Susannah Purdy was born around 1867 in Little Walsingham and was the daughter of Thomas William Purdy (1834) and Ann Rawston. In 1871 she was living in the High Street, Little Walsingham. In 1881 she was living in the High Street. In early 1891 she was living with her widowed mother in the High Street and working as a dressmaker. She married Charles William Barnes (1867), a carpenter and joiner, in Walsingham in 1891 and was working there as a dressmaker in 1901.

Sources
• 1. 1881 Census. High Street, East Side, Little Walsingham. Susannah Purdy. Daughter. Age 14. Born Little Walsingham. • 2. Marriage Registers. Purdy, Susannah & Barnes, Charles William. Dec. 1891. 4b. 823. Walsingham. • 3. 1901 Census. Little Walsingham. Susannah Barnes. Age 34. Born Little Walsingham. Dressmaker. • 4. 1871 Census. High Street, Little Walsingham. Susannah Purdy. Daughter. Age 4. Scholar. Born Little Walsingham. • 5. 1891 Census. High St, Little Walsingham. Susannah Purdy. Daughter. Age 24. Dressmaker. Born Little Walsingham.