Clare Past Forum

Good day all.

Now some 11 years plus on my task to write a book on Dr. John Purcell i have once again taken up the cudgel.

I have all the information i need from his time coming to Silsden to present but something sticks in my mind about a previous Purcell fighting in the 1600s, maybe the Battle ...

Hi Jim

Thanks for the post script but one mistake i made was Johns father was not Jack but now confirmed as Matthew 1820 - 1891.

Matthew was the son of Jack 1759 - 1841 and Mary Redden and had a brother and 3 sisters.

He married Anne Malony, 1848 - 1865 who bore him John and 3 bothers and 3 ...

I feel all the forum who have greatly helped me in my search deserve an update and big thanks from me.

I have all the information, and more, on the life and times of Doctor John Purcell, you could say from conception to completion.

All my research is now with my co writer in Australia and we ...

Polycarp wrote:Hi Barry,
See "The Saturday Record" (Ennis), 30 July 1927.
There is a piece headlined 'Great sportsman passes away. Dr. John Purcell dies in England'.

Thanks for that, how would i be able to obtain a copy of that do you think?

Are you aware that John Purcell is listed in the 1881 Census? At that time he was a boarder in the home of William Glover and his wife Elizabeth. His place of work is given as St John's Street, Silsden. His age was 25 and year if birth was 1856.
I checked the local cemetery in Feakle, Co. Clare ...

[quote="pwaldron"].
As I said before, if you scan or photograph the doctor's marriage certificate,

As requested Paddy a copy of the marriage certificate.
Two things strike me from the certicicate, one, his birth year which would now be around 1861 and not the 1865 i had in my mind, still no ...

Many thanks for all that Linda, i do hope it opens a can of worms and the relationship with Major General Jack Purcell can be proven, it would then make the John i am researching a second or third cousin possibly twice removed, but hey, related all the same. :lol:
Catherine Purcell was the sister ...

John and Mary Ellen were the parents of John Purcell, the only problem was it was the wrong John Purcell.

Mary put me straight regarding the correct one, and i have also located the Dr. John Purcell i was looking for, great nephew.

I have sent off about 3 weeks ago for Johns marriage cert but it ...

The marriage certificate is now 3 weeks overdue and i will let you see a copy for sure.

One thing is for sure, John Bland was the sister of Dr. Johns wife, Alice Bland, who was born in Skipton in 1864.

Mary has put me straight on his parentage, my only gap is his DoB, which i had as 1865 ...

Hello Mary, we now know the names of Johns parents were Matthew and Anne and Matthews parents were Jack and Mary (Redden).

Any other family details from your granddads family, dates etc.

Barry

Through an amazing coincidence I just happened to find your post yesterday and immediately felt that I must contribute as I realized that I was in a position to clear up some misconceptions and provide some answers. To begin John Purcell son of Edward and Ellen Moloney is the incorrect John Purcell ...

I did not realise i had gone over a page so just seen all these posts.

Over a decade ago i did my family tree and as it was so personal found it very emotional finding out about people i never new.
I was shocked by the poverty and upset by how the first world war did not understand a person being ...

[quote="Jim McNamara"]Hi Barry,
Since yours was born in 1856, this is unlikely him except in the off chance a transcriber error changed 1866 to 1856. In any event here is a John PURCELL baptism record in Feakle in 1866. Maybe a relation. 15 SEP 1866 John Son Ned Purcell & Ellen Molony

Hi Jim
The ...

Hi - have a look at Familysearch.org - and put in 'PURCELL - IRELAND - BIRTHS - FEAKLE and the years 1864 to 1870 - this will show details which might help.
Thanks for the link Miriam, through that link i found John and Michael`s parents were called Jack 1759 - 1841 and Mary (Redden) but could not ...

I have managed to contact Johns great nephew, his brother Williams son Mattie, he remembers only one thing, they called the house his granddad and great uncle were born in as Red Roof, he thought it was pronounced "Borua"