Birth: Circa 1834 Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: John Purves 1786-1871
Mother: Christina Sligh 1797-1867
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 3 April 1857 Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Wife: Jane Miller 1830-1903
Death: 11:30am 25 November 1893 Walterstead, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Mary Purves 1857-1916
John Purves 1859-1927
Christina Purves 1860-b1861
Thomas Purves 1861-1933
Peter Purves 1863-1936
William Purves 1865-1931
Jane Purves 1866-1930
Robert Purves 1869-1926
I cannot locate an entry for his birth or christening, but all census entries state Edrom. His sister was born circa 1838 and in Edrom from the census entries, and his last sister was born in February-March 1841 in Edrom, again from the census.
In the 1841 census as Peter Purves aged 8, born in Berwickshire, and living with John and Christian (parents?), John and Robert (brothers?), and Agness, Janet, Mary, and Margret (sisters?) in Old Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1851 census as Peter Purves aged 17, born in Edrom, Berwick, an agricultural labourer, and living with his parents (John and Christina), brother (Robert) and three sisters (Janet, Margaret and Mary) in house at Old Ladykirk, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 for Peter Purves and Jane Miller on 3 April 1857 in Edrom, Berwick.
Entry in Scotlands People for the marriage of Peter Purves and Jane Miller in 1857 in Edrom. "Page 1 1857 Marriages in the Parish of Edrom in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 2 On the Third Day of April 1857 at Edrom Marriage (after Banns) was solemnized between us according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland Peter Purves [aged] 23 [of] East Blankerne [in the] Parish of Bunkle [an] Agricultural Labourer (Bachelor) [father] John Purves [an] Agricultural labourer [mother] Christina Purves Maiden Name Sligh, [and] Jane Miller [aged] 26 [of] Edrom [a] Spinster [father] Thomas Miller [an] Agricultual Labourer [mother] Phillis Miller Maiden Name Murrey [...] Robert Purves Witnefs Thomas Miller Witnefs. The above Marriage was Registered by mr at Edrom, on the Fourth day of April, 1857".
His daughter was born on 26 June 1857 in Craes, Langton, and son on 11 March 1859 and daughter on 29 June 1860, both in New Horndean, Ladykirk when he was an agricultural labourer.
In the 1861 census as Peter Purves aged 27, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, a ploughman, and living with his wife (Jane), son (John) and daughter (Mary) at New Horndean, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.
His three sons were born in New Horndean, Ladykirk from 1861 to 1865, and daughter and son in Edrom Newton in 1866 and 1869.
In the 1871 census as Peter Purces (sic - in the index, all his relatives have the surname Peroes) aged 37, born in Edrom, Berwicksh, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Jane), five sons (John, Peter, Robert, Thomas and William) and two daughters (Jane and Mary) at Alomill Cottages, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1881 census as Peter Purves aged 48, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Jane), four sons (John, Robert, Thomas and William) and two daughters (Jane and Mary) in Springwells, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1891 census as Peter Purves aged 56, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, an agricultural labourer and living with his wife (Jane), three sons (John, Peter and Robert) and two daughters (Janet and Mary) at Simprim Mains Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Peter Purves, mother's maiden name Slight, in 1893 aged 60 in Ladykirk (746/ 4). "Page 2 1893 Deaths in the Parish of Ladykirk in the County of Berwick [No.] 4 Peter Purves Ploughman Married to Jane Millary 1893 November Twenty Fifth 11:30m A.M. [at] Walterstead, Ladykirk [aged] 60 Years [parents] John Purves Ploughman (Deceased) [and] Christina Purves M.S. Slight (Deceased) [of] Chronic Gastric Catarrh resulting in Cardiac Disability Exhaustion [informant] Peter Purves Son [on] 1893 November 27th At Ladykirk".
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Peter Purves.
Peter Purves was the grandfather 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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