Charles Augustus Purdy (1849 - 1917)

Born 28 Dec 1849 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Oct 1917 at age 67 in Brookline, MA

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Biography

Charles was born about December 1849, in New York City. He was the son of Augustus Purdy (1820-1864) and Melinda Roe. In 1850, the family is living in New York City.^[1]

On 26 October 1891, Charles married Elizabeth Cleveland (Phillips) Purdy (1870-1939) in Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

In 1910, the family is living in Brookline, Massachusetts. Charles and Elizabeth have been married 19 years, and had three sons, all of whom are still living. Charles is a wholesale woolen merchant.^[3]

Charles, died at age 67, on 25 or 26 October 1917 in Needham, Massachusetts.^[4] He is buried in the Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts,^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCB4-1RF : 23 December 2020), Augustus Pindy in household of Augustus Pindy, New York City, New York County, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Newspapers.com; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brooklyn, New York; 25 Oct 1891, Sun • Page 3 Ancestry Record 62116 #60000573 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80779894/
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KS-4F9 : accessed 4 July 2021), Chas A Purdy, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1089, sheet 29B, family 553, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 608; FHL microfilm 1,374,621.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23RB-Z55 : 22 February 2021), Charles Purdy, 26 Oct 1917; citing Death, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 79, page 447, State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 July 2021), memorial page for Charles Augustus Purdy (1850–25 Oct 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #145510414, citing Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lincoln Purdy (contributor 48230362).