Reeves, Velma Essie 1a 2a

Birth Name Velma Essie Reeves
Gender female
Age at Death 22 years, 6 months, 3 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 8 July 1900 South Carolina Birth of Velma Reeves
Event Note

The death certificate for Velma lists no birth date, but does state that she was 19 years old.
This would put her date of birth at around 1904, however her grave marker has the date of birth
as 8 Jul 1900 making her at 22 years old. As with her date of death, I think this is because
Lela Reeves Bailey purchased many of her families grave markers some time after their death and burial
and may have remembered some of the dates incorrectly.

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Death 11 January 1923 Central, SC Death of Velma Reeves
Event Note

Although the grave marker for Velma says that she died 12 Jan 1924, the death certificate states that her
date of death was 11 Jan 1923. I believe this is because Lela Reeves Baily, years after their deaths, purchased
grave markers for many of her family members and was going off of her memory and simply had a small failure
of memory, as many of us do from time to time.

Death certificate states that Velma died of "Double Labor Pneumonia". Velma also had rather severe
epilepsy, though this is not stated on her death certificate.

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Burial 12 January 1923 Six Mile Baptist Church Burial of Velma Essie Reeves
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Reeves, John Harrison
Mother Stone, Margie Elminie
    Brother     Reeves, James Crawder
         Reeves, Velma Essie
    Sister     Reeves, Alma Sara
    Sister     Reeves, Lillian
    Brother     Reeves, Richard Iler
    Sister     Reeves, Eva
    Sister     Reeves, Lela
    Sister     Reeves, Ethel
    Brother     Reeves, Clarence

Family Map

Family Map

Pedigree

  1. Reeves, John Harrison
    1. Stone, Margie Elminie
      1. Reeves, James Crawder
      2. Reeves, Velma Essie
      3. Reeves, Alma Sara
      4. Reeves, Lillian
      5. Reeves, Richard Iler
      6. Reeves, Eva
      7. Reeves, Lela
      8. Reeves, Ethel
      9. Reeves, Clarence

Ancestors

Source References

  1. 1920 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1706; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 163; Image: 1062
  2. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1470; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 145; Image: 1014
  3. Grave Marker
      • Page: Velma Essie Reeves
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Page: Velma Essie Reeves
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Page: Velma Essie Reeves
      • Confidence: Very High
  4. Death Certificate, South Carolina
      • Date: 6 March 1923
      • Page: File No. 3102
      • Confidence: High
      • General:

        Velma's death certificate has her name as "Selmer", this kind of thing can happen from time to time
        as people were, and still are, prone to write unfamiliar names phonetically, and with differing
        dialects name spellings become a moot point.

      • Date: 6 March 1923
      • Page: File No. 3102
      • Confidence: Very High