Family tree of Edward William PURVIS

French Colonial Wars

English Born Edward William PURVIS

British army officer and settler of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Born on Saturday, July 4, 1857 in Padang, West Sumatra , Indonesia

Died on August 16, 1888 in Colorado Springs, Colorado , United States

Born on July 04 42

Deceased on August 16 40

Born on Indonesia 6

French Colonial Wars 42

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Purvis

Robert

Cairns

Betty

1768 -

Intveld

Teunis

1768 - 1846

Karels

Anna Francina

1776 - 1833

Purvis

William

1796 - 1854

Intveld

Cornelia Louisa

1808 - 1857

Purvis

Robert Raaff

1823 - 1891

Marshall

Annie Silburn

1837 - 1888

Purvis

Edward William

1857 - 1888

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Purvis was born on July 4, 1857, into a family of Scottish descent. His parents were Robert Raaf Purvis and Annie Silburn Marshall. His paternal grandfather, William Purvis, who worked as a trader and ship captain, had settled in the Dutch East Indies in the 1810s while it was still part of the British Empire. The family lived in many places including Dutch East Indies, Brussels, and London. Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Edward William Purvis served as a sub-lieutenant of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot in Bengal, where he learned Hindi, and later as a sub-lieutenant for the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in Chatham, Kent.

© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0 ... Purvis was born on July 4, 1857, into a family of Scottish descent. His parents were Robert Raaf Purvis and Annie Silburn Marshall. His paternal grandfather, William Purvis, who worked as a trader and ship captain, had settled in the Dutch East Indies in the 1810s while it was still part of the British Empire. The family lived in many places including Dutch East Indies, Brussels, and London. Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Edward William Purvis served as a sub-lieutenant of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot in Bengal, where he learned Hindi, and later as a sub-lieutenant for the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in Chatham, Kent.