Birth: 19:30 10 February 1902 Simprim, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: John Purves 1859-1927
Mother: Mary Waite Edgar 1868-1949
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 24 April 1925 Manse, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Husband: John White 1896-1977
Death: 1976 Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Entry in the Register of Births for Agnes Purves in 1902 in Swinton (755/ 3). "Page 1 Births in the Parish of Swinton in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 3 Agnes Purves 1902 February Tenth 19h. 30m, p.m. [at] Simprim [parents] John Purves Farm Servant [and] Mary Waite Purves M.S. Edgar [married] 1898 June the 4th Swinton [informant] John Purves Father [on] 1902 February the 4th At Swinton."
In the 1911 census as Agnes Purves aged 9, born in Swinton, Berwick, and living with her parents (John and Mary), brother (Peter), and sister (Jeanie ) in two rooms with windows at Simprim Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire. Her uncle (Thomas) was living next door, and two aunts (Mary and Jane) were next door to them.
In the 1921 census as Agnes Purves aged 19 years 4 months, born in Swinton, Berwick, single, an agricultural worker employed by J E Hutchinson, Farmer, and living with her parents (John and Mary Waite), brother (Peter) and sister (Jane Nesbit) in two rooms at Homebank, Eccles, Berwickshire. Her future husband was living next door.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for Agnes Purves and John White in 1925 at Eccles (737/ 1). "Page 1 1925 Marriages in the Parish of Eccles in the County of Berwick [No.] 1 1925 on the Twenty-Fourth day of April at Manse of Eccles Parish of Eccles After Banns According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland John White Ploughman (Bachelor) [aged] 27 [of] Westerhouse Parish of Southdean [mother] Catherine White Outworker [and] Agnes Purves Outworker (Spinster] [aged] 23 [of] Homebank Parish of Eccles [parents] John Purves Ploughman [and] Mary Purves M.S. Edgar, Thomas James-White [of] Fans, Earlston (Witness) [and] Jane Nesbit Purves [of] Homebank Coldstream (Witness) [registered] 1925 April 24th At Eccles".
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Agnes White in 1976 aged 84 in Coldstream (787/ 24).
There is an entry in Ancestry Family Trees for Agnes Purves.
Agnes Purves was the first cousin 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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