Joseph Purcell

1857 - 1926  (69 years)

• Name	Joseph Purcell
  Birth	1857	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Christening	11 Jan 1857	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Joseph Purcell Baptism date: 11 Jan 1857 Place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: William Mother's name: Sarah Abode: Ketley Town Quality, Trade, or Profession: Engine man Archive reference: P291/A/2/5 Page: 148
  Gender	Male
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Ketley Town
  Residence	2 Apr 1871	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Ketley Town
  Occupation	2 Apr 1871  [4]
  	Stone Miner
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [5]
  	Address: Ketley
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881  [5]
  	Labourer
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Castleford, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [6]
  	Address: 15 Princess Street, Bowers Allerton
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891  [6]
  	Coal Miner
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [7]
  	Address: Hollinhurst
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [7]
  	Coal Miner C Hewer
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Salford, Lancashire, England   [8]
  	Address: 11 Rowland Street, Trafford Road
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [8]
  	Dock warehouseman (Orange and banana industry)
  Residence	From 1918 to 1919	Hulme, Manchester, England   [9]
  	Address: 39 Sloane Street
  Residence	From 1920 to 1926	Hulme, Manchester, England   [10]
  	Address: 80 Sloane Street
  Residence	19 Jun 1921	Hulme, Manchester, England   [11]
  	Address: 80 Sloane Street
  Occupation	19 Jun 1921  [11]
  	Lift attendant
  Death	31 Dec 1926	Manchester South, Lancashire, England   [12, 13]
  Burial	4 Jan 1927	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [13, 14]
  	Southern Cemetery (Unknown Section 6646)
  		Purcell, Joseph and his wife Sarah Jane (née Dawes) In Loving Memory of Joseph the beloved husband of Sarah Jane Purcell who died December 31st 1926, aged 70 years. "Resting." Also Sarah Jane the beloved wife of the above, who died October 14th 1939, aged 81 years. Plot: L Non Conformist 2448
  Notes	1911 census (FindMyPast) - name transcribed as Pureell
  Person ID	I168	Gilbert
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	William Purcell,   b. 1827, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 11 Jul 1901, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sarah Pritchard,   b. 1820, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 31 Mar 1882, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1849	Dawley, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Dawes,   b. 25 Aug 1858, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. 1939, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1880	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [15, 16]
  	Marriage date: 30 Aug 1880 Marriage place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Denomination: Anglican Groom: Joseph Purcell, 23, Bachelor, Labourer, Ketley, Father - William Purcell, Engineman Bride: Jane Dawes, 21, Spinster, Ketley, Father - Edwin Dawes, Collier Witnesses: George Kettle, Betsy Purcell Archive reference: P291/A/3/16 Page: 93
  		Shropshire, Wellington: All Saints Church (Postcard) Wellington Parish church where members of the PURCELL and PRITCHARD families may have been christened and married. There is a very large cemetery in the grounds of the church which needs to be investigated.
