Birth: 1 June 1909 Spring Gardens, Aldborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Fairbank Abbey 1853-1937
Mother: Amy Elsworth Reynard 1878-1940
Christening; 4 July 1909 St Andrew, Aldborough, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: July-September 1931 Skipton, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Stanley Atkinson 1907-1940
Marriage: April-June 1941 Skipton, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Levi Reeves c1869-1953
Death: 16 May 1970 12 Water Street, Skipton, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK 1970
Father Ben Nutter? 1904-1984
Kathleen Brenda Abbey [Gatheridge] 1932-1967
Alice Maude Abbey [Farmery, Frankland, Smith] 1935-2011
Birth of Amy Kathleen Abbey in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Gt Ouseburn (9A 75).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Amy Kathleen Abbey baptised 4 July 1909 in Aldborough, parents William Fairbank and Amy Abbey. "Page 163 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Alboro' in the County of York in the Year 1909 [...] July 4th 1909 No. 1290 Amy Kathleen [parents] William Fairbank [a] Postman [and] Amy Abbey [of] Aldboro."
In the 1911 census as Amy Kathleen Abbey aged 1, born in Aldboro, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (William Fairbank and Amy), and brother (Horace) in three rooms at Spring Gardens, Alboro, York.
Her sister was born on 6 December 1911 and registered in January-March 1912 in Great Ouseburn.
Her sister was born on 30 July 1916, and registered in July-September 1916 in Great Ouseburn, and baptised 2 September 1916 when they were living in Spring Gardens, Aldborough.
In the 1921 census as Amy Kathleen Albey (sic) born in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1909 and living with William Fairbank and Amy Albey (parents?), Horace Albey (brother?), Eleanor Mildred and Hilda Mary Albey (sisters?) in Embsay with Eastby, Skipton, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Marriage of Amy K Abbey and Stanley Atkinson in FreeBMD in July-September 1931 in Skipton (9A 73).
It has been suggested in Ancestry Public Member Trees that she was the mother of three children surnamed Abbey but whose father was Ben Nutter who were born in 1932 and 1935, but no information on the third, Hilda, who I cannot trace - is this refering to her sister Hilda Mary? I can find no entry for the marriage of Ben Nutter to Amy.
There are ten entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Amy Kathleen Abbey address 12 Ermysted Street, Skipton in 1932 to 1936, other occupant Amy Abbey (mother?) plus one other except in 1935, and 12 Water Street, Skipton in 1937 to 1940, other occupants Amy Abbey (mother?), and William Fairbank Abbey (father?) in 1937 and 1938, and Hilda Mary Abbey (sister?) in 1940.
Her daughter was born in Skipton in 1935.
In the Ancestry 1939 England and Wales Register as Amy K Abbey (changed to Reeves) born 1 June 1909, single, and a cleaner at an institution, and living with Amy Abbey (mother?), Brenda K Abbey (daughter?), Hilda M Abbey (sister?) and one other (daughter?) at 12 Water Street, Skipton, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Her husband died in Leeds in 1940 - it does not appear that they lived together for very long.
Marriage of Amy K Abbey and Levi Reeves in FreeBMD in April-June 1941 in Skipton (9A 135).
There are seventeen entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Amy K Reeves address 12 Water Street, Skipton in 1945 to 1962, other occupant Levi Reeves (husband?) 1945 to 1954, and Alice M Abbey (daughter?) in 1958.
Her husband died in Staincliffe in 1953.
Death of Amy Kathleen Reeves, born on 1 June 1909, in FreeBMDin June 1970 in Staincliffe (2D 924).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Amy Kathleen Reeves died 16 May 1970 in Yorkshire probate 13 Jul7y 1970 in Leeds. "Reeves Amy Kathleen of 12 Water St Skipton, Yorks died 16 May 1970 Probate Leeds 13 July. £1489."
There are thirty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Amy Kathleen Abbey.
There is another Aldborough in the East Riding. Part of Skipton became part of Staincliffe in 1947.
Amy Kathleen Abbey was the second cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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