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FatherMother
Joseph Purchase Jane Chamberlain
(c1826) (1823)
 
Richard Roberts Purchase
Born c12/1855 in Langport, Somerset [freebmd]
Died 31/01/1947 in Bournemouth, Dorset
 
Married
(Polly) Mary Selina Jones (1860 - 1940)
c09/1877 in Birmingham [freebmd]
 
Siblings
William Robert Purchase (c1849)
James Chamberlain Purchase (c1851)
Melicent Jane Purchase (1858)
Hannah Smith Purchase (1861)
Joseph Smith Purchase (1864)
 
Children
Millicent Jane Purchase (c1879)
Richard William Roberts-Purchase (1880 - 1930)
(Lily) Lilian Mary Purchase (1881 - c1903)
(Bertie) Herbert Allen Purchase (1882)
Reginald Roberts Purchase (1886 - c1973)
James Purchase (c1888 - 1889)
(Cis) Edith Annie C. R. Purchase (1889)
Ethel May Purchase (1891 - 1892)
Percival Edgar Purchase (1893 - c1976)
Dorothy Ellen Roberts-Purchase (1894 - c1985)
 
Extra information
According to his daughter Dorothy Ellen Roberts-Purchase's first marriage certificate, he was a Jeweller in 1919.

By the time of her second marriage in 1943, he was retired.

Confidential's family tree document lists another daughter named Audrey who died in infancy.

The same document says:
Between 1905 and 1910 the family changed their name to ROBERTS-PURCHASE. Some kept the name PURCHASE and some used the name ROBERTS. For official purposes ROBERTS-PURCHASE was always used.
 
 
 
 
Direct ancestors
 1 Joseph Purchase (c1826)
  2 William Purchase (c1790)
  2 Hannah Smith
 1 Jane Chamberlain (1823)
  2 James Chamberlain
  2 Jane Gad
 
Direct descendants
 1 Millicent Jane Purchase (c1879)
  2 Richard Jeffrey (c1907)
   3 Confidential
  2 Reginald Jeffrey (c1911)
   3 Hazel Jeffrey
   3 Hilda Jeffrey
   3 Confidential
  2 John Jeffrey (c1916)
   3 Confidential
   3 Jonathan Jeffrey (c1955 - c1960)
 1 Richard William Roberts-Purchase (1880 - 1930)
 1 (Lily) Lilian Mary Purchase (1881 - c1903)
  2 Dorothy Ware (c1899)
  2 Irene Ware (c1900)
  2 Walter Ware (c1901)
 1 (Bertie) Herbert Allen Purchase (1882)
  2 Dede Purchase (c1916 - c1957)
 1 Reginald Roberts Purchase (1886 - c1973)
  2 Mary Selina Purchase (c1916 - c1970)
 1 James Purchase (c1888 - 1889)
 1 (Cis) Edith Annie C. R. Purchase (1889)
  2 Confidential
  2 Confidential
 1 Ethel May Purchase (1891 - 1892)
 1 Percival Edgar Purchase (1893 - c1976)
  2 Confidential
  2 Confidential
  2 Confidential
 1 Dorothy Ellen Roberts-Purchase (1894 - c1985)
  2 Dorothy Joyce Keeling (1921)
  2 Confidential
  2 (Jim) Richard Ernest Keeling (1933 - 1990)
   3 Confidential
   3 Confidential
   3 Confidential
   3 Confidential
   3 Confidential
   3 Confidential

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