Born in Dawson Springs, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Arch Aaron Purdy
and Flora K. (Wilkey) Purdy
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
[private husband (1900s - 1980s)]
Mother of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 61
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
This page has been accessed 212 times.
Biography
She graduated from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, USA. She presumably met her husband prior to her graduation from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
She was a Powers model in Chicago. Her photographs appeared in many magazines. Later in life, she was on the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Opera.
She is buried at Guaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA - Section 2, Block H, Lot 1026.
Sources
- Wilkey, Hubert Weldon - The Jonathan Tree (Leitchfield, KY, USA - ca. 1970) - pp68-69 .
- Hunter, Gene - "Flora Wilkey Purdy" FindAGrave Mem.# 102537571 .
- Hunter, Gene - "Arch Aaron Purdy" FindAGrave Mem.# 102537547 .
- "Cecile Mae Purdy Sayer" FindAGrave Mem.# 133789687 .
- 1920 U.S. Census - Bucksnort, Caldwell Co., KY - Roll# T625_562; p9B; ED# 23; Image# 795 .
- 1940 U.S. Census - New York, NY, NY; Roll# T627_2655; p11B; ED# 31-1329 .
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Purdy-302 created through the import of CombinedTreeFmMyHeritage-Private.GED on May 29, 2011 by George Stradtman. See the Changes page for the details of edits.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecile by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecile:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecile by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecile:
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