Shepherd Simpson Purdon^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1957  (78 years)

• Name	Shepherd Simpson Purdon  [3]
  Birth	9 Nov 1878  [1, 4]
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  Baptism	5 Dec 1880	Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
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  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Name	Shepherd Simpson (Shep) Purdon  [6]
  Occupation	1922	Thorndon, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [7]
  a Farmer
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  Death	29 Jun 1957  [4]
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  Burial	Rokeby Park Church (Methodist), Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa   [8]
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  		Purdon, Shepherd Simpson headstone Caption Note: photo taken by Paul TT at Rokeby Park Media Date: 29 JUN 1957 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I16252	master
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Purdon,   b. 18 Mar 1838, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Jul 1926, Thorndon, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Cockcroft,   b. 18 Nov 1843, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Jun 1914, Thornden farm, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F6361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessica Paton,   b. 1893, England
  Marriage	25 May 1922	Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [9]
  	Witnesses: Wal. C. PURDON, H. BROOKSHAW
  Children	1. Ian Paton Purdon
  Family ID	F6392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2008

  
  

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  Baptism - 5 Dec 1880 - Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - a Farmer - 1922 - Thorndon, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 25 May 1922 - Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Rokeby Park Church (Methodist), Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S402] Bathurst Methodist Parish Records, Christenings 1844 - 1925, (LDS Microfilm # 1560854). [S450] Clayton, Russell, PURDON 1820 GEDCOM. [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVZ-YSTT-K?i=1227&cat=305287 (Reliability: 3). [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S402] Bathurst Methodist Parish Records, Christenings 1844 - 1925, (LDS Microfilm # 1560854), (Entry# 651). [S2948] Neil Zimmerman, Zimmerman gedcom. [S404] Bathurst Methodist Parish Records, Marriages 1854 -1923, (LDS Microfilm #1560854). [S423] Slater, Hugo, Graveyard Visit records by Hugo Slater. [S404] Bathurst Methodist Parish Records, Marriages 1854 -1923, (LDS Microfilm #1560854), (Entry# 115).