Birth: 8:30pm 5 May 1868 Greenburn, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: James Taylor Edgar 1847-1924
Mother: Jane Nisbet 1842-1902
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 24 June 1898 Harcarse Hill, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Husband: John Purves 1859-1927
Death: 10:30pm 9 January 1949 Swinton Mill, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Peter Purves 1898-1976
Jane Nisbet Purves 1898-1977
Agnes Purves [White] 1902-1976
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Mary Edgar born 5 May 1868 in Coldingham, Berwick, parents James Edgar and Mary Nisbet. Her grandmother's maiden name was Waite.
Entry in the Register of Births for Mary Edgar in 1868 in Coldingham (732/ 50). "Page 17 1868 Births in the Parish of Coldingham in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 50 Mary Edgar 1868 May Fifth 8 h. 30m. PM Greenburn Parish of Coldingham [parents] James Edgar Ploughman Jane Edgar M.S. Nisbet [married] 1867 February 5th Ayton [informant] James Edgar Father [on] 1868 May 17th at Coldingham".
Her sister was born in Whitsome in 1870.
In the 1871 census as Mary Edgar aged 2, born in Coldingham, Berwickshire and living with her parents (James and Jane), brother (Robert) and sister (Elizabeth) in Jardinefield, Whitsome, Berwickshire.
Her sisters were born in Ayton in 1874 and 1875, and in Eyemouth in 1878.
In the 1881 census as Mary Edger aged 12, born in Berwickshire, Coldingham, and living with her parents (James and Jane), brother (Robert) and four sisters (Agnes, Georgina, Isabella and Robina) at Farm Cottage (Walterstead), Ladykirk, Berwickshire.
In the 1891 census as Mary Edgar aged 22, single, an outdoor worker on farm, and living with her parents (James and Jane), and three sisters (Agnes, Georgina and Robina) at 1 Woodend Cottage, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for Mary Waite Edgar and John Purves in 1898 in Swinton (755/ 1). "Page 1 1898 Marriages in the Parish of Swinton in the County of Berwick [No.] 1 1898 on the Twenty Fourth day of June at Harcarse Hill after Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland (Signed) John Purves Farm Servant (Bachelor) [aged] 37 [of] Simprim [parents] Peter Purves Farm Servant (deceased) [and] Jane Purves M.S. Murray [sic - it does not look like Miller] [and] Signed Mary Waite Edgar Outworker Spinster [aged] 30 [of] Harcarse Hil [parents] James Edgar Farm Steward [and] Jane Edgar M.S. Waite [...] [Registered] 1988 June 24th At Swinton [Witnessed] Signed Robert Purves Witness Isabella Edgar [Witness]".
Her twin children were born in Harcarse Hill, Swinton, on 25 November 1898.
In the 1901 census as Mary Purves aged 32, born in Coldingham, Berwickshire, and living with her husband (John), son (Peter) and daughter (Jane) at Simprim Farm Cottages, Swinton, Berwickshire.
Her daughter was born on 10 February 1902 at Simprim, Swinton.
In the 1911 census as Mary Purves aged 42, born in Coldingham, Berwick, married for 12 years with three children all still living, and living with hier husband (John), son (Peter) and two daughters (Jeanie and Agnes) in two rooms with windows at Simprim Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire.
In the 1921 census as Mary Waite Purves aged 53 years 1 month, born in Coldingham, Berwick, and living with her husband (John), son (Peter) and two daughters (Agnes and Jane Nesbit) in two rooms at Homebank, Eccles, Berwickshire. Her future son-in-law was living next door.
Her husband died at Swinton Mill on 2 October 1927.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Mary Purves, maiden name Waite in 1949 aged 80 in Swinton (755/ 1). "Page 1 1949 Deaths in the District of Swinton in the County of Berwick Clerical Omission ?? [this appears to refer to the informant] [No.] 1 Mary Waite Purves (Widow of John Purves Farm Worker) [on] 1949 January Ninth 10h. 30m. P.M. [at] Swinton Mill [aged] 80 years [parents] James Edgar Farm Worker (Deceased) [and] Jane Edgar M.S. Nisbet (Deceased) [of] Cardio-vascular Degeneration (Old Age) (20 years) [...Informant] Peter Purves Son (Present) [entry appears to have been added later] on 1949 January 10th At Swinton".]
There are nine entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Edgar.
Mary Waite Edgar was the wife of John Purves, uncle of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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