Dorothy Merle Purcell 1902

Dorothy Merle Purcell, 1902–1996 (aged 94 years)

Name

Dorothy Merle Purcell

Name: Dorothy Merle /Purcell/
Given names: Dorothy Merle
Surname: Purcell
Married name: Dorothy Merle /Patrick/

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	June 3, 1902 22 21 Williamson, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson. Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
Birth of a brother	Selman S. Purcell June 27, 1904 Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA Source: Linda Burch e-mail Source: 1910 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 10 Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
Birth of a sister	Charlee Purcell June 2, 1908 Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Source: Linda Burch e-mail Citation details: furnished by Myreta Matthews of Liberty Hill, Texas Source: Texas Births and Christenings, 1840 -1981 Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1578014, Rec 3, page 212
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
Birth of a sister	Mertice Purcell September 18, 1909 Williamson, Texas, USA Source: 1910 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 11 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 68946936. Added 26 Apr 2011 by Carolyn Davis Bonnet. Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
Census	1910 (aged 7 years) Williamson, Texas, USA Address: Justice Precinct 3, Williamson County, Texas, USA Source: 1910 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 10 Quality of data: transcription Note: family# 201 listed as Merton Purcell, Head, White, Male, Age: 30, Married, TX IN TX; Ione, Wife, White, Female, Age: 29, Married, TX MO AR; Merle, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 7, Single, TX TX TX; Schnan, Son, White, Male, Age: 5, Single, TX TX TX; Charlie, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 2, Single, TX TX TX; On page 11 as Mertice Purcell, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 7mo, Single, TX TX TX.
Death of a sister	Mertice Purcell November 14, 1914 Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 68946936. Added 26 Apr 2011 by Carolyn Davis Bonnet. Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
Burial of a sister	Mertice Purcell 1914 Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Cemetery: Andice Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.78060, Longitude: -97.85690. Andice, Williamson County, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 68946936. Added 26 Apr 2011 by Carolyn Davis Bonnet. Note: "Name listed in Williamson County Cemetery Book, Vol.1."
Census	1920 (aged 17 years) Williamson, Texas, USA Address: , Williamson County, Texas, USA Source: 1920 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: Film# 1821857, Digital Folder# 4390329, Image# 00342, Sheet# 10 Quality of data: transcription Note: listed as Mert Purcell, Head, Male, White, Born: 1881, Age: 39, Married, TX TX TX; Ione, Wife, Female, White, Born: 1882, Age: 38, Married, TX MO TX; Merle, Daughter, Female, White, Born: 1903, Age: 17, Single, TX TX TX; Selman, Son, Male, White, Born: 1905, Age: 15, Single, TX TX TX; Charlie, Daughter, Female, White, Born: 1909, Age: 11, Single, TX TX TX.
Death of a mother	Ione Margaret Perry January 12, 1921 Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA Source: Linda Burch e-mail Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Citation details: Film# 2073952, Digital Film# 4169108, Image# 778, Certificate 3201
Burial of a mother	Ione Margaret Perry January 13, 1921 Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Cemetery: Andice Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.78060, Longitude: -97.85690. Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 10196360. Added 31 DEC 2004 by John Christeson. Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Citation details: Film# 2073952, Digital Film# 4169108, Image# 778, Certificate# 3201 Note: tombstone inscription: : Ione M. Wife of; M Purcell; Born Mar. 1, 1881; Died Jan. 12, 1921, Dear wife and mother we loved; thee.
Marriage of a brother	Selman S. Purcell — Hazel Littlefield — View this family about 1924 Texas, USA Source: Linda Burch e-mail Citation details: furnished by Myreta Matthews of Liberty Hill, Texas Source: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1934 Citation details: Certificate# 36342 of son Charles Allan Purcell
Marriage of a parent	Merton Purcell — Lamittye Springer — View this family 1929 Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan Source: 1930 Census Collection for Upton County, Texas, USA Citation details: Sheet 14B, Film# 2342137, Digital Folder# 4547382, Image# 01074.
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
British King	Edward VII from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Marriage of a brother	Selman S. Purcell — Doris Lathium — View this family about 1938 Nebraska, USA Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
British King	George VI from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
British Queen	Elizabeth II from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953
Death of a father	Merton Purcell November 1, 1959 Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 10196371. Added 31 Dec 2004 by John Christeson. Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Citation details: Film# 2115991, Digital Film# 4166182, Image# 2920, Certificate# 64337
Burial of a father	Merton Purcell November 3, 1959 Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Cemetery: Andice Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.78060, Longitude: -97.85690. Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 10196371. Added 31 DEC 2004 by John Christeson. Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Citation details: Film# 2115991, Digital Film# 4166182, Image# 2920, Certificate# 64337. Note: tombstone inscription: Mert Purcell; Feb. 13, 1880; Nov. 1, 1959.
35th President of the United States	John F Kennedy January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States	Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963
37th President of the United States	Richard Nixon January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States	Gerald Ford August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States	Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977
40th President of the United States	Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981
Marriage of a brother	Selman S. Purcell — Helen Lucille Dygert — View this family before June 23, 1983 Nebraska, USA Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
41st President of the United States	George H W Bush January 20, 1989
Death of a brother	Selman S. Purcell September 10, 1990 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
42nd President of the United States	Bill Clinton January 20, 1993
Death	December 24, 1996 (aged 94 years) Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson.
Burial	December 1996 (0 after death) Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.63962, Longitude: -97.66559. Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA. Division N Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson Note: tombstone inscription: D. Merle Purcell; Patrick; June 3, 1902; Dec. 24, 1996.