  Children	+ 1. Ada Purcell,   b. 29 Aug 1881, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1940, Pontefract, Yorkshire West Riding, England (Age 58 years) + 2. Annie Elizabeth Purcell,   b. 14 Dec 1882, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown + 3. John Edwin Purcell,   b. 28 Oct 1884, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. 13 Oct 1945, Liverpool South, Lancashire, England (Age 60 years) + 4. Ellen Purcell,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Great Preston, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 1941, Salford, Lancashire, England (Age 51 years)   5. Lilian Purcell,   b. 27 Feb 1891, Great Preston, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 8 Dec 1962, Poole, Dorset, England (Age 71 years)   6. Sarah Purcell,   b. 1894, Great Preston, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Eva Purcell,   b. 28 Dec 1895, Great Preston, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 1964, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 68 years) + 8. Louisa Purcell,   b. 18 Feb 1898, Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 1974, Middleton, Lancashire, England (Age 75 years) + 9. William Purcell,   b. 28 Jan 1900, Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 14 Oct 1967, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1857 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Christening - 11 Jan 1857 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley Town - 7 Apr 1861 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley Town - 2 Apr 1871 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Marriage - 30 Aug 1880 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley - 3 Apr 1881 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: 15 Princess Street, Bowers Allerton - 5 Apr 1891 - Castleford, Yorkshire West Riding, England Residence - Address: Hollinhurst - 31 Mar 1901 - Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire West Riding, England Residence - Address: 11 Rowland Street, Trafford Road - 2 Apr 1911 - Salford, Lancashire, England Residence - Address: 39 Sloane Street - From 1918 to 1919 - Hulme, Manchester, England Residence - Address: 80 Sloane Street - From 1920 to 1926 - Hulme, Manchester, England Residence - Address: 80 Sloane Street - 19 Jun 1921 - Hulme, Manchester, England Death - 31 Dec 1926 - Manchester South, Lancashire, England Burial - 4 Jan 1927 - Manchester, Lancashire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Purcell, Joseph; Mother's Maiden Surname: Pritchard; GRO Reference: 1857 M Quarter in WELLINGTON (SALOP) UNION Volume 06A Page 705 (accessed 20 Aug 2017). [S194] Shropshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Purcell, Joseph; Baptism year: 1857; Father's name: William; Baptism place: Wellington, All Saints (accessed 30 Mar 2019). [S3] 1861 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG09; Piece: 1898; Folio: 109; Page: 33 (accessed 22 Aug 2018). [S4] 1871 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG10; Piece: 2807; Folio: 100; Page: 7 (accessed 9 Aug 2018). [S5] 1881 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth town: Ketley; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 2679; Folio: 121; Page: 5 (accessed 28 Jul 2018). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Parcall, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Tadcaster; Parish: Great and Little Preston; Town: Bowers Allerton; County: Yorkshire (West Riding); Ref: RG12; Piece: 3880; Folio: 152; Page: 43 (accessed 11 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth town: Ketley; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Tadcaster; Parish: Allerton Bywater; County: Yorkshire (West Riding); Ref: RG13; Piece: 4430; Folio: 55; Page: 57 (accessed 9 Jul 2017). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Pureell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth place: Kettey Shropshire; Reg dist: Salford; Parish: Salford; County: Lancashire; Ref: RG14PN24067 RG78PN1384 RD465 SD4 ED24 SN55 (accessed 14 Apr 2018). [S439] Greater Manchester Electoral Registers 1820-1940 (FindMyPast), Purcell, Joseph; 1918; Location: Hulme; Address: Sloane Street (accessed 30 Oct 2023). [S439] Greater Manchester Electoral Registers 1820-1940 (FindMyPast), Purcell, Joseph; 1921; Location: Hulme; Address: Sloane Street (accessed 30 Oct 2023). [S9] 1921 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, Joseph; Birth year: 1857; Birth place: Wellington, Shropshire, England; Reg dist: Chorlton; Parish: South Manchester; County: Lancashire; Ref: RG15 PN19184 RD464 RS7 ED47 SN202 (accessed 16 Aug 2022). [S180] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Deaths) - England and Wales, Purcell, Joseph; Age: 70; GRO Reference: 1927 M Quarter in MANCHESTER SOUTH Volume 08D Page 349 (accessed 20 Aug 2017). [S87] Headstone, Purcell, Joseph; Plot L Non Conformist 2448; Southern Cemetery; 212 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7GL (photographed 30 Apr 2012 by WSG). [S155] Burial Records - Manchester (Manchester City Council) (Manchester.gov.uk), Purcell, Joseph; Cemetery: Southern Cemetery; Burial date: 04/01/1927 (accessed 5 Oct 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Purcell, Joseph - Dawes, Jane; 1880; Wellington (Shropshire), Shropshire; S Quarter; Volume: 6A; Page: 1178 (accessed 12 Oct 2018). [S213] Shropshire Marriages (FindMyPast), Purcell, Joseph - Dawes, Jane; 1880; Wellington, All Saints (accessed 22 Dec 2018).