Purdy Family
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15336.5726 Robert James
III 9 PURDY, b 17 April 1861 Grenville, Quebec;d 15 Dec 1943
The Gore; m (1)1882 Caron Lora Johnson (div.), 5 children, m (2) _ 1907 his
neice Mary E. "Minnie" Purdy (1886-1959) and had 3 more children.
15336.5727 William
George 9, b 23 April 1864 Grenville, Quebec; d 29 May 1933
'age 72' ( headstone) The Gore, m Matilda Martha (Tilly) Slocum (1871-1948)(wife
is buried with him and headstone says 'M.M., d 19 July 1948 at 77 yrs'. Beside
them is a stone: "Purdy, C. H. (Slocum), d 27 Nov 1925 at 84 yrs'.
15336.572B Alexander 9
PURDY, son of Robert PURDY and Jane 8
(Bigelow), was born 19 May 1873, Grenville, Argenteuil, Que. (church
records). He died 6 Mar 1959 in hospital at Buckingham, Que., and is
buried with his wife at The Gore, Papineau, Que. His wife was Hannah
Eva Walster, dau. of William and Mary Walster. She was born 2 Nov 1877
and died 30 Sep 1924. They had 10 Children. 2 children buried with
them at The Gore. R22489
Children:
15336.572B1 Herbert 10 PURDY, b 02
Dec 1914; d 24 March 1975 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; m Viola Arnold (she born
29 July 1917 Thurso, Quebec; d _____ ;) Daughter: Lois Purdy, b 09 Dec
1944 Thurso, Quebec; living: m Alan Nichol Martin, (he b 03 July 1931 London,
Ontario.)(see below)
Sources:
Lois (Purdy) Martin,
#23, 4001 Old Clayburn Rd.,
Abbotsford, BC V3G 1C5,
dau. of Herbert Purdy, grandaughter of Alexander Purdy,
e-mail 13 Oct 1997: loal@bc.sympatico.ca
Note:
Subject: Greetings from West Virginia!
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:13:34 -0700
From: "Lester Smith" < Relay@citynet.net >
Hello Rod,
I received an e-mail message from Lois (Purdy) Martin, (a cousin of mine
that I only became aware of a little over a year ago) and she
informed me that the Bigelow Family reunion was to be held in Springfield,
Missouri in August. I've been tossing around a trip with my
husband to Branson and this could easily include the reunion. I did
go to the Purdy family reunion last July in Quebec and was
overwhelmed with the number of cousins that I had no idea even existed.
Jane Bigelow (Purdy) was my great grandmother. (I think). I
wanted to double check this, but I quickly packed stuff up for the first
weekend in April (when all six of our children came home because
they missed seeing each other) and I can't find my book.
This is the first time I've logged on to the Bigelow family site and have
just briefly scanned some of the articles available for viewing.
Seems like a lot of research has been done and I'm looking forward to acquainting
myself with the material.
Take care,
Jean (Purdy) Smith
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
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