Merry
13-01-13, 09:23
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Has anyone else come across the same individuals working as a shoemaker and a tailor at different times in their life?
The person I'm investigating is John Purvis. I think he was b in Eyemouth, Berwickshire in Scotland in the mid-1770s and moved to London before 1800.
In April 1800 he married Elizabeth Purvis at St Mary Magdelane, Bermondsey.
Five children baptised:
John - bap 1801 London Wall Scotch Church (IGI) Likely burial Jan 1806 aged 4 (?!) at St Botolph Bishopsgate
Elizabeth - bap 1802 London Wall Scotch Church (IGI)
Rebecca - bap 1803 St Helen's Bishopsgate (LMA) - father's occ not given. Bur 1805 in Enfield where her mother's family lived.
Peregrine Hogg - b abt 1806, bap not found but gives birthplace as St Botolph Bishopsgate on censuses.
Rebecca Sophia - bap 1809 St Botolph Bishopsgate - father's occ not given
1806 Apprentice record for John Thornton gives details of his master as John Purvis of Bishopsgate Street in the City of London, shoemaker.
1828 The will of his father-in-law, Thomas Purvis, is proved. John is named, but his occ is not.
1829 burial of John's wife, Elizabeth Purvis, at Enfield. The burial entry says she was the wife of John Purvis, shoemaker of London (and also helpfully gives details of her father and a link to his recent burial record!)
1841 census Skinner Street, St Botolph Bishopsgate, John Purvis aged 60 b Scotland occ tailor
1844 second marriage of son Peregrine Hogg Purvis states father's details as John Purvis, tailor.
1851 census Howard's Road, West Ham, John Purvis widower, 75, retired bootmaker b Berwickshire, Eyemouth.
As well as the occ Q, does anyone have any ideas/shortcuts for finding a bap/parents names for this man?!! I don't think I've found any Eyemouth baptism records until much later in the 1800s.
Has anyone else come across the same individuals working as a shoemaker and a tailor at different times in their life?
The person I'm investigating is John Purvis. I think he was b in Eyemouth, Berwickshire in Scotland in the mid-1770s and moved to London before 1800.
In April 1800 he married Elizabeth Purvis at St Mary Magdelane, Bermondsey.
Five children baptised:
John - bap 1801 London Wall Scotch Church (IGI) Likely burial Jan 1806 aged 4 (?!) at St Botolph Bishopsgate
Elizabeth - bap 1802 London Wall Scotch Church (IGI)
Rebecca - bap 1803 St Helen's Bishopsgate (LMA) - father's occ not given. Bur 1805 in Enfield where her mother's family lived.
Peregrine Hogg - b abt 1806, bap not found but gives birthplace as St Botolph Bishopsgate on censuses.
Rebecca Sophia - bap 1809 St Botolph Bishopsgate - father's occ not given
1806 Apprentice record for John Thornton gives details of his master as John Purvis of Bishopsgate Street in the City of London, shoemaker.
1828 The will of his father-in-law, Thomas Purvis, is proved. John is named, but his occ is not.
1829 burial of John's wife, Elizabeth Purvis, at Enfield. The burial entry says she was the wife of John Purvis, shoemaker of London (and also helpfully gives details of her father and a link to his recent burial record!)
1841 census Skinner Street, St Botolph Bishopsgate, John Purvis aged 60 b Scotland occ tailor
1844 second marriage of son Peregrine Hogg Purvis states father's details as John Purvis, tailor.
1851 census Howard's Road, West Ham, John Purvis widower, 75, retired bootmaker b Berwickshire, Eyemouth.
As well as the occ Q, does anyone have any ideas/shortcuts for finding a bap/parents names for this man?!! I don't think I've found any Eyemouth baptism records until much later in the 1800s.