 1870 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | William REEVES was born in 1826 in Langley, Maidstone, Kent (son of William REEVES and Hester COMBER); died on 20 Nov 1926 in 69, Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland, NZ; was buried on 22 Nov 1926 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Gentlemans' Gardener
- Apprenticed: Abt 1839
Notes:
According to Doris Reeves - (daughter of Frank William Reeves)
Aged 13 he was apprenticed to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House as a gardener.
Anne Billson (nee Whitaker) with son Henry Sydney came to Chatsworth as a sewing maid to the Duchess and sometime after the death of Henry Billson (1855), she married William Reeves. (Her son was then 16 years old).
He worked with Paxton, (the Duke's Head Gardener) on the gardens at the Crystal Palace for 20 years. Eventually he went back to Chatsworth for the Duke, and then in 1875 emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand
There is a possibility that Chatsworth was a mistake. Considering where they all lived it's more likely that they went to Chiswick House.
William Spencer Cavendish (1790 - 1858) succeeded to the dukedom, and inherited 8 historic houses and 200,000 acres of land in 1811 at the age of 21. The 'Bachelor' Duke never married but loved entertaining and spent the 47 years of his dukedom improving his houses and embellishing them with every kind of object. He made extensive travels in Europe and said that "..at Rome.....the love of marble possesses most people like a new sense.". The most important room in the North Wing at Chatsworth, commissioned by him from Jeffry Wyatt (later Sir Jeffry Wyatville), was the Sculpture Gallery containing his outstanding collection of neo-classical (i.e. contemporary) sculpture. He also bought two complete libraries, many paintings and curiosities including the giant marble Colossal Foot and the Turkish Barge.
The Duke was Lord Chamberlain to King William IV. His friendships were very varied; he was particularly close to Czar Nicholas I of Russia and to the head gardener at Chatsworth, Sir Joseph Paxton, but also enjoyed friendships with the novelist Charles Dickens and the sculptor Antonio Canova. As Paxton's patron the Duke became fascinated by gardening and their alterations to the garden at Chatsworth included the creation of rockeries, fountains and glass buildings, culminating in the Great Conservatory, forerunner to the Crystal Palace, built by Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. They also rebuilt the village of Edensor in the Park at Chatsworth.
The Duke wrote a "Handbook to Chatsworth and Hardwick" (published privately in 1844), in which he showed his enthusiasm and love for the two houses he owned in Derbyshire and his enjoyment of his possessions.
Birth:
1861 Census - born in Langley
Apprenticed:
Description: to the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth
Buried:
Description: Block E, Row 37, Plot 66
William married Ann WHITAKER on 17 Jun 1858 in District Church of St. Mary ---?. Ann (daughter of Stephen Philip WHITAKER and Mary HUETSON) was born on 2 Nov 1823 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; died on 22 May 1902 in Ellerslie, Auckland; was buried on 23 May 1902 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Ann WHITAKER was born on 2 Nov 1823 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London (daughter of Stephen Philip WHITAKER and Mary HUETSON); died on 22 May 1902 in Ellerslie, Auckland; was buried on 23 May 1902 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1851, 8, New Gloucester Place, Shoreditch
- Occupation: Abt 1862; Sewing Maid to the Duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth (according to Doris Reeves)
More likely at Chiswick House near Fulham, London.
Notes:
One T on the birth cert of Sidney Henry
Her gravestone in New Zealand says she died aged 79 years.
Census:
Description: Milliner
Living with sisters Jane & Caroline
Died:
FreeFormatDate:21 Jan 1901 previously thought.
Buried:
Description: Block E, Row 37, Plot 65
Notes:
Married:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 1858 1a 422 Westminster
Description: John White & Elizabeth Fisher
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| 5. | Hester COMBER was born in 1793 in Langley Maidstone, Kent; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1861, Orchard Street, Maidstone
Notes:
Widowed by 1861
Notes:
Married:
IGI Batch No. I005958 Film
Children:
- 2. William REEVES was born in 1826 in Langley, Maidstone, Kent; died on 20 Nov 1926 in 69, Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland, NZ; was buried on 22 Nov 1926 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ.
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| 6. | Stephen Philip WHITAKER was born on 26 Dec 1791 in Cripplegate, Middlesex; was christened on 31 Jan 1792 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey (son of William WHITAKER and Jane ?); died in 1866 in West Ham. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1814, Widegate Street; Shopman to Mr Perkins, Pawnbroker
- Census: 1851, No.6 Pawnbrokers Alms Houses, Forest Gate, West Ham
Notes:
Occupation:
From transcript of Old Bailey sessions
Census:
Description: Retired Pawnbroker
Living with them was Alice M Borton (or Barton) a Grand Daughter born about 1845 in St. John's Clerkenwell.
Died:
FreeFormatDate:Jun Q 1866 4a 15 West Ham
Stephen married Mary HUETSON in 1817 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London. Mary was born about 1791 in Lambeth. St Mary; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Mary HUETSON was born about 1791 in Lambeth. St Mary; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1851, No.6 Pawnbrokers Alms Houses, Forest Gate, West Ham
Notes:
Married:
From Pallotts Marriage Index
Census:
Also living with them - Alice Borton, Grand Daughter
Children:
- Stehen Huetson WHITAKER was born about 1818 in Cripplegate, Middlesex; was christened on 1 Nov 1818 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; died in 1897 in Kensington, Middlesex UK.
- Mary Rebecca WHITAKER was born about 1820; was christened on 9 Apr 1820; and died.
- William Thomas WHITAKER was born about 13 Jan 1822 in London; and died.
- 3. Ann WHITAKER was born on 2 Nov 1823 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; died on 22 May 1902 in Ellerslie, Auckland; was buried on 23 May 1902 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, NZ.
- Jane WHITAKER was born about 30 Oct 1825 in London; and died.
- Caroline WHITAKER was born in 1827 in City of London; was christened on 27 May 1827; and died.
- Joseph John WHITAKER was born about 1829; was christened on 24 May 1829; and died.
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| 13. | Jane ? and died. Children:
- 6. Stephen Philip WHITAKER was born on 26 Dec 1791 in Cripplegate, Middlesex; was christened on 31 Jan 1792 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey; died in 1866 in West Ham.
- William WHITAKER was born on 10 Aug 1793; was christened on 11 Sep 1793; and died.
- John WHITAKER was born on 5 Oct 1796; was christened on 17 Nov 1796; and died.
- Mary WHITAKER was born on 2 Feb 1798; was christened on 15 Mar 1798; and died.
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