Birth: 7:30 pm 8 August 1869 Edrom Newton, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Peter Purves 1834-1893
Mother: Jane Miller 1830-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 29 December 1899 Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Wife: Margaret Hamilton 1865-1923
Death: 8:10pm 16 March 1926 Whitchester Cottage Hospital, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
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Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Robert Purves born on 8 August 1869 in Edrom, Berwick, parents Peter Purves and Jame Millar (sic).
Entry in the Register of Births for Purves Robert in 1869 in Edrom (738/26). "Page 9 1869 Births in the Parish of Edrom in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 26 Robert Purves 1869 August Eighth 7 hr. 30 m pm Edrom Newton, Parish of Edrom, [parents] Peter Purves, Farm Servant, Jane Purves M.S. Millar [married] 3rd April 1857 Edrom, [informant] Peter Purves father [on] 1869 August 14th at Edrom".
In the 1871 census as Robert Peroes (sic - in the index) aged 1, born in Edrom, Berwicksh, and living with his parents (Peter and Jane), four brothers (John, Peter, Thomas and William) and two sisters (Jane and Mary) at Alomill Cottages, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1881 census as Robert Purves aged 11, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, and living with his parents (Peter and Jane), four brothers (John, Peter, Thomas and William) and two sisters (Jane and Mary) in Springwells, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In the 1891 census as Robert Purves aged 21, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, an agricultural labourer and living with his parents (Peter and Jane), two brothers (John and Peter) and two sisters (Janet and Mary) at Simprim Mains Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
He was a witness at the marriage of his brother John to Mary Waite Edgar on 24 June 1998 at Harcarse Hill, Swinton.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for Purves Robert and Hamilton Margaret in 1899 in Swinton (755/5). "Page 3 1899 Marriages in the Parish of Swinton in the County of Berwick No. 5 1899 on the Twenty ninth day of December at Swinton ? after Banns according to the forms of the Established Church (signed) Robert Purves Farm Servant (Bachelor) of Simprim aged 29, parents Peter Purves Farm Servant (deceased), Jane Purves M.S. Miller, and (signed) Margaret Hamilton outworker (spinster) of Swinton ? aged 34, Robert Hamilton Farm Servant (deceased) Isabella Hamilton M.S. Edgar on 1899 December At Swinton".
In the 1901 census as Robert Purves aged 30, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, a ploughman and living with his wife (Margaret) at Green Higgs Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Entry in the Valuation of Swinton 1905 for Robert Purves Inhabitant Occupier of House Swinton Greenriggs.1905 "Page 184 Valuation Roll - County of Berwick Parish of Swinton Year 1905-1906 [...] No 73 House, Swinton Greenriggs Occupier Marion Aiton widow, The Proprietrix, independent Occupier but not rated Robert Purves, Ploughman"
In the 1911 census as Robert Purves aged 40, born in Edrom, Berwickshire, a Ploughman, and living with his wife (Margaret) in four rooms with windows in Crucklaw Farm Cottage, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Entry in the Valuation of Swinton 1915 for Robert Purves Inhabitant Occupier of House Harcarsehill 1916. " Valuation Roll - County of Berwick Parish of Swinton Year 1915-1916 [...] No 197 House, Harcarsehill, Tenant Trs. of Jas Wallace Purves, farmer, independent Occupier but not rated Robert Purves, Ploughman", and a similar entry No. 195 in 1916.
In the 1921 census as Robert Purves aged 51 years 10 months, born in Edrom, Berwicksh, a ploughman working for Trustees of A Caldwell Farmer, no dependent children, and living with his wife (Margaret) in four rooms in Woodends Farm Cottage, Langton, Berwickshire.
His wife died on 14 September 1923 at the Royal Infirmary, George Square, Edinburgh, but her usual residence was Woodend, Langton, Berwickshire
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Robert Purves, mother's maiden name Miller, in 1926 aged 53 in Duns (735 / 10). "Page 4 1926 Deaths in the Parish of Duns in the County of Berwick B. [No.] 10 Robert Purves Farm Servant (Widower of Margaret Hamilton) [on] 1926 March Sixteenth 8 h: 110 m: P.M. Whitchester Cottage Hospital, Duns (usual residence Blackhill Parish of Coldingham [aged] 53 Years [parents] Peter Purves Farm Servant (Deceased) [and] Jane Purves M.S. Miller (Deceased) [of] Myocardial degeneration following Vesicle Lesions [informant] William Purves Brother Middlestots Parish of Edrom [on] 1926 March 17th At Duns".
There are six entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Robert Purves.
Robert Purves was the uncle 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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