Birth: 7:00am 25 November 1898 Harcarse Hill, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: John Purves 1859-1927
Mother: Mary Waite Edgar 1868-1949
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 1976 Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
None known
Entry in the Register of Births for Peter Purves in 1898 in Swinton (755/ 25). "Page 9 1898 Births in the Parish of Swinton in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 25 Peter Purves 1898 November Twenty Fifth 7H 00M A.M. Harcarse Hill [parents] John Purves Farm Servant [and] Mary Purves M.S. Edgar [married] 1898 June 24th Swinton [informant] John Purves Father [in] 1898 Present at birth At Swinton". His twin sister was registered in the previous entry No. 24 on Page 8.
In the 1901 census as Peter Purves aged 2, born in Swinton, Berwickshire, and living with his parents (John and Mary), and sister (Jane) at Simprim Farm Cottages, Swinton, Berwickshire.
His sister was born at Simprim in 1902.
In the 1911 census as Peter Purves aged 12, born in Swinton, Berwick, and living with his parents (John and Mary), and two sisters (Jeanie and Agnes) in two rooms with windows at Simprim Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire. His uncle (Thomas) and family was living next door, two aunts (Mary and Jane) were next door to them.
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Peter Purves born in 1899, address Home Bank, Coldstream, No. 45314 in King's Own Scottish Borderers discharged 12 March 1919 due to disability.In the 1921 census as Peter Purves aged 22 years 7 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 two sisters (Agnes and Jane Nesbit) in two rooms at Homebank, Eccles, Berwickshire.
Peter Purves was the informant at his father's death on 2 October 1927 and mother's death on 9 January 1949, both at Swinton Mill.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Peter Purves, mothers maiden name Edgar, in 1976 aged 77 in Ladykirk, Swinton and Whitsome (786/ 2).
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Peter Purves.
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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