Birth: 5am 11 December 1866 Edrom Newton, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Peter Purves 1834-1893
Mother: Jane Miller 1830-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 7:45 am 12 June 1930 Kimmerghame Mains, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
None known
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Jane Purves born 11 December 1866 in Edrom, Berwick, Scotland. parents Peter Purves and Jane Millar (sic).
Entry in the Register of Births for Jane Purves in 1866 in Edrom (738/ 49). "Page 17 1866 Births in the Parish of Edrom in the County of Berwick No. 49 Jane Purves 1866 December Eleventh 5h. a.m. Edrom Newton Parish of Edrom parents Peter Purves Farm Servant Jane Purves M.S. Millar 3rd April 1857 Edrom Informant Peter Purves Father 1866 December 28th at Edrom".
Her brother was born in Edrom in 1869.
In the 1871 census as Jane Peroes (sic - in the index) aged 3, born in Edrom, Berwicksh, and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), five brothers (John, Peter, Robert, Thomas and William) and sister ( Mary) at Alomill Cottages, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
In the 1881 census as Jane Purves aged 14, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), five brothers (John, Peter, Robert, Thomas and William) and sister (Mary) in Springwells, Eccles, Berwickshire.
In the 1891 census as Janet (sic) Purves aged 23, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, an agricultural labourer and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), three brothers (John, Peter and Robert) and sister (Mary) at Simprim Mains Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire.
Her father died in Ladykirk in 1893.
In the 1901 census as Jane Purves aged 31, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, single, a farm outworker, and living with her widowed mother (Jane), brother (Peter), sister (Mary), and nephew (Peter - son of Mary) at Simprim Farm Cottages, Swinton, Berwickshire.
Her mother died in Swinton in 1903.
In the 1911 census as Jane Purves aged 43, born in Edrom, Berwick, single, an outworker on farm, and living with her sister (Mary) and nephew (Peter) at Simprim Farm, Swinton, Berwick. Her two brothers John and Thomas were also living on the same farm.
In the 1921 census as Jane Purves aged 50 years, six months, born in Edrom, Berwick, single, a farm servant working for Andrew Fairburn farmer, and living with her brother and sister-in-law (Peter and Ann) and neice (Helen) in four rooms at Walterstead, Ladykirk, Berwick.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Jane Purves in 1930 aged 63 in Edrom (738/ 8). "Page 3 1930 Deaths in the Parish of Edrom in the County of Berwick No. 8 See Register of Corrected entries: Vol I p.140 June 21st 1930 Jane Purves (Single) 1930 June Twelfth 7h. 45m. a.m. Kimmerghame Mains Edrom parents Peter Purves Farm Servant (Deceased) Jane Purves M.S. Millar (Deceased) Informant James Grieve Milne Graden West Mains, Coldsteam Nephew-in-law 1930 June 12th At Edrom".
There are ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Jane Purves.
Jane Purves was the aunt 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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