Family tree of William Herbert PURVIS

Industrialist, Businessman

English Born William Herbert PURVIS

English plant collector

Born on November 27, 1858 in Sussex, England , United Kingdom

Died on December 31, 1950 in Hawaii , United States

Born on november 27 33

Deceased on december 31 74

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Purvis

John

1735 -

Thompson

Elizabeth

1740 -

Campbell

James

1761 - 1799

Thomson

Isobel

1760 -

Purvis

Alexander

- 1844

Campbell

Isabella

1787 -

Berry

William

1798 -

Henderson

Isabella

1802 -

Purvis

John

1820 - 1909

Berry

Isabella Wilhelmina

1827 - 1905

Purvis

William Herbert

1858 - 1950

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William Herbert Purvis (also known as Herbert Purvis) was born in Sussex, England. He and his father John Purvis (1820–1909) came to Hawaii in 1878. A distant cousin, Edith Mary Winifred Purvis, also came to Hawaii and married into the Holdsworth family; their daughter married into the Greenwell family (early Kona coffee merchants) and had daughter Amy B. H. Greenwell (1920–1974). Edith's brothers were Robert William Theodore, a businessman on Kauai, and Edward William Purvis who served as King Kalakaua's vice chamberlain.