Birth: 9:55pm 6 September 1890 West Mains, Milne Graden, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Thomas Purves 1861-1933
Mother: Janet Utterson 1862-1901
Christening: Unknown
Death: 10:30pm 22 January 1894 West Mains, Milne Graden, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Buried: Lennel Old Churchyard, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Entry in the Register of Births for Peter Purves in 1890 in Coldstream (733/ 43). "Page 15 Births in the Parish of Coldstream in the County of Berwick. [No.] 43 Peter Purves 1890 September Sixth 9h 55m P.M. Milne Graden West Mains, Parish of Coldstream [parents] Thomas Purves Ploughman [and] Janet Purves (M.S. Utterson [married] 1889 March 29th New Horndean [informant] Thomas Purves father (present) [on] 1890 September 16th At Coldstream.
In the 1891 census as Peter Purves aged 7 months, born in Coldstream, Berwickshire, and living with his parents (Thomas and Janet), and widowed grandmother (Janet Utterson) in a cottage in Coldstream, Berwickshire.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Peter Purves in 1894 aged 3, mother's maiden name Ebtterson [sic] in 1894 in Coldstream (733/ 23). "Page 8 Deaths in the Parish of Coldstream in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 23 Peter Purves (Single) 1894 June Twentysecond 10h 30m PM Milne Graden West Mains, Coldstream [aged] 3 years [parents] Thomas Purves Ploughman [and] Janet Purves M.S. Utterson [of] Malignant Scarlet Fever 2 days [Informant] Thomas Purves Father (Present) [on] 1894 June 23rd At Coldstream". All three entries on this page died of Scarlet Fever, the other two aged 4 and 22.
Entry in FindaGrave for Peter Purves born August 1890 died 22 June 1894 and buried in Lennel Old Churchyard, Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland. "Erected by Thomas and Janet Purves Milne Graden West Mains In Loving Memory of Peter their son who died 22nd June 1894 aged 3 years and 10 months. Also William Utterson their nephew who died 29th June 1894, aged 4 years. Little children abide in him. Also their son who died in infancy. Also Janet Younger Dickson widow of Wm.Utterson and Mother of the above Janet Purves who died at Mountfair 30th Novr 1897 aged 72 years. Also Janet Utterson wife of the above who died 6th Jan. 1900 aged 38 years. Also Pte James Purves son of the above died of wounds received at the Dardanelles 12th July 1915, aged 19 years. Also the above Thomas Purves, who died 20th April 1933, aged 73 years".
There are fifteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Peter Purves, but several with incorrect deaths confusing him with his cousin Peter.
Milne Graden is an estate NNE of Coldstream on B6437, and West Mains is on a link road west back to A6112
Peter 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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