Eric Leyton Purdy

[grumpy]

Hi,
Looking for the death of E L Purdy, he was born in UK in 1893 and emigrated to Australia in 1948. Was last noted on the electoral roll in 1980

in NSW. I have looked at all the conventional records - Ryerson index, Ancestry, Trove and have not been able to find any record of his death.

Any other areas I could look at please.

[Darksecretz]

David,

am abit confused, you say you are after Eric Leytons death? who is E R Purdy? (or have I misunderstood you?) I find him on the 1911 UK cens, and it states he was born in Sydney NSW? then I find electoral roll in 1918, and a passenger list incoming in 1949, stating that his intended residence place is England and he is a Hotel proprietor. can you help clarify please

[grumpy]

Julie,
Bit of a puzzle wasn't he ? I was looking for his death for a friend and can offer the following.

He was born in Newtown (NSW) in 1893 and moved to UK after completing his education in NSW. After the end of the war he became a Hotelier

in Kensington (UK) and married Acile Wainwright in 1920. Following her death in 1958 he returned to Australia and lived in Bondi NSW. The last

record I have of him he was living at 12/355 New South Head Road (probably Paddington) and was on the electoral roll as late as 1980.

I am led to believe that he had at least one return trip to UK after 1958. Hope this clears up any problems you may have.

[margaretmarch]

David,

am abit confused, you say you are after Eric Leytons death? who is E R Purdy? (or have I misunderstood you?) I find him on the 1911 UK cens, and it states he was born in Sydney NSW? then I find electoral roll in 1918, and a passenger list incoming in 1949, stating that his intended residence place is England and he is a Hotel proprietor. can you help clarify please

It is Eric Leyton Purdy who grumpy is looking for.

Margaret

[Darksecretz]

Julie,
Bit of a puzzle wasn't he ? I was looking for his death for a friend and can offer the following.

He was born in Newtown (NSW) in 1893 and moved to UK after completing his education in NSW. After the end of the war he became a Hotelier

in Kensington (UK) and married Acile Wainwright in 1920. Following her death in 1958 he returned to Australia and lived in Bondi NSW. The last

record I have of him he was living at 12/355 New South Head Road (probably Paddington) and was on the electoral roll as late as 1980.

I am led to believe that he had at least one return trip to UK after 1958. Hope this clears up any problems you may have.

not having much luck David, I can see the 1980 electoral roll for Bondi for him and previous ones too but nothing after.. I think that as this is the last sighting you have of him it might be worthwhile contacting the local library/council/cemetery for possible burial records, I dont know much about searching Aus for info, but this is what I would do if it were me that was looking, maybe local papers would have something for an obit if he was in the hotel trade?? it might narrow things down abit, what about trade directories? do they have those in Aus?

sorry I can't be more helpful.

[Christine in Herts]

Are you confident he was born in the UK?

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/50619573?searchTerm=%22Eric%20Purdy%22&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*|*ignore*|||exactPhrase=Eric+Purdy|||l-word=*ignore*|*ignore*|||fromyyyy=1948|||notWords|||anyWords|||tomm|||toyyyy|||todd|||frommm=01|||fromdd=01|||sortby=dateDesc

There's a reference to E L PURDY, in the paper of 6 Sep 1954...

The 55-year-old Sydney sloop, Heartsease, which is being sailed on a three month Barrier Reef cruise by her skipper-owner, Mr. Eric Purdy, is in Brisbane. Mr. Purdy recently retired from running a chain of London Hotels. Mr. Purdy, Sydney born, celebrated his 61st birth day yesterday shortly after arriving in port. ...

That leads to a birth record in the NSW BMD database in 1893 (Newtown), with parents Walter J & Charlotte A PURDY.

I haven't found a death record, though.

Christine

[margaretmarch]

Julie,
Bit of a puzzle wasn't he ? I was looking for his death for a friend and can offer the following.

He was born in Newtown (NSW) in 1893 and moved to UK after completing his education in NSW. After the end of the war he became a Hotelier

in Kensington (UK) and married Acile Wainwright in 1920. Following her death in 1958 he returned to Australia and lived in Bondi NSW. The last

record I have of him he was living at 12/355 New South Head Road (probably Paddington) and was on the electoral roll as late as 1980.

I am led to believe that he had at least one return trip to UK after 1958. Hope this clears up any problems you may have.

It does seem Eric was born in NSW in 1893 and came to the UK to live until 1958 when he returned to NSW so it seems most likely he is the one referred to in the newspaper article.

Margaret

[Christine in Herts]

Thanks ladies for the efforts. Sorry Christine, senior moment after a phone call led me to saying he was born in UK later corrected in post no 3.

I don't know what you believe but I find it harder to find details that happened less than 50 years ago than information that may be around a

century or two ago. Will act on your suggestions Julie, and see if I can come up with anything.

I think you'll find that's mainly because of privacy requirements. I'd be less than thrilled to think that all my private info could be summoned up at the click of a button by just anyone who was a bit interested.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

Thanks ladies for the efforts. Sorry Christine, senior moment after a phone call led me to saying he was born in UK later corrected in post no 3.

I don't know what you believe but I find it harder to find details that happened less than 50 years ago than information that may be around a

century or two ago. Will act on your suggestions Julie, and see if I can come up with anything.

I think you'll find that's mainly because of privacy requirements. I'd be less than thrilled to think that all my private info could be summoned up at the click of a button by just anyone who was a bit interested.

Christine

[grumpy]

Thanks ladies for the efforts. Sorry Christine, senior moment after a phone call led me to saying he was born in UK later corrected in post no 3.

I don't know what you believe but I find it harder to find details that happened less than 50 years ago than information that may be around a

century or two ago. Will act on your suggestions Julie, and see if I can come up with anything.

[Mary from Italy]

I've had a look at the main cemeteries in the Sydney area, but I can't see a burial.