Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Purdy
Birth1846, Little Walsingham
FatherCharles Purdy (1823-1896)
MotherSarah Hodds (1823-)
Spouses
Birth1848, Bacup
Marriage1868, Haslingden RD
ChildrenSarah Lettice (1870-)
 John Thomas (1871-)
 James (1877-)
 Mary A (1880-)
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.
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