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: February 13, 1880 — Roundrock, Williamson, Texas, USA Marriage: November 18, 1900 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 3DB47B3B7299AE604A91DD80EAC2378D Marriage: 1929 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Family census: 1930 — Upton, Texas, USA Occupation: 1942 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Occupation: Custodian-School — before November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Death: November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Burial: November 3, 1959 — Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 17602067C065AEBA49FC1695A45C7E43 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ione Margaret Perry Dorothy Merle Purcell Selman S. Purcell Charlee Purcell Mertice Purcell Family with spouse Lamittye Springer Merton Purcell 1880–1959 Birth: February 13, 1880 — Roundrock, Williamson, Texas, USA Death: November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA
mother	Links Birth: March 1, 1881 23 20 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: June 13, 1900 — Williamson, Texas, USA Marriage: November 18, 1900 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: January 12, 1921 — Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA Burial: January 13, 1921 — Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 3DB47B3B7299AE604A91DD80EAC2378D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Merton Purcell Dorothy Merle Purcell Selman S. Purcell Charlee Purcell Mertice Purcell Ione Margaret Perry 1881–1921 Birth: March 1, 1881 23 20 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: January 12, 1921 — Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — November 18, 1900 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA
19 months herself	Links Birth: June 3, 1902 22 21 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: December 24, 1996 — Texas, USA Burial: December 1996 — Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Dorothy Merle Purcell 1902–1996 Birth: June 3, 1902 22 21 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: December 24, 1996 — Texas, USA
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: June 27, 1904 24 23 — Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Marriage: about 1924 — Texas, USA Family census: 1930 — Bell, Texas, USA Marriage: about 1938 — Nebraska, USA Marriage: before June 23, 1983 — Nebraska, USA Occupation: College Professor Death: September 10, 1990 — Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Unique identifier: 1A148ACEA0AFBDBD4885E75E2209D6E0 Number of children: 1 additional male 05-09-2010 Unique identifier: A977975978FF9660433E1D990DB6DEE6 Unique identifier: 6E736F1FE0E99A594BA5A6C9B6A39770 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hazel Littlefield Doris Ione Purcell Charles Allan Purcell Family with spouse Doris Lathium Richard Merton Purcell Family with spouse Helen Lucille Dygert Selman S. Purcell 1904–1990 Birth: June 27, 1904 24 23 — Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA Death: September 10, 1990 — Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: June 2, 1908 28 27 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charlee Purcell 1908– Birth: June 2, 1908 28 27 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Death:
16 months younger sister	Links Birth: September 18, 1909 29 28 — Williamson, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death: November 14, 1914 — Texas, USA Death: Burial: 1914 — Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mertice Purcell 1909–1914 Birth: September 18, 1909 29 28 — Williamson, Texas, USA Death:

