Lancelot Dryden PURVES [1900-1973] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Lancelot Dryden PURVES [1900-1973]

Names
Given: 
Lancelot Dryden
Family: 
Purves
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1900-01-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kowloon
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
1973-01-24

"BIRTH.

At Crossmyloof, Kowloon, on 10th Jan., the Wife of D.A. Purves, of a Son."

Source: The China Mail, page 2, 11th January 1900

Pre-war rubber planter with Scottish roots (no pun intended!)

 

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US Naturalization Records

Lancelot Dryden Purves Date of Birth 10 January 1900

Certificate US District Court Miami Florida 29 January 1961

US Miami Petitions

Lancelot Dryden Purves of 5880 S.E. 87th Street South Miami. Occupation Pres. (sic) Cool Roof. Born 10 January 1900 in Hong Kong. Citizen of Great Britain.

Married 4 November 1947 in Washington D.C. Wife  Catherin (sic) born Lenox Massachusetts 18 January 1902

Lawful admission for permanent residence Seattle Washington in the name of Lancelot Dryden Purves 17 September 1956

US Newspapers - Marriages

Lancelot Dryden Purves

Occupation Representative

Employer Ministry Of Supply

Occupation 2 Teacher

Marriage 19 November 1947. Spouse Nagle [Catherin Nagle?)

Father David Aitchison Purves

US Death Index

Lancelot Dryden Purves

Race: White

Age at Death 73

Birth 10 January 1900

Death Date 24 January 1973 in Dade, Florida, USA

The Jurors Lists show he worked at his father's company in the mid 1930s, becoming its proprietor:

1934-35:

c   Purves Lancelot Dryden   D. A. Purves & Co.     129 Waterloo Road

1936:

c   Purves Lancelot Dryden Proprietor D. A. Purves & Co.     132 Argyle Street

1937:

c   Purves Lancelot Dryden Proprietor D. A. Purves & Co.   Kowloon Hotel

We're still typing up the lists for 1938 & 1939. He isn't mentioned in the lists for 1940 or 1941.