Birth: 15 February 1865 New Horndean, Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Peter Purves 1834-1893
Mother: Jane Miller 1830-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 2 March 1894 Little Swinton, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Wife: Agnes Purves 1862-1931
Death: 13 August 1931 Brideshead, Reston, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Margaret Sligh Purves [Grieve] 1894-1983
Lillie Purves [McLeod] 1901-1957
Mary Jane Purves 1904-1968
Another unknown child died before 1911
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for William Purves born on 15 February 1865 in Ladykirk, Berwick, parents Peter Purves and Jane Millar.
Entry in the Register of Births for William Purves in 1865 in Ladykirk (746/ 1). "Page 1 1865 Births in the Parish of Ladykirk in the County of Berwick. 1865 No. 1 William Purves February Fifteenth ? ? New Horndean Ladykirk parents Peter Purves Agricultural Labourer and Jane Purves M.S. Miller married 1857 April 3rd Edrom Informant Peter Purves Father Present 1865 March 3rd At Ladykirk".
His sister and brother were born in Edrom in 1866 and 1869.
In the 1871 census as William Peroes (sic - in the index) aged 5, born in Ladykirk, Berwicksh, and living with his parents (Peter and Jane), four brothers (John, Peter, Robert and Thomas) and two sisters (Jane and Mary) at Alomill Cottages, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
In the 1881 census as William Purves aged 16, born in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, an agricultural labrour (sic) and living with his parents (Peter and Jane), four brothers (John, Peter, Robert and Thomas) and two sisters (Jane and Mary) in Springwells, Eccles, Berwickshire.
In the 1891 census as William Purves aged 24, born in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Agnes), uncle (Robert - head of household), two aunts (Agnes and Margaret), and neice (Agnes) at Little Swinton Farm, Swinton, Berwickshire.
His father died in Ladykirk in 1893.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for William Purves and Agnes Purves in 1894 in Swinton (755 1). "Page 1 1894 Marriages in the Parish of Swinton in the County of Berwick 1894 No. 1 on the Second March at Little Swinton After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland (signed) William Purves, Farm Servant, Bachelor, Cousin, aged 29 of Little Swinton, parents Peter Purves, Farm Servant, deceased, and Jane Purves M.S. Miller, and Agnes Purves, Outworker, Spinster, Cousin, aged 30 of Little Swinton, mother Margaret Purves, Outworker, registered 1894 March 5th At: Swinton.
His first daughter was born in Little Swinton, Swinton in 1894 and her second daughter in Blackadder Mains, Edrom on 20 January 1901.
In the 1901 census as William Purves aged 36, born in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, a ploughman and living with his wife (Agnes), two daughters (Lillie and Margaret S), uncle (Robert ) and aunt (Margaret) at Blackadder Mains Farm Cottage, Edrom, Berwickshire.
Another daughter was born in Edrom Mains, Edrom in 1904 and another unknown child died before 1911.
In the 1911 census as William Purves aged 45, born in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, a ploughman working on a farm not at home, and living with his wife (Agness), two daughters (Lillie and Mary) and mother(-in-law) (Margaret) in two rooms with windows in Edrom Mains, Edrom, Berwickshire.
In the 1921 census as William (Willm on the original) Purves aged 56 years 4 months, born in Ladykirk, Berwick, a cattleman for Francis Elliot farmer, and living with his wife (Agnes), two daughters (Lillie and Mary Jane), mother-in-law (Margaret) and a lodger (John Watson Vere aged 21 years 3 months, born in Canonbie, Dumfries, single, and an engine drive in timber trade working for A. M. Carmichel timber merchant) in four rooms at Middlestots Farm Cottages, Edrom, Berwickshire. His future son-in-law and parents were living next door.
He was the informant at the death of his brother Robert on 16 March 1926 at Whitchester Cottage Hospital, Duns, when he was living at Middlestots, Edrom.
His wife died at Kimmerghame Mains, Edrom on 15 February 1931.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for William Purves in 1931 aged 66 in Coldingham (732/ 25). "Page 9 1931 Deaths in the District of Coldingham in the County of Berwick [...] No. 9 William Purves Ploughman Widower of Agnes Purves on 1931 August Thirtieth Fifteenth 11 hr 20 m A.M. at Brideshead, Reston?, aged 66 yrs parents Peter Purves Ploughman (deceased) and Jane Purves M.S. Miller (deceased) of Arrterrs? Sclerosis Myocardial Degeneration [illegible] informant William McLeod Son-in-law (present) on 1931 August 31 At Coldingham.
Ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Purves.
William 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. His wife was his first cousin.
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