PURCELL FAMILY HISTORY
John Gervaise Purcell - Born 1844 in Dublin, Ireland; Died 1925 in San Gabriel,
California where he lived 45 years.
John Gervaise’s father: Judge Theobald Andrew Purcell born 1818 and died
1895 in Dublin, Ireland: Married to Anna Jane Morris 1837.
Graduate of Trinity College 1839, King's Inns T 1840. County Court Judge for
Limerick. Published "A summary of the General Principles of Pleading &
Evidence in Criminal Cases in Ireland", 1849.
Children:
- John Gervaise Purcell, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 1867
- Herbert Purcell, M.D. (emmigrated to Australia)
- Thomas Purcell, Surgeon, Royal Navy
- Theobald A. Purcell, Surgeon Major and author of A Suburb of Yedo;
died in Japan 1877
- Marmaduke Purcell, Barrister-at-law, Dublin
- Millicent Purcell
- Florence Purcell, married John McKeague, M.D., 1895
- Geoffrey Purcell, Surgeon Major
- John Gervaise Purcell married Helen A.Pope in 1871 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Children:
- Geoffrey Purcell, born 1872, Kingston, N.Y.
- Norah Purcell, born 1874, New York
- Hugh Purcell, born 1876, Japan
- Lancelot Purcell, born 1878, Japan
- Ruth Purcell, M.D., born 1880, Hartford, Conn.
- Burgo Purcell, born 1886, San Gabriel, CA
- Harold Purcell, born 1889, San Gabriel, CA (father of Harold
Inness Purcell)
John Gervaise Purcell worked as a civil engineer for the Japanese Government
between 1874-1880 helping to build the first railroad.
Does your family descend from one of these "Purcell" lines? If you are
interested in exchanging information, please email to Ruth Purcell, hiprp@waypt.com
