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  1. 1.  Xenobe Eva Wendela Purvis

    Xenobe married William Richards [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Clement Christopher Richards

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis

    Christopher married Phillida A Seaward, MBE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Phillida A Seaward, MBE
    Children:
    1. Kerensa Toura Isabel Purvis
    2. 1. Xenobe Eva Wendela Purvis
    3. Lucian Annesley Bremner Purvis
    4. Eila Blanche Honor Purvis


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Dr. Victor Bremner PurvisDr. Victor Bremner Purvis was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Kampala, British East Africa (son of John Bremner Purvis and Elizabeth Annie Willis); died on 26 Jan 1995 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Arrival: 16 Jun 1930, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham
    • Residence: 1939, St Marylebone, London; 152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts.
    • Residence: 1947, The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire; Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham.

    Notes:

    Son of the Rev. John Bremner Purvis, Rural Dean of Bridlington, Northumberland. Educated at Grammar School, Stockton-on-Tees, BM., BS (Durham 1927), DO (Oxon) 1930, DOMS (London) 1930.

    1921 Head of School, Stockton-on-Tees Grammar School. At Durham University Anatomy & Histology Prizeman 1923 & 24; Demonstrator in Anatomy 1924; President, College of Medicine Medical Soc. 1926; Clinical Assistant Ryhope Asylum 1926; M.B., B.S., 1927. Ship's Surgeon, Blue Funnel Line 1927; General Practice, Middleton St. George, 1928; Clinical Assistant, Oxford Eye Hosp. 1930. Diploma in Ophthalmology, Oxford 1932; First Assistant Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1933; D.O.M.S. (London Univ.) 1933; Clinical Assistant Middlesex Hosp. 1934. E.M.S. Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1939; Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1942; Lecturer Optics Anatomy & Physiology, Moorfields, 1942; Lecturer Optics University Oxford, 1946. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, 1946; Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Caledonian Schools, 1946; Consultant Surgeon, Oxford Eye Hosp. & Clinical Lecturer Oxford University 1947; Consultant Surgeon Oxford Regional Hospital Board 1947.

    Hon. Secretary Ophthalmic Section, Royal Society Medicine 1944; Member of Council Ophthalmological Society of the U.K. 1945; Member of Council & Appointments Committee, National Ophthalmic Treatment Board 1949-72; (Chairman, 1966-72). Member Ophthalmic Group Committee B.M.A. 1949-72. Inventor Streak Retinoscope 1943; produced first cinema film of Retinoscopy 1944. Contributor to the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society U.K 1947-66.

    Two children by his first marriage: Ian Bremner Purvis born 28 September 1933, and Julia Mackay Purvis born 13 January 1937.

    Interests: Oil painting.

    Victor married Joanna Isabel Gibbs on 1 Oct 1945 in Chelsea, London. Joanna (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Joanna Isabel GibbsJoanna Isabel Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland); died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Arrival: 18 Sep 1933, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Aldenham Vicarage, Watford, Herts - Residence Southern Rhodesia: Occupation: Painter. Also Thomas Reginald Gibbs - brother - Occupation: Missionary - 4 years older - previous residence Northern Rhodesia.

    Notes:

    Younger twin of Bridget. Baptised at Clifton Hampden 22 September 1907. Educated at St. Helen's School, Abingdon, 1918-25.

    Art Student at Lucy Kemp Welsh Art School, Bushey, Herts. Heatherley's Art School, London; and Chelsea Polytechnic. Worked in the Admiralty O.D.5. Division 1941-45.

    Interests: Painting.

    Died 14 November 1995.

    Children:
    1. Lucia Elizabeth Purvis
    2. 2. Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis

  3. 6.  Brian Annesley Seaward was born on 15 Jul 1921 in Sussex; died on 24 Sep 1972; was buried in Saint Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Rusper, Sussex.

