Sarah Catharine Purvis

about 27 February 1848–11 November 1932 (Age 84)
Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of Sarah Catharine

When Sarah Catharine Purvis was born about 27 February 1848, in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Purvis, was 29 and her mother, Catherine Clark, was 23. She married George Boyd on 4 February 1880, in Lyn, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lansdowne, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1861 and Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 11 November 1932, in Lyn, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

George Boyd
1854–1931
Sarah Catharine Purvis
1848–1932
Marriage: 4 February 1880
Lillie Ethel Boyd
1880–1964
Hilton Boyd
1883–
Bertha Boyd
1885–
James Hector Boyd
1882–
Florence Edith Boyd
1890–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 February 1880Lyn, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
  • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (5)

    1867 · Ontario Founded
    Age 19
    On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
    1869
    Age 21
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    1871
    Age 23
    British Columbia joins the confederation.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish, English (Midlothian, Northumberland, and Durham; of Norman origin): status name or occupational name from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman French purveis, probably a derivative of purveoir ‘to foresee; to provide (supplies)’ and synonymous with Anglo-Norman French purveiour ‘steward who provides food and supplies to a royal or monastic household’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Pervis
    Purviance
    Purves

    Sources (12)

    • Sarah P... in entry for James Hectar Boyd, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
    • Sarah C Boyd, "Canada Census, 1901"
    • Sarah C Purvis, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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