William shows as aged 22 in the parish entry to his 1897 marriage to Frances, father Edward Reeves is down as a retired sailor (no mention of him being deceased).
This is all a bit confusing isn't

We really do not have much to go on so far to try and link the family group together.
Couldn't see a likely death for mother Elizabeth on SP with the names we have so far.
Did see this entry for 1891 earlier on today, which is more interesting now given what we now know of brother John's occupation:
Mary Hamilton 50
John Ferguson 15
James Ferguson 11
Robert Ferguson 37
John Reeves 19, boarder, coal miner b. Glasgow
William Smith 18
William Reeves 16, boarder, coal miner b. England
Francis McMuerry 16
John Murray 15
John Dick 16
Address: No 26 Larkfield, Blantyre Lanarkshire
Forfarian, when Gale tail off in 1900, you have to work off exact dates and look in the Glasgow Herald here
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysCI am beginning to wonder whether Elizabeth married either John Anderson or Edward Reeves - can't see any marriage for her on either SP or
www.freebmd.org.uk so far.
Monica