Our Family Genealogy Pages

Home Page  |  What's New  |  Photos  |  Histories  |  Headstones  |  Reports  |  Surnames
Search
First Name:


Last Name:



PURDY Sylvenus A.

Male 1847 - 1914  (~ 66 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PURDY Sylvenus A. was born in May 1847 in PA (son of PURDY Reuben Richard and PURDY Clarinda); died on 2 Feb 1914 in Lackawanna, PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Sylvaneus PURDY
    • Census: 1860; Paupack, Wayne, PA sheet 260
    • Census: 1900; Carbondale, Lakawanna, PA Ed 7 sheet 10
    • Census: 1910; Carbondale, Lakawanna, PA Ed 8 sheet 10

    Notes:

    Information from William Murawski

    Appears in index of wills for Lackawanna. Death date inluded.

    Family/Spouse: WEISS Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of WEISS Reuben and MOYERS Susan) was born on 13 Mar 1848 in PA; died on 20 Jul 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PURDY Reuben Richard was born in 1804 in Palmyra, Paupack Township, Wayne, PA; died on 11 Dec 1878 in Wayne, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Wayne, PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania sheet 285
    • Census: 1870; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania page 13 sheet 237

    Notes:

    cemetery records taken from Wayne Co Genweb site

    Records from William Murawski:

    Biographical sketch of William Purdy from HISTORY OF WAYNE, PIKE, AND MONR
    OE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Continued:
    "Reuben, the eldest son, lived adjoining his father, and as a licentiate f illed the pulpit in his father's absence. He was also for many years a ju stice ofthe peace, and died in 1855, aged eighty-two. His son, Reub en R. Purdy, was at one time a county commissioner in Wayne. Darius G. Pu rdy, another son, is the postmaster, and one of the most prominent residen ts of Purdyville at the present time."

    Reuben married PURDY Clarinda. Clarinda was born in 1833 in Wayne, PA; died on 9 Apr 1874 in Wayne County, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Paupak Township, Wayne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  PURDY Clarinda was born in 1833 in Wayne, PA; died on 9 Apr 1874 in Wayne County, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Paupak Township, Wayne Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania sheet 285
    • Census: 1870; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania page 13 sheet 237

    Notes:

    Records of William Murawski
    cemetery records taken from Wayne Co Genweb site

    Children:
    1. PURDY Delinda J. was born in 1839 in PA; died on 9 Oct 1860 in Paupack Township, Wayne, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Paupak Township, Wayne Co., PA.
    2. 1. PURDY Sylvenus A. was born in May 1847 in PA; died on 2 Feb 1914 in Lackawanna, PA.