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Trying to identify the parents of John William Purchon (born 1857 approx).

Anne

Have you looked for his birth on FreeBMD
What area too please

What do you already know about him. you must have got back to him somehow ?

is this him from the 1891 census?
Name: John W Purchon
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: May Purchon
Gender: Male
Where born: Leeds

Civil parish: Leeds
Ecclesiastical parish: St Albans
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: North Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 50
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John W Purchon 35
May Purchon 35 (could be Mary J from the actual census page)

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 3692; Folio 131; Page 25; GSU roll: 6098802.

if so the marriage cert should name his father, if known

possibly
Name: John William Purchon
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Leeds (1837-1929)
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 759
spouse Mary Jane Gamble

??

1881


HAGGIS, Samuel Head Married M 69 1812 Assistant To Leather Merchant (Currier)
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire VIEW
HAGGIS, Mary Wife Married F 59 1822
Sherburn
Yorkshire VIEW
PURCHON, John W Son In Law Single M 24 1857 Drapers Assistant
Leeds
Yorkshire VIEW

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RG number:
RG11 Piece:
4523 Folio:
150 Page:
16

Registration District:
Leeds Sub District:
North Leeds Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Leeds Municipal Borough:
Address:
10, Armenia Place, Leeds County:
Yorkshire (West riding)

or is it this one
1881 census
Name: John W. Purchon
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Son in Law
Gender: Male
Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address: 10 Armenia Place
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Drapers Assistant

Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: North Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 77
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Haggis 69
Mary Haggis 59
John W. Purchon 24 single


Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 4523; Folio: 150; Page: 16; GSU roll: 1342086.

means mum Mary married Samuel Haggis

There are 5 John William Purchon's living in Yorkshire, but this one's father is named John, deceased woollen merchant of Leeds in 1885. The only woollen merchants in Leeds named John, died in 1851 + 1856.

his wife Mary born in Sherburn as in 1881 census


1851

PURCHON, John Head Married M 31 1820 Army Merchant
Leeds
Yorkshire VIEW
>>>>>PURCHON, Mary Wife Married F 30 1821
Sherburn
Yorkshire VIEW
METCALFE, Mary Servant Unmarried F 17 1834 Servant
Allerton
Yorkshire VIEW

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RG number:
HO107 Piece:
2321 Folio:
946 Page:
6

Registration District:
Leeds Sub District:
West Leeds Enumeration District:
1D Ecclesiastical Parish:
New Little London

Civil Parish:
Municipal Borough:
Leeds Address:
11, Queen Square, Leeds County:
Yorkshire (West riding)

???
Name: Samuel Haggis
Year of Registration: 1880
[1880]
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Leeds (1837-1929)
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 642

Spouse Mary Allen !

??

Sherburn is in Tadcaster district -


Marriages Dec 1848 (>99%)
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Anson William Tadcaster 23 706
Cockerham Robert Tadcaster 23 706
Cook Thomas Tadcaster 23 706
PAVER Margaret Tadcaster 23 706
>>>>>Purchon John Tadcaster 23 706
Sayner Ann Tadcaster 23 706
Shepherd Hannah Tadcaster 23 706
>>>>>Wood Mary Tadcaster 23 706

Marriages Jun 1864

Allen Frederick Leeds 9b 527 >>>>>>>>
Atkinson Samuel Leeds 9b 527
Purchon Mary Leeds 9b 527 >>>>>>>>>
Schofield Eliza Leeds 9b 527

Marriages Jun 1864 (>99%)
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>>>>>Allen Frederick Leeds 9b 527
Atkinson Samuel Leeds 9b 527
>>>>>Purchon Mary Leeds 9b 527
Schofield Eliza Leeds 9b 527



Marriages Sep 1880 (>99%)
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>>>>>ALLEN Mary Leeds 9b 642
Edwards Emily Leeds 9b 642
>>>>>Haggis Samuel Leeds 9b 642
Laurence Edmund Leeds 9b 642


Edit - beat me to it Shirley !

Deaths Dec 1878

Allen Frederick 79 Leeds 9b 350

choccy

lol !

1871


Frederick, Mary and son John W (Purchon) ??


ALLEN, Frederick Head M 71 1800 Yorkshire VIEW
ALLEN, Mary Wife F 52 1819 Yorkshire VIEW - born Sherburn
ALLEN, John W Son M 14 1857 Yorkshire VIEW - born Leeds

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RG number:
RG10 Piece:
4553 Folio:
55 Page:
17

Registration District:
Leeds Sub District:
Leeds, North Enumeration District:
24 Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Leeds Municipal Borough:
Leeds Address:
Barclay Street Sheepscar Grove, Leeds County:
Yorkshire

SO
parents seem to be John Purchon and Mary Wood

looks like John William Purchon's parents were John Purchon and Mary Wood


Edit - you did it again Shirley !!!!


but can you see a birth for John William Purchon ? I can't seem to see one yet ....

unless it was mis-transcribed -

Births Jun 1857 (>99%)
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Pearson John William Leeds 9b 389

John Purchon [23.12.1781 - 4.11.1856] woollen merchant + millionaire of Leeds married Nancy Smith then Ann Unknown
John Purchon [27.2.1820 - 23.8.1851] warehouseman of Leeds married Mary Wood.
So both men dead before John William Purchon [1857 - ?] born.

cant see a birth reg for John William

John Purchon [27.2.1820] army merchant of 11 Queen's Square definitely dead in 1851. I have his death certificate showing age 31 years old at death . So who is father of John William Purchon born 1857.