WINNIFRED EATON REEYE (Mrs. Francis P. Reeve)

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Born in Monfrea1,Quebec. Father, Edward Eaton, “ha

son of Sir Edwar ton /ofllacclesfield, Wngland. Mather; Graduate of Oxford University. One of the first white men to go out to the Orient. Five generations of the Batons were managers of the Bank of ‘England. The family were

in the silk manufacturing anixinxthnirxdx their mills

were famous in Macclesfield and Manchester.

Mrs. Reeve's mother was the adopted daughter of Sir Hugh and Lady Mattheson, of the Jardine-Hatheson banking firm. She was educated at the Home and Colonial Oollege of London, England, and at the age of 20 went out to China as a

medical missionary. It was there she met Mr. Eaton, who

had been named by the natives as "the one white honest man". Axxxhnxxgnxnixiixfixsxxinnznxxkthsnxiinniixnd

While still in her teens Mrs. Reeve, (then Miss Eaton)

left Montreal for the States. There she acquired £ame as a 1

t:-)*~q.._,‘{;y‘.4\‘_'__ , . ' vi’-’;j;,_-RV‘._ t*\\:>=,,Mfix.-’.:i‘7?.:_({§\. $5‘ §‘,:V .’;\“l,:‘ %,_’f.{“4j-x |_‘,,_.i novelist and author of twenty fou novels. publisheE’by‘t' ** '**‘%fl¢mt

the famous old houiz of Harper & Bros. and where xknxxzx assnsiax three of her plays were produced. One of these had an all star cast headed by Margaret Illington, wife of Dan Frohman. Her first husband was bertrand Babcock son of Mr. Babcock of the Standard Oil. Seventeen years ago she married Francis F. Reeve,

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then first vice president and managing Director of the

Red Star Towing and Transportation Company of New York City.

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