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Old 07-12-09, 08:49
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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Joseph Thomas Purkis
Date and place of birth
8 June 1857 20 Trafalgar Place, Portsea, Hampshire
Names of parents
James Purkis and Charlotte Jane (nee Hatch)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
26 June 1857 St Mary's, Portsea
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
To Jessie Jane Eliza Bond on 8 June 1886, Parish Church Portsmouth
Occupation(s) - if any

1878 Entered the Royal Navy as an Engineer.
1881 Assistant Engineer
1884 Promoted to Engineer
1892 Promoted to Chief Engineer
1895 Promoted to Staff Engineer
1899 Promoted to Fleet Engineer
1909 Placed on the Retired List

Military service - if any
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
I have him on every census throughout his life.
1861 117 Fratton Road, Portsea
1871 2 Trafalgar Terrace, Fratton Road, Portsea
1881 On the "Wolverene"
1891 Avondale, St Ursula Road, St Jude, Portsea
also entered on the list for "Victoria and Albert" Royal Navy, Portsmouth Harbour then NOT TO BE ABSTRACTED List of Officers, Crew, Royal Marines and All Other Persons NOT on board on the night of Sunday, April 5th 1891
1901 Duke of Wellington, Royal Navy, Portsmouth
1911 19 Thirlmere Road Streatham S.W.

Date, place and cause of death
12 October 1920
Stagsden West Cliff Road Bournemouth
63 years
of Manchester Hostel Bournemouth U.D.
Captain R.N. (Retired)
Cause of death:
1. Abscess of Lung following pneumonia 40 days
2. Haemorrhage into lung 2 hours
Certified by T.B. Scott MRGS
Informant: K.N. Purkis Son R.A.M.C. Mess Millbank London

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Will dated 23rd November 1920
Gross value of estate £870.6.2
Net value of personal estate £748.7.7

Memorial inscription - if any
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Old 07-12-09, 10:17
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Phew - slight panic!

I suddenly wondered whether I should have posted this - I know pretty well most facts re. Joseph Thomas Purkis, and don't really need any help. But then I reassured myself by re-reading Gwynne's advice saying that even if you know about your ancestor you can post so the search engines pick it up.

The one thing I would like to know is where he is buried (or whether he was cremated).
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Old 07-12-09, 10:55
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Hi Elizabeth

Even if you know everything, still post it as it's picked up by Google.

One thing though: you are supposed to start a new thread with your ancestors name as the heading.
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I've moved it for you, Elizabeth
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Old 07-12-09, 11:34
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Thanks, Georgette and Margaret - I'm getting the hang of it now!

I'm hoping one day some descendants of earlier Purkis ancestors will contact me.
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I'm nosy - did Jane come from the Hatch family that supplied all the registrars in Portsmouth?
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I'm nosy - did Jane come from the Hatch family that supplied all the registrars in Portsmouth?
Yes, Phoenix! Well spotted!

William Hatch (born 1 Nov 1804, died 1881) was the Licensed Parish Clerk and Registrar of Births Marriages and Deaths (in Portsea). I'm not sure how large an area he covered.
William was Charlotte Jane's elder brother - she was born 28 April 1812.

When Charlotte and William's father Aaron Hatch died on 16 May 1858, it was his son William Hatch whose name is on the death certificate as Registrar, and it is James Purkis (Charlotte's husband) who is the informant!

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Old 08-12-09, 11:19
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There is another Registrar in this family -

William Hatch had a daughter - Annie Cranley Hatch. Annie married John Harfield Hatch. They had a daughter - Annie Mary Hatch. She married Henry Coury Cleverly - who was Registrar of Marriages on the 1901 census.
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Oooh, that's very spooky! I was just telling OH about when I used to stay overnight with a friend when I was at primary school (her mum used to save the gold top milk for our tea Ugh), and where did they live? West Cliff Road, Bournemouth! I'm afraid Stagsden isn't there any more as it's the site of a black of flats called Tower Court - where mum and dad considered moving to in 1970 lol

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Old 08-12-09, 13:20
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Merry, that's amazing you were just talking about it!

Do you think Stagsden was a nursing home or similar? I have googled and it comes up with a few peoples' wills etc.

http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/cgi-bi...3271_37_1.html

http://www.jacomb.com/w1921_1930.htm

Ah yes, I have found it!

http://www.jfmc.co.uk/history.htm
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