John Purves^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1877 - Abt 1958  (80 years)

• Name	John Purves
  Birth	4 Apr 1877
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1958
  Person ID	I499	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Purves,   b. Abt 1844, Dalkeith,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Mother	Isabella N. Somerville,   b. Abt 1851, Carnwath (PS) Lanark,Scotland.,
  Family ID	F302714658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Shearer,   b. Abt 1883, Auchterarder,Perthshire,Scotland., d. Abt 1963, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1908	South Africa
  Children	1. Rev Hugh James Nicol Purves,   b. 30 Nov 1910, Portobello,Midlothian,Scotland., d. 1984, Morningside,Edinburgh,Lothian,Scotland., (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE 1881 Scotland Census about John Purves Name: John Purves Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Samuel Purves Mother's name: Isabella N Purves Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Registration number: 685/1 Registration district: St George Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 68 Haymarket Ter ED: 82 Household schedule number: 35 Line: 25 Roll: cssct1881_282 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Purves 37 Isabella N Purves 30 John Purves 3 Helen Somerville 75 Janet Wishart 20 Source Citation: Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 82; Page: 8; Line: 25; Roll: cssct1881_282. 1891 Scotland Census about John Purves Name: John Purves Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Samuel Purves Mother's name: Isabella N Purves Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian Registration number: 685A/2 Registration district: St George Burgh Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 63 Haymarket Terr Occupation: Scholar ED: 37 Household schedule number: 11 Line: 14 Roll: CSSCT1891_335 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Purves 47 Isabella N Purves 40 Helen Somerville 85 John Purves 13 Helen D Purves 9 Beatrice G I Purves 4 James N Purves 1 Ann King 19 Source Citation: Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 37; Page: 3; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1891_335. 1901 Scotland Census about John Purves Name: John Purves Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Samuel Purves Mother's name: Isabella N Purves Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian Registration number: 685/5 Registration district: Newington Civil parish: Edinburgh St Michael County: Midlothian Address: 54 Polwarth Terrace Occupation: M.a Assistant Encyclopedia ED: 160 Household schedule number: 25 Line: 3 Roll: CSSCT1901_392 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Purves 57 Isabella N Purves 50 John Purves 23 Helen D Purves 19 Source Citation: Parish: Edinburgh St Michael; ED: 160; Page: 8; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1901_392. Editor of Letters from the Cape ... Edited by John Purves by Lucie Duff GORDON ( Book ) 2 editions published in 1921 in Undetermined and English and held by 2 libraries worldwide The South African Book of English Verse. Selected and edited with introduction and notes by J. Purves by John PURVES ( Book ) 1 edition published in 1915 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Title«tab»The Union of South Africa, May 31, 1910 Authors«tab»Cape Times (Newspaper), John Edgar, John Dow Fisher Gilchrist, Thomas Robertson Sim, «b»John Purves «/b»Publisher«tab»Cape Times, 1910 Length«tab»32 pages Subjects«tab»Constitutional history, Crests, South Africa John Purves "South African Literature" Cape Times Commemorative Number. Cape Town.(31 May 1910) p 21 Possibly: Selections from the Dialogues of Plato Plato, John Purves - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923 Possibly: McKay's Modern Italian-English and English-Italian Dictionary. D. McKay Company, 1958 John Purves

  
  

• Sources

  [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 37; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_335. (Reliability: 3). [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 37; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_335. (Reliability: 3). [S1064] 1881 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 82; Page: 8; Line: 25; Roll: cssct1881_282. (Reliability: 3). [S303] 1881 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 82; Page: 8; Line: 25; Roll: cssct1881_282. (Reliability: 3).