Carole & Eileen Thank you very much for the information -- and so quickly! This is definitely my family, so it was great reading it. It already has given me a lot of information. Eileen -- yes, please send me those pages. This was my first posting to the mailing list! Good luck to everyone with their own research! >From: "Eileen Wilson" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Grey Co.] farm lanes of bentinck look-up >Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:54:11 -0400 > >Alexander Purves was born in 1838 at Peebleshire, Scotland, the son of >pioneers George Purves and Mary Turnbull Purves. He and his wife Christiana >settled on Lot 43, Concession 1 SDR in 1863. They had originally come to >Wentworth County. They had a family of nine: Ralph Lehman Purves (b. 1863) >who farmed in Southern Manitoba; John Purves (b. 1865) of Bentinck >Township; >Mary Purves (b. 1866), Mrs. Walker of Walkerton; George Purves (b. 1867) >who >married Eliza Stade and lived in Toronto; Hugh Purves (b. 1869); Alexander >Landers Purves (b. 1871) of Pike Stone River, Maniotba; William Purves (b. >1872) of Berkley; Minnie Maud Purves (died in infancy); and Janet Purves >(b. >1876) > >George Purves II purchased 45 acres of the farm after his brother's death >in >1872 and he sold to William Herd in 1889. Some of the Purves children found >homes among the neighbours. One son, John, lived with Meg and George Herd >on >Lot 40, Concess 2 SDR where he helped neighbours with farm work and >dynamited tree stumps and large stones. John was a deaf-mute who was >sponsored by relatives to get educational training at Brantford. In his >last >days, he lived in a log cabin owned by Matthew Baker on Lot 20, Concession >1 >SDR. > >There is a three-page write-up on the family beginning on Page 295, with >pictures of Mary Turnbull Purves, George Purves I with his daughter, >Euphemia, George Purves II and Emma Booking; and four generations of Purves >(John Purves, Everette Willis, Euphemia Purves William and William George >Willis). I will send this to you separately, and can scan the pictures for >you if you like. It states, partly, > >George Purves was born in 1799 in the town of Peebles, Peebleshire, >Scotland. He married Mary Turnbull who was born in 1895 also at Peebles, >Scotland. They had a family of seven: William, John, Janet, Euphemia, Mary, >George Jr. and Alexander. The family arrived in Canada in 1857, leaving the >oldest son, William and wife, Isabel McGauchie in Scotland. > >Eileen Wilson >Markham, Ontario _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus