Reeves Family History
Reeves Name Meaning
patronymic from Reeve.topographic name for
someone who lived on the margin of a wood, from a misdivision of the
Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge’ (Old English
æt þære efese).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Reeves
Name Distribution of Reeves Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Reeves families
 1,124 - 2,245  375 - 1,123 |
 1 - 374  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Reeves families
|
17 - 32 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Reeves census records
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Reeves Family Origin
Reeves Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Reeves Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Reeves Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Reeves census records
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Military Service by Reeves
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1932 Threads, 41
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