William Purcell

1848 - 1930  (82 years)

• Name	William Purcell
  Birth	1848	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Christening	17 Mar 1850	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [2]
  	Name: William Purcell Baptism date: 17 Mar 1850 Denomination: Anglican Place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Father's name: William Mother's name: Sarah Abode: Ketley Quality, Trade, or Profession: Engineer Register type: Baptism Register date range: 1840-1851 Archive reference: P291/A/2/4 Page: 276
  Gender	Male
  Residence	30 Mar 1851	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Ketley
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Ketley Town
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861  [4]
  	Coal Miner
  Residence	2 Apr 1871	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [5]
  	Address: Ketley Town
  Occupation	2 Apr 1871  [5]
  	Pit Engine Driver
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [6]
  	Address: Mill Bank
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881  [6]
  	Labourer in ironworks
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Harborne, Birmingham, England   [7]
  	Address: 96 Price Street
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891  [7]
  	Chipper/polisher iron
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Smethwick, Staffordshire, England   [8]
  	Address: 40 Tiverton Road
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [8]
  	Engine polisher
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Smethwick, Staffordshire, England   [9]
  	Address: 97 Cheshire Road
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [9]
  	Fitter of steam pumps (Engineering manufacturer)
  Residence	19 Jun 1921	Smethwick, Staffordshire, England   [10]
  	Address: 97 Cheshire Road
  Occupation	19 Jun 1921  [10]
  	Pump fitter (retired)
  Death	1930	Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England   [11]
  Burial	1 Oct 1930	Smethwick, Staffordshire, England   [12]
  	Uplands Cemetery
  Notes	BMD Birth index - name William Pitchford Purcell (Pritchard?)
  Person ID	I349	Gilbert
  Last Modified	22 Aug 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	Mary Ann Morgan,   b. 1851, Arleston, Shropshire, England d. 1920, King's Norton, Worcestershire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1872	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [13, 14]
  	Marriage date: 3 Mar 1872 Marriage place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Denomination: Anglican Groom: William Purcell, of Age, Bachelor, Engineman, Ketley, Father - William Purcell, Engineman Bride: Mary Ann Morgan, 20, Spinster, Ketley, Father - Richard Morgan, Miner Witnesses: Thomas Edwards, Ann Edwards Archive Reference: P291/A/3/14 Page: 223
  		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. Sarah Ann Purcell,   b. 1872, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Julia Purcell,   b. 28 Sep 1873, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. 27 Mar 1949, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years) + 3. Ellen Purcell,   b. 1876, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1936, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 60 years)   4. Ada Purcell,   b. 1878, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. John William Purcell,   b. 1879, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown + 6. George Purcell,   b. 4 May 1881, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1 Mar 1959, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England (Age 77 years)   7. Fred Purcell,   b. 1884, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1932, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England (Age 48 years)   8. Harry Purcell,   b. 16 Oct 1885, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   9. Albert Edwin Purcell,   b. 1887, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. 1901, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 14 years) + 10. Arthur Percy Purcell,   b. 19 Nov 1890, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England d. 1941, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1848 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Christening - 17 Mar 1850 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley - 30 Mar 1851 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley Town - 7 Apr 1861 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Ketley Town - 2 Apr 1871 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Marriage - 3 Mar 1872 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Mill Bank - 3 Apr 1881 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: 96 Price Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Harborne, Birmingham, England Residence - Address: 40 Tiverton Road - 31 Mar 1901 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 97 Cheshire Road - 2 Apr 1911 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 97 Cheshire Road - 19 Jun 1921 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Death - 1930 - Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England Burial - 1 Oct 1930 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, 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, William Pitchford; Mother's Maiden Surname: Pitchford; GRO Reference: 1848 M Quarter in WELLINGTON (SALOP) UNION Volume 18 Page 190 (accessed 11 Aug 2017). [S194] Shropshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Purcell, William; Baptism year: 1857; Father's name: William; Baptism place: Wellington, All Saints (accessed 7 Apr 2019). [S2] 1851 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Pursell, William; Birth year: 1850; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: HO107; Piece: 1997; Folio: 394; Page: 27 (accessed 23 Aug 2018). [S3] 1861 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, William; Birth year: 1850; 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, William; Birth year: 1850; 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, William; Birth year: 1851; Birth town: Ketley; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 2679; Folio: 32; Page: 55 (accessed 16 Jul 2018). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, William; Birth year: 1851; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Kings Norton; Parish: Smethwick; Town: Smethwick; County: Worcestershire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2364; Folio: 85; Page: 12 (accessed 10 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, William; Birth year: 1850; Birth town: Ketley; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Kings Norton; Parish: Smethwick (Staffordshire); County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2821; Folio: 140; Page: 23 (accessed 27 Apr 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, William; Birth year: 1851; Birth place: Wellington Salop; Reg dist: Kings Norton; Parish: Smethwick; County: Worcestershire; Ref: RG14PN17956 RG78PN1094 RD383 SD4 ED14 SN273 (accessed 16 Sep 2017). [S9] 1921 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Purcell, William; Birth year: 1850; Birth place: Wellington, Shropshire, England; Reg dist: Kings Norton; Parish: Smethwick; County: Worcestershire; Ref: RG15 PN13973 RD383 RS5 ED16 SN115 (accessed 23 Sep 2022). [S180] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Deaths) - England and Wales, Purcell, William; Age: 80; GRO Reference: 1930 S Quarter in BIRMINGHAM SOUTH Volume 06D Page 258 (accessed 22 Aug 2023). [S224] Deceased Online (DeceasedOnline.com), Purcell, William; 1930; Country: United Kingdom; Region: West Midlands; County: West Midlands; Cemetery: Uplands Cemetery, Sandwell (accessed 22 Aug 2023). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Purcell, William - Morgan, Mary Ann; 1872; Wellington (Shropshire), Shropshire; M Quarter; Volume: 6A; Page: 1117 (accessed 11 Oct 2018). [S213] Shropshire Marriages (FindMyPast), Purcell, William - Morgan, Mary Ann; 1872; Wellington, All Saints (accessed 5 Aug 2018).