    Brian married Winifred Eve Trevaskis. Winifred was born on 14 Apr 1922 in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India; died on 3 Jul 2002 in Rusper, Sussex; was buried in Saint Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Rusper, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Winifred Eve Trevaskis was born on 14 Apr 1922 in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India; died on 3 Jul 2002 in Rusper, Sussex; was buried in Saint Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Rusper, Sussex.
    Children:
    1. 3. Phillida A Seaward, MBE


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Bremner Purvis was born on 23 Mar 1871 in Millbank Street Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland (son of James Lamb Purvis and Ann Alexander); died on 19 Jan 1951 in 418 Westgate Road (hospital), Newcastle upon Tyne.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    John married Elizabeth Annie Willis in Jul 1901 in Darlington, Durham. Elizabeth (daughter of George Willis and Jane Thompson) was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham; died on 28 May 1947 in Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Annie Willis was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham (daughter of George Willis and Jane Thompson); died on 28 May 1947 in Durham.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 4. Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Kampala, British East Africa; died on 26 Jan 1995 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Eric Arthur Purvis was born in 1906 in Uganda; died on 19 Oct 1922 in At sea.
    3. Eileen Elizabeth Purvis was born on 9 Jun 1910; died in Nov 1995 in Northumberland.

  3. 10.  Canon Reginald GibbsCanon Reginald Gibbs was born on 29 Jun 1867 in The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright); died on 27 Oct 1940 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Canon of St. Albans
    • Baptism: 4 Aug 1867, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1881, Christchurch, Hampshire
    • Residence: 19 Oct 1886, Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1901, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1939, Aldenham Vicarage, Hertfordshire; 1939 Census of England & Wales, Clerk of Holy Orders

    Notes:

    3rd son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs. Baptised at the Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, 4 August 1867. Educated at Lancing 1881-6; matric. oxford (Keble College) 19 October 1886; 3rd class Theology 1890 MA 1894. Student at Cuddesdon (Oxon), Theological College 1891-2.

    Ordained Deacon at Exeter, 1892, Priest 1893. Curate of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, 1892-4; Curate of Clyst St. George under his father 1894-7. Vicar of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1898-1923 (presented by Henry Lord Aldenham). His (overlarge) parsonage of 1832-46 (meanwhile called The Cottage) being re-exchanged with it. Vicar of Aldenham 1923-40 (presented by Alban, Lord Aldenham). Canon of St. Albans.

    Reginald married Lucia McCausland on 4 Jan 1899 in Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Lucia (daughter of Capt. Conolly Thomas McCausland and Laura St John) was born on 18 Oct 1869 in Drenagh, Newtown Limavady, Derry, Ireland; died on 10 Jan 1940 in Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lucia McCauslandLucia McCausland was born on 18 Oct 1869 in Drenagh, Newtown Limavady, Derry, Ireland (daughter of Capt. Conolly Thomas McCausland and Laura St John); died on 10 Jan 1940 in Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: Drumachose,Derry Co.,Ireland
    • Residence: 1901, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Culham, Oxfordshire

    Notes:

    Lucia (Reginald's 2nd cousin), 2nd daughter of Connolly Thomas McCausland (d.1902) of Drenagh, Co. Derry (for whom see Burke's 'Landed Gentry of Ireland'), by Hon. Laura, 2nd daughter of St. Andrew Beauchamp St. John, 14th Baron St. John of Bleisho (died 1874). (Her grandmother Marianne McCausland (born Tyndall) and her husband's grandmother, Caroline Bright, were sisters. Baptised at Drumachose, Limavady, Co. Derry. Buried at Aldenham Parish Church.

    Buried:
    Parish Church

    Children:
    1. Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Jul 1962 in Chester, Cheshire.
    2. Rev Thomas Reginald Gibbs was born on 3 Nov 1902 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 20 May 1987 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    3. Lieut. Colonel Denis Lucius Alban Gibbs, DSO* was born on 15 Oct 1905 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Apr 1984 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
    4. Bridget Julia Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 22 Jun 1935 in Valles, Rio de Pusterico, Italy; was buried in Valles, Rio de Pusterico, Italy.
    5. 5. Joanna Isabel Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire.


 

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