William James
Purvis
Born in Brookend, Arboe, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of James Purvis
and Nancy (Crooks) Purvis
Brother of
Mary Purvis, Anne Jane (Purvis) Campton, David Purvis, Lucy Purvis, Sarah (Purvis) Turkington, John Purvis, Joseph Alexander Purvis, George Purvis, Eliza Purvis and Eliza Purvis
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 73
in Dromore, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2022
This page has been accessed 24 times.
Biography
William James was born in 1855. He is the son of James Purvis and Nancy Crooks.
On 15 October 1889 he married Nancy Jane Crawford of Ballygonny, daughter of Andrew Crawford, farmer. [1]
He had a wife and four children as of his death in 1928.
Sources
- ↑
Marriage Registration:
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages"
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 2517311; SR District/Reg Area: Cookstown
IrishGenealogy.ie Image - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (accessed 26 April 2024)
William Purvis marriage to Nancy Crawford on 15 Oct 1889 in the Cookstown Superintendent Registrar's District.
- "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F513-8HD : 5 February 2020), William James Purvis, 1855.
- Obituary to unpack: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19281020/138/0008
Is William James your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William James:
-
~6.25%
Thomas Turkington
:
AncestryDNA
-
~1.17%
~3.12%
Wendy Gillard :
AncestryDNA
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured Auto Racers: William James is 21 degrees from Jack Brabham, 28 degrees from Rudolf Caracciola, 24 degrees from Louis Chevrolet, 22 degrees from Dale Earnhardt, 39 degrees from Juan Manuel Fangio, 21 degrees from Betty Haig, 29 degrees from Arie Luyendyk, 16 degrees from Bruce McLaren, 22 degrees from Wendell Scott, 21 degrees from Kat Teasdale, 22 degrees from Dick Trickle and 29 degrees from Maurice Trintignant on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
P > Purvis > William James Purvis
Categories: McNabb-412 TODO List, Obituary | Stewartstown, County Tyrone