Reavil in Thakeham, Lookup request please

[anpagrant]

Hi, Could somebody please lookup the name John Brodie Reavil in the Parish records for Thakeham.

John was born in 1834 and we have his parents listed as William and Margaret Reavil but cannot find out any further information about them.

Any information, particularly about where his family originated from, would be extremely usefull.

Many thanks in advance.....Andy

[Jane Masri]

Andy, I tried to do a look-up on the Sussex marriage Index, and it tells me there are none for the name REAVIL.  I tried wildcards, but cannot get close to the name.  I found this puzzling...any ideas?  Have you got the name right?
Jane

[anpagrant]

Many thanks for looking through the marriage indexes. I cannot be sure if any Reavils were married there but Thakeham was listed as John Brody Reavils place of birth on the 1891 Census.

[suey]

Andy have you got your Johns parents anywhere in any of the census - I ask because I had a look at your chap in 1871 81 91 and 1901 and it's only the 1891 Census that he gives Thakeham as his place of birth - very odd !
Other than that he is in London area and giving Camberwell as his POB.

[anpagrant]

I know its a strange one.....I cannot find him in Camberwell either and the only link I have is that his wedding certificate names William Reavil as his father. I have done an IGI search and there was a William Reavil married to a Margaret Brodie (Johns middle name) in 1815 (In Devon) which would leave me to believe that these could be his parents.

On further investigation I did find some Reavils born in Thakeham around 1850 (Elizabeth, Frances and William) and considered that there might be a family connection with this town.

Anyway thanks for your interest and if you find anything else, please let me know.

Andy

[Jane Masri]

Hi Andy,
Looks like your REAVIL'S were not a Sussex family.  The marriage index goes up to about 1837, so you might like to use that information, although negative, as a good indication that they were not from Sussex.  It also looks like they moved around a lot
an unenviable task for a researcher
jane

[anpagrant]

Hi Everybody,

We have some new information on the Reavil family because we have found them in 1851 in the Thakeham Union Workhouse. Margaret Reavil is listed as being the Matron and is shon as a widow with two children Margaret (14) and Lydia (12).

I cannot find any trace of William Reavil or John Reavil in the 1851 Census but there was a William Reavil who died in 1845 at Thakeham.

If anyone has the 1841 Census for Thakeham (or surrounding areas) could they see if the family was there for when the Workhouse started up in 1836.

Thank you

[carol_cholsey]

Hi Andy,
Here's your family in 1841 in the Workhouse !!
ref HO107 1096-03 folio 31 page 1: Thakeham Workhouse
William Reavil age 55 governor
Margaret do age 40 matron
John do age 6
Margaret do age 4
Lydia do age 2
only the two youngest children are shown as born in county
Hope this helps,
xx Carol

[anpagrant]

Many thanks for your help. Happy new year.

Andy