Researching my Family Purcell, Alexander came out from Jamaica born 1824

[pepewinsome]

Hi Pepewinsome and welcome to rootsChat

Do you know where in NSW your Purcell family lived?
Back in the 1940s/50s there were Purcells at Lake Cargelligo, that I know of.
Plus there may have been some of that name at Hill End, though if he was a mariner then I guess that cuts them out?

Dawn M

Hi Dawn, no Im pretty sure thats not them, how ever they maybe distant rellies...

[wivenhoe]

You need to see this death certificate. It will ask for years in the colony. This will increase your chances of locating the family in NSW. Your Elizabeth / Sarah might not have been born to a SPRING father.

BDM VIC death
1888 / 7250 PURCELL   Elizabeth   parents SPRING / Catherine (Hayes)   

[Jamjar]

Have you considered that either wives may have been a SPRING by previous marriage?

Jamjar

[josey]

Just giving a link to the other thread
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=778538.msg6324964

[Jamjar]

Could you list all of Alexander's children and years of birth, please?

Jamjar

[maddys52]

Also Alexander I think has lied about his age, 1824 it states in the Jamaican records, how reliable are they?

The baptism register clearly says Alexander was born 30 Dec 1824 and baptised 21 August 1825 at Kingston.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-8FVL-D?i=223&cc=1827268

(That is of course assuming this is the correct Alexander  )

Also a brother Frederick Murray PURCELL b 4 August 1830.

There are also merchant navy records for Alexander (which I don't have access to) which also have his year of birth as 1824/25. I wonder why he made himself younger in Australia?

[Jamjar]

Births:

1862 8054 Alexander John mother Sarah Ada (Spring) (as per JM)

1863 7762 John mother Sarah Ada (Spring) death 1863 4117

1865 2249 Adeline Lavinia mother Elizabeth (Spring)

1869 22263 Amanda mother Elizabeth (Spring) death 1871 3784

1869 2247 Elizabeth Mary mother Elizabeth (Spring)

Who is Elizabeth's fourth child? Alice Emma? I can't find her birth?

Jamjar

Added: Are these NSW births theirs?

2537/1876  PURCELL Eva Alexandra ALEXANDER and ELIZABETH SYDNEY
1567/1879  PURCELL Ada May ALEXANDER and ELIZABETH SYDNEY

[maddys52]

It appears Alexander was also a publican in St Kilda for a time. Insolvency details (1863) here:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154966543

This is very interesting, thankyou..this is him..he had lost a baby that year and this is when I heard his wife sarah had also may have passed, yet no record of that as yet. Funny to find out he was a publican as his oldest son Alexander my great grandfather was also a publican in Perth western Australia, at The Odd Fellows hotel, now know as the Norfolk Hotel in Fremantle, perhaps he new the business from a child.

Some more information: it was the Inkermann Hotel. Alexander's licence was cancelled in Feb 1863 for "abandoning his licensed house".
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6483197
(on the 2nd page, 2nd column near the middle)

[Jamjar]

Was Alexander Jnr still alive in 1917?

In Adeline's death notice it mentions her two sisters, no brother:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155180481

Alice Emma death notice: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203748351

Jamjar

I see Alex junior died 1911: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26299862