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Clara Ann REEVE
1844 - 1935 (~ 91 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Clara Ann REEVE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1844 Dodbrooke, Devon, England 
- From censuses
Kingsbridge according to 1851 census
GRO ref: Reeve, Clara Ann q3 1844 Kingsbridge RD 9 357; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Forbes
Gender Female Occupation 1881 Salcombe, Devon, England Lodging house keeper Occupation 1891 Living on own means Died Jun Q 1935 Bridgwater Reg Dist, Somerset, England - GRO ref: Bridge, Clara A q2 1935 aged 90 Bridgwater RD 5c 373
Siblings1 brother and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
James REEVE, d. Between 1841 and 1851 (Father)
Amelia Jane FORBES, b. Abt 1813, Ringmore, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Notes - With her Forbes grandparents at the time of the 1851 census. These match Amelia Forbes parents, making it clear that Clara was a sister of Mary. In the 1860s a marraige with a deceased sister's husband (and vice versa) was still illegal, because legally a spouses siblings were considered to be the persons siblings, and hence such a union would be incest. (However, such relationships were generally accepted, by family, friends and neighbours etc. and considered preferable to a couple living together unmarried)
Legally though, Clara was not married to Thomas, which could have had an impact on inheritance, settlement etc., had the situation been noticed.
Widow by 1871 when living at no. 2 Crescent, Salcombe; living at 2 Powderham Villa, Devon Rd., Salcombe (1881) with dau Mary & servant - solicitor & family in the same house; 1891 living at 4 College Terrace, Hampstead with 2 daus & a servant;
Person ID I2661 All Last Modified 10 Feb 2020
Father James REEVE, d. Between 1841 and 1851 Mother Amelia Jane FORBES, b. Abt 1813, Ringmore, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 11 Jun 1834 Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - From PR (seen image)
James Reeve, bach, of Bigbury; Amelia Jane Forbes, spinster, otp; marr by licence, both signed. Witnesses (both signed) were James Coaker and John D Brooking
Family ID F4879 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Thomas ISSELL, b. 11 Aug 1825, Stokenham, Devon, England , d. 5 Jan 1870, Between Rio de Janeiro and Barbados, At Sea (Age 44 years)
Other Partners: Mary Forbes REEVE m. 22 Apr 1861Married 1 Jun 1865 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR (seen image)
Both of full age, widower and spinster, Thomas Issell a Master Mariner, Clara Ann Reeve no occupation, both resident Stoke Damerel; fathers Richard Issell, Farmer and James Ryder Reeve, Farmer.
Both signed, as did witnesses E Pepperell and A J Reeve; marr by licence
GRO ref: Issell, Thomas to Reeve, Clara Ann q2 1865 Stoke Damarel RD 5b 599
Children2 children Last Modified 10 Feb 2020 Family ID F2048 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Arthur George Albert BRIDGE, b. Jun Q 1858, Birmingham Reg Dist, Warwickshire, England Married Mar Q 1897 Axbridge Reg Dist, Somerset, England - GRO ref: Issell, Clara Ann to BRIDGE, Arthur George A q1 1897 Axbridge RD 5c 760
Last Modified 10 Mar 2016 Family ID F750 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From censuses