Gibbs Family Tree
Penelope Harvey Starey
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Penelope Harvey Starey Penelope married Armando Christian Papandrea [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Harvey Richard Starey Harvey married Julia Mackay Purvis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Julia Mackay Purvis Children:
Generation: 3
4. Stephen Helps Starey was born in 1896 in Nuwara Eliya, Celyon; died in 1972 in Kingsbridge, Devon. Stephen married Anne Ashworth Drew in 1927 in Kensington, London. Anne was born in 1908 in Chobham, Surrey; died in 1992 in Milton Ernest, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Anne Ashworth Drew was born in 1908 in Chobham, Surrey; died in 1992 in Milton Ernest, Devon. Children:
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Dr. 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 Jean Winifred Ropner in Sep 1929 in Stockton, Durham. Jean (daughter of Leonard Ropner and Georgina MacKay) was born on 3 Mar 1908 in Stockton on Tees, Durham; died on 7 Jul 1978 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Jean Winifred Ropner was born on 3 Mar 1908 in Stockton on Tees, Durham (daughter of Leonard Ropner and Georgina MacKay); died on 7 Jul 1978 in Westminster, London. Children:
- Ian Bremner Purvis was born on 28 Sep 1933; died on 1 Nov 2016; was buried in Jedburgh, Scotland.
- 3. Julia Mackay Purvis
Generation: 4
12. 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]
13. 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:
- 6. Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Kampala, British East Africa; died on 26 Jan 1995 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
- Eric Arthur Purvis was born in 1906 in Uganda; died on 19 Oct 1922 in At sea.
- Eileen Elizabeth Purvis was born on 9 Jun 1910; died in Nov 1995 in Northumberland.
14. Leonard Ropner was born on 20 Apr 1873 in Castle Eden, Durham; died on 4 Aug 1937 in 22 Clarendon Road, Leeds, Yorkshire; was buried in Aug 1937 in Norton, Durham. Leonard married Georgina MacKay. Georgina was born on 27 Jun 1873 in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 23 Sep 1930 in Stockton-On-Tees. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Georgina MacKay was born on 27 Jun 1873 in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 23 Sep 1930 in Stockton-On-Tees. Children:
- 7. Jean Winifred Ropner was born on 3 Mar 1908 in Stockton on Tees, Durham; died on 7 Jul 1978 in Westminster, London.