1b Page 669, September Quarter 1912
3. ↑ 1891 census (5 April 1891): Pg10: Reg No:RG12, Piece/Folio:522/41.
4. ↑ UK Marriage Registrations: 1896 : June Quarter : Westham, ESSEX, England. Volume 4A : Page 50 : Line 109.
5. ↑ 1901 Census (31 March 1901): Schedule Type 104 : Pg 18:
6. ↑ 1911 census (2 April 1911): Line 4: Page 1.
7. ↑ London Electoral Registers, 1910: P727 : Dulwich Division : District 39: Penge Urban District: Ward 3.
8. ↑ London Electoral Registers, 1911: P773 : Dulwich Division : District 39: Penge Urban District: Ward 3.
9. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007: 1942 : M Quarter in SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Volume 04A Page 1274
10. ↑ 1871 UK census : Entry No. 7 : Image Id: GBC/1871/0573/0041.

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