Family: John Brent REED / Mary MALLETT (F239)
m. 21 Jun 1894
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Male
John Brent REED
Birth Abt 1841 Staple Vale Farm, Torrington, Devon, England 
Death Burial Marriage 21 Jun 1894 [1, 2] Frithelstock, Devon, England [1, 2] Father Thomas REED | F645 Group Sheet Mother Ann | F645 Group Sheet
Female
Mary MALLETT
Birth 1859 Langtree, Devon, England Death Burial Father James MALLETT | F235 Group Sheet Mother Caroline COPP | F235 Group Sheet
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Notes Married:
- John is described as a widower in the 1891 census, and is living with his Aunt Elizabeth Chamings and a cousin Alfred G Chamings. There are no Reed children in the household. The situation is the same in the 1881 census with the exception of the nephew. His first wife may have been Elizabeth Jane Sweet, whom a John Brent Reed married in Bideford in 1869. Whoever his first wife was, it appears there may not have been any children.
An entry June 21 1894 in the North Devon Journal announced the marriage of Mary to John Brent Reed of Torrington. They were married in Frithelstock Church. James was described as Church Warden.
- John is described as a widower in the 1891 census, and is living with his Aunt Elizabeth Chamings and a cousin Alfred G Chamings. There are no Reed children in the household. The situation is the same in the 1881 census with the exception of the nephew. His first wife may have been Elizabeth Jane Sweet, whom a John Brent Reed married in Bideford in 1869. Whoever his first wife was, it appears there may not have been any children.
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Sources - [S156] "Civil Registration Index of England and Wales: 1837 - 1983", database, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/), Marriage, Mary Mallett / John Brent Reed, registered June 1894, Torrington, Devon, England, volume 5c, page 1156, original record held by Office of National Statistics (ONS), General Register Office (GRO), UK.
- [S161] Marriage Announcement, Mary daughter of James Mallett..., North Devon Journal, Barnstaple, Devon, Frithelstock Church, June 21, 1894. North Devon Record Office, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, Devon, England, EX31 1EL, 01271 388607. Hereinafter cited as North Devon Journal.
- [S156] "Civil Registration Index of England and Wales: 1837 - 1983", database, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/), Marriage, Mary Mallett / John Brent Reed, registered June 1894, Torrington, Devon, England, volume 5c, page 1156, original record held by Office of National Statistics (ONS), General Register Office (GRO), UK.