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From: "Brian J Reeks" <>
Subject: Reak: Reek: Reeks
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:17:45 +0800

Looking for possible relatives of Enos Reak born Dorset circa 1832 died Ryde I.O.W. 1908. First wife Elizabeth. Children Elizabeth
b Dorset 1859, John Thomas b Hampshire 1862, William b Hampshire 1863, Emma[Emily] Jane b Hampshire 1869, Ann b Ryde I.O.W.. By 1881 Enos was widower married widow Martha Jane Woodward , Albert E. born 1886.

John Thomas Reak married widow Ann Jolliffe nee Till in Ryde, I.O.W. December 1884, born 9th February 1885 William John Reak.
At some time around 1905-6, some members of family changed name to Reek or Reeks. William John Reeks joined Royal Navy on 5th June 1906. Father John Thomas Reak, insane, committed suicide on 24th July 1906 in London. William John Reeks brought himself out of Navy on 8th September 1906 for ten pounds sterling.

The next record of William John Reeks is in Bucks, in 1908 when he married Ellen Lilly Woodley at Chesham.

Brian John Reeks from Perth West Oz, grandson.

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