Birth: 11 April 1797 Bunkle, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Robert Sligh 1761-a1800
Mother: Agnes Lamb 1769-a1800
Christening: 16 May 1797 Bunkle, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Husband: John Purves 1786-1871
Death: 6 am 21 May 1867 Blackadder Bank, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
John Purves 1823
Robert Purves c1826
Agnes Purves c1830
Janet Purves [Johnston] c1832-a1911
Peter Purves c1834-1893
Mary Ann Purves [Ainslie] c1838-1892
Margaret Purves 1841-1926
Two entries in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Christiana Sligh baptised 16 May 1797 in Bunkle and Preston, Berwick, parents Robert Sligh and Agnes Lamb, one adding her birth on 11 April 1797.
Entry in Scottish Parish Records for Christiana Sligh on 16 May 1797 in Bunkle amd Preston (728), parents Robert Sligh and Agnes Lamb. "Christiana, daughter to Robert Sligh and Agnes Lamb born on 11th April & baptized the 16th May 1797" This has been squeezed between two pre-existing entries.
In the 1841 census as Christian (sic) Purves aged 35, born in Berwickshire, and living with John (husband?), John, Peter, and Robert (sons?), and Agness, Janet, Margret and Mary (daughters?) in Old Edrom, Berwickshire.
In the 1851 census as Christina Purves aged 45, born in Bande (sic), Berwick, and living with her husband (John), two sons (Peter and Robert), and three daughters (Jane, Margaret and Mary) in a house at Old Ladykirk, Ladykirk, Berwickshire.
In the 1861 census as Christian Purves aged 60, born in Bunkle, Berwickshire, and living with her husband (John), son (Robert), daughter (Agnes), married daughter (Mary Ainslie) and grandson (William Ainslie) at Winfield, Whitsome, Berwickshire.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Christina Purves in 1867 aged 70 in Edrom (738/ 11). "Page 4 1867 Deaths in the Parish of Edrom in the County of Berwick [...] 11 Christina Purves married to John Purves 1867 May twenty first 6 h a.m. Blackadder Bank, Parish of Edrom aged 70 years parents Robert Sligh Labourer and Agnes Sligh M.S. Lamb of Bropery? Two months Informant Robert Purves Son on 1867 May 22nd at Edrom."
Christina Sligh was the second great grandmother 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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