NameJohn Purdy
Birth1846, Little Walsingham
Spouses
Marriage1868, Haslingden RD
Notes for John Purdy
John Purdy was the son of Charles Purdy (1823) and Sarah and was born in Little Walsingham in 1846. In 1861 he was working as a cotton spinner and living in Stacksteads, Newchurch. He married Jane Sunderland in 1868. In 1871 he was working as a mule spinner and living in Kiln Terrace, Newchurch. In 1881 he was living at 3 Smethurst Yard in the Castleton district of Rochdale and working as a cotton spinner. In 1891 he was living in Norwich Street, Rochdale, and working as a cotton spinner, and in 1901, had moved to 48 Norwich Street.
Sources
• 1. 1861 Census. Stacksteads, Newchurch. John Purdy. Son. Age 15. Cotton Spinner. Born Walsingham. • 2. 1871 Census. Kiln Terr., Newchurch, Bacup. John Purdy. Head. Age 24. Mule Spinner. Born Norfolk. • 3. 1881 Census. 3 Smethurst Yd, Castleton, Rochdale. John Purdy. Head. Age 34. Cotton Spinner. Born Norfolk. • 4. 1891 Census. 26 Norwich St., Castleton, Rochdale. John Purdy. Head. Age 44. Cotton Mule Spinner. Born Walsingham. • 5. 1901 Census. 48 Norwich St., Rochdale. John Purdy. Head. Age 54. Cotton Mule Spinner. Born Walsingham. • 6. Marriage Registers. Purdy, John & Sunderland, Jane. Jun. 1868. 8e. 180. Haslingden.