The PURR family



Generation One

1. James PURR b.abt 1735, m.(1) Mary Eleanor ____, d. Feb 1774, Buxhall, Suffolk, bur. 23 Feb 1774, Buxhall, Suffolk, m.(2) 6 Dec 1774, in Buxhall, Suffolk, Mary BUMPSTEAD of Buxhall (daughter of Robert and Mary BUMPSTEAD), d. Sep 1805, Buxhall, Suffolk, bur. 15 Sep 1805, Buxhall, Suffolk.
   Children by Mary Bumpstead:
   1. Mary PURR b.bef 6 Dec 1775, Buxhall, Suffolk.
   2. James PURR b. bef 26 Jun 1778, Buxhall Suffolk, d. May 1779, Buxhall Suffolk, bur. 20 May 1779, Buxhall, Suffolk.
   3. Ann PURR b. bef 7 July 1780, Buxhall, Suffolk, m. 12 Nov 1798, in Buxhall Suffolk, Francis BRADLEY.
   4. 2. James PURR b. bef 4 Jul 1783.
   5. Susan PURR b. bef 30 Jun 1786, Buxhall Suffolk, m. 15 Aug 1803, in Buxhall, Suffolk, Henry DOUBLE.

Generation Two

2. James PURR b. bef 4 Jul 1783, Buxhall, Suffolk, occupation Ironmonger, m. 18 Nov 1808, in Buxhall, Suffolk, Lydia CAUSTON of Buxhall, Suffolk, d. Nov 1866, Buxhall, Suffolk, bur. 30 Nov 1866, Buxhall, Suffolk.
   Children:
   1. John PURR b. bef 3 Oct 1809, occupation Ironmonger/Councillor, d. 23 Jan 1868, Sudbury, Suffolk, bur. 28 Jan 1868, Buxhall, Suffolk.
   2. 3. James PURR b. bef 10 Jul 1811.
   3. Emily PURR b. bef 11 Dec 1812, m. 18 Jun 1844, in Buxhall, Suffolk, Edward KNEVETT.

Generation Three

3. James PURR b. bef 10 Jul 1811, Buxhall, Suffolk, occupation Ironmonger, m. 31 Oct 1843, in Greenwich, Kent, Elizabeth GRIMMER of Hessett, Suffolk, (daughter of James GRIMMER and Bridget UNDERWOOD), d. 8 May 1896, Sudbury, Suffolk, bur. 12 May 1896, Sudbury Cemetery.
   Children:
   1. Sarah Lydia Elizabeth PURR b. abt 1849, Sudbury, Suffolk, d. 22 May 1897, Sudbury, Suffolk, bur. 25 May 1897, Sudbury Cemetery.
   2. 4. Alfred Spain PURR b. bef 28 Mar 1854.
   3. John James Grimmer PURR b. 1855 in Sudbury, Suffolk. He emigrated to Canada.
   4. Lancelot Robert PURR b. Jun 1858, Sudbury, Suffolk, d. 19 Apr 1888, Sudbury, Suffolk, bur. 24 Apr 1888, Sudbury Cemetery.
   5. Bertram Harton PURR b. bef 31 Mar 1861, Sudbury, Suffolk, occupation Cycle & Motor Engineer, m. 1894, Annie WHEELER of Sudbury, Suffolk Died 17 Sep 1944, Ipswich, Suffolk, bur. 21 Sep 1944, Sudbury Cemetery.
   6. 5. Ernest Eugene PURR b. 19 Sep 1863.

Generation Four

4. Alfred Spain PURR b. bef 28 Mar 1854, Sudbury, Suffolk, occupation Hardware Store Assistant, m. 1878, in Deptford, Selina BRACKSTIN.
   Children:
   1. Alfred John Causton PURR b. 1883, Greenwich, Kent, m. 1911, in Lewisham, Mabel Amy WOOD.
      and possibly
      
   2. Cissie PURR m. William PHILIPS.
   3. Lena PURR.

Ernest Purr's children, Dennis and Vera, outside the shop in Cemetery Road, Ipswich

5. Ernest Eugene PURR b. 19 Sep 1863, Buxhall, Suffolk, occupation Photographer/Grocer, m. 27 Feb 1901, in Sudbury, Suffolk, Lily Elizabeth BRADNAM, b. Glemsford, Suffolk, (daughter of Leonard BRADNAM and Eliza GOODY), d. 23 Oct 1957, Ipswich, Suffolk, bur. 28 Oct 1957, Ipswich Cemetery.
   Children:
   1. Vera Elizabeth PURR b. 31 Dec 1901, Glemsford, Suffolk, occupation Accounts Clerk, m. 7 Dec 1937 in Surrey Charles William TOZER, occupation Banker (divorced late 1940's), d. 5 Feb 1994, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
   2. Dennis Ernest PURR b. 1904, Ipswich, Suffolk, occupation, Foundry Worker, d. 29 Mar 1923, Ipswich, Suffolk.
   3. Lucy Ellen PURR b. 30 Aug 1912, Ipswich, Suffolk, d. 19 Sep 1998.

Other references to the PURR family:

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