Birth: 10:00am 26 June 1857 Craes, Langton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Peter Purves 1834-1893
Mother: Jane Miller 1830-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Not married
Death: 9:05am 3 February 1916 Shiels, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Peter Purves 1896-1917
Two entries in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for the birth of Mary Purves on 26 June 1857 in Langton, Berwick in one, Whitsome and Hilton,Berwick in the other, parents Peter and Jane Purves.
Two entries in the Register of Births for Mary Purves in 1857 in Langton (747/ 9). "Page 8 1857 Births in the Parish of Langton in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 9 Purves Mary 1857 June Twentysixth 10. hrs. A M [at] Craes, [parents] Peter Purves Hind? [and] Jane Purves maiden name Miller [informant] Beatrice Miller Aunt present [on] 1857 July 16th at Gavington" and Purves Mary in 1857 in Whitsome (757/ 9) "Page 3 1857 Births in the Parish of Whitsome in the County of Berwick [...] Parish of Birth Langton County of Berwick No.] 9 Purves Mary 1857 June Twentysixth 10. hrs. A M [at] Craes, [parents] Peter Purves Hind? At Wysucefield? Parish of Whitsome [and] Jane Purves maiden name Miller [informant] Beatrice Miller Aunt (present) [on] 1857 July 16th at Gavington [...] July 23rd [?] At Whitsome".
Her brother was born on 11 March 1859 and sister in 1960 both at New Horndean, Ladykirk.
In the 1861 census as Mary Purves aged 3, born in Langton, Berwickshire, a ploughmans daughter, and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), and brother (John) at New Horndean, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Her three brothers were born in New Horndean, Ladykirk from 1861 to 1865, and her sister and brother in Edrom, Newton in 1866 and 1869.
In the 1871 census as Mary Peroes (sic - in the index) aged 13, born in Pavinton (sic), berwicksh (sic), an agricultural labourer, and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), five brothers (John, Peter, Robert, Thomas and William) and sister (Jane) at Alomill Cottages, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
In the 1881 census as Mary Purves aged 23, born in Dunse (sic), Berwickshire, single, an agricultural labrour (sic), and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), four brothers (John, Robert, Thomas and William) and sister (Jane) in Springwells, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1891 census as Mary Purves aged 32, born in Langton, Berwickshire, single, a agricultural labourer, and and living with her parents (Peter and Jane), three brothers (John, Peter and Robert) and sister (Janet) at Simprim Mains Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Her father died in Ladykirk in 1893.
Her illegitimate son was born on 16 August 1895 at Walterstead, Ladykirk when she was an agricultural labourer. Walterstead is just SW of Ladykirk.
In the 1901 census as Mary Purves aged 41, born in garinton (sic - in the index, Langton on the original), Berwickshire, single, a farbe outworker (sic - in the index, farm outworker on the original), and living with her widowed mother (Jane), brother (Peter), sister (Jane) and son (Peter) in Simprim Farm Cottages, Swinton, Berwickshire.
In the 1911 census as Mary Purves aged 52, born in Langton, Berwick, single, an outworker on farm, and living with her sister (Jane) and son (Peter) at Simprim Farm, Swinton, Berwick. Her two brothers John and Thomas were also living on the same farm.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Mary Purves in 1916 aged 56 in Ladykirk (746/1). "1916 Deaths in the Parish of Ladykirk in the County of Berwick No. 1 Mary Purves, an Outworker (single) [on] 1916 February Third 9h 5m a.m. [in] Ladykirk Shiels [aged] 56 years, [father] Peter Purves Ploughman (Deceased) [mother] Jane Purves M.S. Miller (Deceased) [cause] Malignant Decease of Liver [Informant] Peter Purves Son (Present)." Shiels is a farm west of Ladykirk House.
There are nine entries Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Purves.
Mary Purves was the mother 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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