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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Purves: Birth: 1834/1835 in Midlothian, Scotland.

  2. John Purves: Birth: 16 Nov 1839 in St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 1902 in St. George, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

  3. Elizabeth Purves: Birth: 16 Aug 1842 in St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 1890 in St. George, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

  4. Margaret Purves: Birth: 16 Jul 1844 in St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 24 May 1916 in Denver, Denver Co., CO


Notes
a. Note:   , St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian with his wife Margaret (30 not Midlothian) and children Mary (6 Midlothian) and John (1 Midlothian). In 1851 Adam (32 Eyemouth) was a shoemaker at 76 Plesance, Canongate, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh with his wife Margaret (33 Chirnside) and children John, Elizabeth, and Margaret [note: ages should be 42 and 43]. By 1858 he was a shoemaking foreman. In 1861 Adam (53 Eyemouth) was a widower and shoemaker residing at 18 Sciennes, Newington, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh with his daughter Margaret. In 1871 he was a salesman in a shoe shop living at the same address with his unmarried daughters Elizabeth (saleswoman in a shoe shop) and Margaret (dressmaker). Adam (age 60, shoemaker) sailed from Scotland on the "S. S. Samaria" and arrived in Boston, MA on 31 Aug 1879 (LDS Film #0205875). In 1880 Adam (72 Scotland) was a clerk in his son-in-law's dry-goods store at 37 South Union Street, Pawtucket, Providence Co., RI (page 146) with his daughter Margaret Robbie, son-in-law John Robbie, their son George, and Alander Drummond (clerk in dry-goods store), age 23 from Scotland.
Note:   In 1841 Adam (30 not Midlothian) was a shoemaker residing at No. 18 Charles Street, Bucclluch


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