Married:

18th April 1885 at Easington Village Register Office.

Biography:

John Pringle Purvis at age 21 married Elizabeth Halliday at age 18 at Easington Village Register Office on the 18th April 1885 and their marriage produced nine children.
John was a Coal Miner in 1885 and he lived at 73, Brickgarth Hetton Lyons, County Durham. During his married life he was a Gamekeeper for the Elemore Hall Estate and later worked on sinking the shaft at Wheatley Hill Colliery, County Durham. Elizabeth Halliday was the daughter of George Halliday who was a Brakesman at one of the Seaham Collieries.
John Pringle was the son of John Purvis and Janet Pringle John had four sisters Margaret : Mary Stewart : Janet and Marion and two brothers. Thomas and William Alexander

Childern:

John Pringle : William : Benjamin : Frank : Jane Robson : Charles Thomas : James : Sarah Elizabeth : Janet Pringle