See also

Family of _____ Purkiss and Louise Potter

  • Husband:

  • _____ Purkiss ( - )

  • Wife:

  • Louise Potter (1872-1966)

Husband: _____ Purkiss

  • Name:

  • _____ Purkiss

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Wife: Louise Potter

  • Name:

  • Louise Potter1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Potter (1843?-1925)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Ann Mann (1839-1910)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant, tailoress then a housekeeper2,3,4,5

  • Birth:

  • 3 Apr 1872

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England1,2,3,4,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • 65 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Elizabeth, sisters Grace, Mabel, Sally and Violet, and brother Arthur. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • 45 Erlanger Road, Deptford, Kent, England2

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant as Louise Porter living with Ernest and Ada Simmonds and family. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 26)

  • 44 St. Thomas Road, Hackney, London, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant as Louise Purkiss living with Joseph and Betze (sic) Zimbler and family, and another servant. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 40)

  • 38 Driffield Road, Bow, London, England7

  •  

  • a married wife living in two rooms with her husband Philip, daughters Violet and Mabel, and son Shirly. Born in Bury St. Edmunds and married for nine years with three children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 49 yrs 3 mns)

  • 130 Parnell Road, Old Ford, London, England4

  •  

  • married wife working as a tailoress in temporary employ in A<unreadable> Road Poplar and living in three rooms with her husband Philip, daughters Violet, Mable and Grace, son Shirly (sic), and a boarder. Born in Bury St. Edmunds

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 67)

  • Hungate Road, Emneth, Norfolk, England5

  •  

  • a widowed house keeper living with Alfred Chase. Born on 3rd April 1872

  • Death:

  • Q3 1966 (age 94)

  • Havering "Registration District", Greater London, England8

Note on Wife: Louise Potter

Louise is a bit of an enigma, cannot find a marriage to a Purkiss, but the 1901 census says she was unmarried, had they separated? She then lived with Philip Stacey having several children but they did marry until much later. More information needed

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1872 quarter:2 volume:4a page:531. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

2.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:504 folio:77 page:20 schedule:113. Cit. Date: 12 April 2023.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:231 folio:90 page:44 schedule:261. Cit. Date: 20 April 2023.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:1699 registration district:22 sub-district:1 enumeration district:27 schedule:35. Cit. Date: 13 April 2023.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:6565I page:3 line:18 letter code:TRQK. Cit. Date: 19 April 2023.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1842 folio:124 page:35 schedule:1065. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:1670 class:RG78 piece:58 registration district:22 sub-district:1 enumeration district:20 schedule:328. Cit. Date: 12 April 2023.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Havering 1966 quarter:3 volume:5c page:100. Cit. Date: 19 April 2023.