Individual Notes

Note for: Frederick Purvis, - UNKNOWN Index

Individual Notes

Note for: Harold Purvis, 1 JAN 1912 - UNKNOWN Index

Individual Note:

Harold emigrated to Canada aged 16 years in 1928 and returned to UK in 1931. It was on this voyage home that he met Ellen Sloan Currie who he eventually married.

Resided, Greenisland, Co. Antrim, Ireland.

Individual Notes

Note for: Ellen Sloan Currie, 10 MAR 1906 - 8 JAN 1985 Index

Burial:
     Date:   UNKNOWN
     Place:   New Connor Cemetery, Connor, Co. Antrim.

Individual Note:

Ellen was named after her aunt Ellen Sloan who died aged 16 in 1889.
Ellen emigrated to Canada on 4th April 1930, aged 24 years. She arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 'Albertic'.
She lived in Toronto and kept house for a Mr and Mrs. Mills
She decided that Canada was not for her and returned to Northern Ireland in 1931.
It was while queuing to get on the ship that she met her future husband, Harold Purvis.

Ellen trained as a nurse in Sellyoak Hospital in Birmingham.

Individual Notes

Note for: Judith C.C. Wood, ABT 1798 - 12 JUN 1873 Index

Individual Note:

Full name - Judith Christine Corriston Wood

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Note for: Sir-Benjamin P. Bromhead, 22 OCT 1838 - UNKNOWN Index

Individual Note:

Full name - Sir- Benjamin Parnell Bromhead

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Note for: Gonville Bromhead, 29 AUG 1845 - UNKNOWN Index

Individual Note:

Gonville Bromhead, V.C., - Rourkes Drift, South Africa - Zulu Wars

From Hart's Army Lists =
For the Victorian and Edwardian periods a more useful resource might be Hart's Army List, particularly as it includes short accounts of officers' war services. Lieutenant General Henry Hart started an unofficial Army list in February 1839, in part to fulfil the need for a record of officers' war services which he felt were inadequarely covered in the official Army List. Hart's Army Lists cover the period between 1839 and 1915 and were issued quarterly. Of particular value are the detailed footnotes giving the active service details and compaign awards for each officer although, as much of the information was provided by the subjects themsleves, it should be treated with care. As an example of this is a rather self-glorifying biographical entry for Major Gonville Bromhead (who was played by the actor Michael Caine in the film Zulu) in editions published in the 1880s which reads:
Major Gonville Bromhead served in the Zulu War of 1879 with the 24th Regiment, and took part as second in command in the gallant and successful defence of Rorke's Drift (mentioned in despatches, brevet major, Victoria Cross, medal with Clasp); together with Lieut J.R.M. Chard, Royal Engineers, was awarded the VC for their gallant conduct at the defence of Rorke's Drift on the occasion of the attack by the Zulus on the 22nd and 23rd January 1879. The Lieutenant General commanding the troops reports that, had it not been for the fine example and excellent behavioour of these two officers under the most trying circumstances the defence of Rorke's Drift Post would not have been conducted with that intelligence and tenacity which so essentially characterised it. The Lieutenant General adds that its success must, in a great degree be attributed to the two young officers who exercised the chief command on the occasion in question.

Individual Notes

Note for: Isabell or Elizabeth Pocklington, ABT 1640 - AFT 1669 Index

Christening:
     Date:   4 OCT 1640
     Place:   Cumberworth, Lincs

Individual Notes

Note for: Edward Doughty, - UNKNOWN Index

Individual Note:

Edward Doughty was witness to the Will of his Father-in-Law, Christopher Pocklington.

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Note for: Christopher Pocklington, ABT 1612 - OCT 1669 Index

Individual Note:

Will - still exists and is in the Lincs County Record Office
Descendants in 2009 residing in Canada.

Individual Notes

Note for: Gwilliemus Pocklington, 1605 - 1606 Index

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Note for: Thomas Pocklington, ABT 1579 - 1 NOV 1624 Index

Individual Note:

Occupation - Labourer
Will - Witnessed by Edward Doughtie (who married his granddaughter Isabell or Elizabeth (one and the same person)

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Note for: Jane, - 29 APR 1867 Index

Individual Note:

Jane Pocklington
Estate under Ł30. 9s. 1d.
Proved 2nd May 1883. Admin.
Jane Pocklington, wife of Samuel Thomas Pocklington
Late of Sutterton Fen, Co. Lincs.
Died 29th April 1867 at Sutterton Fen.
Granted, Lincoln, to Joseph Garrett Auckland of Coleby, said Co., Yeoman
one of the Exects of the Will of Sarah Jane Wadesley, Spinster
the sole Executrix of the Will of Samuel Thomas Pocklington.

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Note for: John Nelsey Pocklington, ABT 1852 - 17 APR 1899 Index

Individual Note:

1881 Census
17 Juniper Street, Parish St. Michael's Hulme, Manchester
Joseph N. Pocklington, Head - Married - aged 59 years - Rector of St. Michaels - born, Leverton, Lin.
Joseph N. Pocklington - Nephew - aged 25 years - Manager/Cotton goods warehouse - born, Sherbourne, Dorset.

1891 Census -
(St. Michael)
Moss Side, Hulme, Manchester
Joseph Nelsey Pocklington - Head - aged 39 years

Admin/Probate/Wills Index =
Joseph Nelsey Pocklington
of Cheadle Royal Hosp, Cheadle, Cheshire
Died 17th April 1899
Admin - London 13th September 1902
to Helen Pocklington, Widow
Effects Ł283 0s 0d

Individual Notes

Note for: Richard Gowlland, 15 MAY 1823 - 15 DEC 1863 Index

Burial:
     Date:   19 DEC 1863
     Place:   Abney Pk Cem, East London