Father’s family with Lamittye Springer
father	Links Birth: February 13, 1880 — Roundrock, Williamson, Texas, USA Marriage: November 18, 1900 — Florence, Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Williamson, Texas, USA Family census: 1920 — Williamson, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 3DB47B3B7299AE604A91DD80EAC2378D Marriage: 1929 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Family census: 1930 — Upton, Texas, USA Occupation: 1942 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Occupation: Custodian-School — before November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Death: November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Burial: November 3, 1959 — Andice, Williamson, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 17602067C065AEBA49FC1695A45C7E43 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ione Margaret Perry Dorothy Merle Purcell Selman S. Purcell Charlee Purcell Mertice Purcell Family with spouse Lamittye Springer Merton Purcell 1880–1959 Birth: February 13, 1880 — Roundrock, Williamson, Texas, USA Death: November 1, 1959 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA
stepmother	Links Birth: 1897 — Texas, USA Marriage: 1929 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA Family census: 1930 — Upton, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 17602067C065AEBA49FC1695A45C7E43 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Merton Purcell Lamittye Springer 1897– Birth: 1897 — Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 1929 — Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson. Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatedjan
Census	Source: 1910 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 10 Quality of data: transcription
Census	Source: 1920 Census Collection for Williamson County, Texas, USA Citation details: Film# 1821857, Digital Folder# 4390329, Image# 00342, Sheet# 10 Quality of data: transcription
Death	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson.
Burial	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 8529356. Added 18 Mar 2004 by John Christeson
Note	Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatejan

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Census	family# 201 listed as Merton Purcell, Head, White, Male, Age: 30, Married, TX IN TX; Ione, Wife, White, Female, Age: 29, Married, TX MO AR; Merle, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 7, Single, TX TX TX; Schnan, Son, White, Male, Age: 5, Single, TX TX TX; Charlie, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 2, Single, TX TX TX; On page 11 as Mertice Purcell, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 7mo, Single, TX TX TX.
Census	listed as Mert Purcell, Head, Male, White, Born: 1881, Age: 39, Married, TX TX TX; Ione, Wife, Female, White, Born: 1882, Age: 38, Married, TX MO TX; Merle, Daughter, Female, White, Born: 1903, Age: 17, Single, TX TX TX; Selman, Son, Male, White, Born: 1905, Age: 15, Single, TX TX TX; Charlie, Daughter, Female, White, Born: 1909, Age: 11, Single, TX TX TX.
Burial	tombstone inscription: D. Merle Purcell; Patrick; June 3, 1902; Dec. 24, 1996.
Note	"From Great Aunt Odessa: "Here is an article, Dorothy Merle Purcell has furnished the following information to her son, Thomas M. Patrick." "I never knew my real grandmother Mary Marrs Perry; she died when mama was two years old. My grandfather Sam Perry was one time Editor of the "Florence Vidette", the only Florance newspaper. My mother was old enough at that time to help him with the paper. She was a small 5ft 2in woman with light brown curly hair and blue eyes. She was well read and as children we always had good books and musical instruments in our home. Brother ( Dick purcell) and Mertice were blonds and Charlee and I took after Papa and had dark hair & eyes. Grandpa Perry told me his first wife ( Mama's mother.) died with what at that time they called "slow fever". I assume she had" tuberculosis" or something like that. Their water supply wasnt good in those days; anyway her twin sister who married Grandpa's brother, John Perry, took mama and kept her till Grandpa re-married eight years later. She always loved Aunt Belle and her children dearly. Their home was what she remembered from her childhood until Grandpa married Cora Riddley. She was as much my own Grandmother as she could have been. I could never tell any difference in the way she treated us from her own grandchildren. My mother always called her Mama. I think I really loved her more than I did Grandma Purcell ( Sabra Caroline Smalley). She was a more affectionate woman. Source: Taylor Genealogy on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Citation details: database: updatejan

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Last change

February 20, 2012 – 15:06:28

Author of last change: barbaracorner

Unique identifier

47517D692A16AF8F4B87D23CD46C21A6

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Family with parents
father	Merton Purcell 1880–1959
mother Parents Samuel Frances Perry Mary Marrs	Ione Margaret Perry 1881–1921
herself	Dorothy Merle Purcell 1902–1996
younger brother Family Hazel Littlefield Doris Ione Purcell Charles Allan Purcell Family Doris Lathium Richard Merton Purcell Family Helen Lucille Dygert	Selman S. Purcell 1904–1990
younger sister	Charlee Purcell 1908–
younger sister	Mertice Purcell 1909–1914

Father’s family with Lamittye Springer
father	Merton Purcell 1880–1959
stepmother	Lamittye Springer 1897–

Descendants

Dorothy Merle Purcell(1902–1996)