Peerage Record – 52728

     Edith Adeline Reeve was born on 11 July 1918 at Nurse Colhouns Private Hospital, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She was the daughter of Alfred Edward Reeve and Esther Chapple. She married Bernard Julian Collis, son of Nicholas Edward Robert Collis and Mary Jane McShane, on 17 April 1954 at St. Thomas More’s Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She died on 20 November 2009 at age 91 at Karingal Home for the Aged, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     She was Nursing Sister.¹ The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times Saturday 13th July 1918
: BIRTHS. REEVE. On July 11, 1918, at Nurse Colhoun’a Private Hospital, to Mrs. A. E. Reeve- (nee Chapple) of ‘Gershon,’ Devonport a daughter (Edith Adeline).¹ Her married name became Collis.¹

     Henry Hills was born in 1833.¹ He married Ellen Morgan in 1857 at St. James, Kingston, Isle of Wight, England.¹ He died on 1 December 1912 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He was buried at Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     He was Farmer.¹ The Mercury Hobart, Tas. < Saturday 15 February 1913
The following probates were granted during the week.—Anne Robson to HughFix this text Douglas Grant Lillico and Alexander Lillico, £1,880; Henry Hills to Alfred Edward Reeve and John Paton, £1.909.¹ Reference: TAMIOT.¹ His last will.¹

     Ellen Morgan was born in 1835.¹ She married Henry Hills in 1857 at St. James, Kingston, Isle of Wight, England.¹ She died on 18 October 1923 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She was buried at Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     Her last will.¹ Reference: TAMIOT.¹ Her married name became Hills.¹

     Philip Anstruther Hepburn was baptised on 20 February 1774 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Thomas Hepburn and Elizabeth Gordon.¹

     John Chapple was born on 27 August 1839 at Somerset, England.¹ He married Mary Ann Hursey on 22 June 1863 at Parish Church, Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He died on 25 August 1895 at age 55 at Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     1841 CENSUS FOR ASHCOTT – Household Detail
Piece: HO 107/HO107964, Folio: 10, Page: 13
Enumeration District: Parish of Ashcott Enumeration District 1 (1841)
Registration District: Bridgwater
Address: Ashcott
Household Members

Chapple Isaac 30 Agricultural labourer M
Chapple Susan 30 F
Chapple John 18m M

Martha Flanagan and Thomas Smith Witnessed marriage.¹ He was Farmer.¹ Reference: Pioneer Index.¹

     Mary Ann Hursey was born on 30 December 1844 at Norfolk Plains, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She was baptised on 26 January 1845 at Longford, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She married John Chapple on 22 June 1863 at Parish Church, Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She died on 8 November 1928 at age 83 at Moorville Road, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She was buried on 10 November 1928 at Flowerdale Cemetery, Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     Christ & married as Mary Anne HERSEY.

The Advocate Burnie Friday 9 November 1928
DEATHS.
CHAPPLE – On November 8, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Bakes, Mooreville Road, Mary Anne, relict of the late John Chapple, Boat Harbor. Aged 84 years. ‘Absent from the body, present with the Lord.¹‘ Reference: Pioneer / Federation Index.¹ Her married name became Chapple.¹

     Rennie Hamilton Reeve was born on 25 November 1888 at 35 Rose Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Frank Hamilton Reeve and Annie Margarette Claridge. He married Edith M. Barrett in December 1915 at Paddington, London, England.¹

     Prince William Thomas Beechey was born on 10 April 1836 at Rose Street, Wockingham, England.¹ He was the son of William Collett Beechey and Elizabeth Evans. He married Amy Reeve, daughter of Charles Reeve and Frances Mary Deverell, in September 1876 at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He died on 5 May 1912 at age 76 at Freisthorpe, Snarford, Lincolnshire, England.¹ He was buried at Freisthorpe, Snarford, Lincolnshire, England.¹
     He was Minister C of E.¹

     Barnard Reeve Beechey was born in 1877 at Pinchbeck, England.¹ He was the son of Prince William Thomas Beechey and Amy Reeve. He died in September 1915, killed in action.¹
     First World War.¹ He was BA Schoolmaster.¹