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Robert McBryde Purvis
1892 - 1966 (74 years)-
Name Robert McBryde Purvis Born 19 Jun 1892 Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Gender Male Died 3 Oct 1966 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA Siblings 1. Alice Silburn Purvis, b. 29 Mar 1894, Hawaii, USA , d. 20 Nov 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA Patriarch & Matriarch Robert William Theodore Purvis, b. 11 Feb 1856, Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia , d. 25 Aug 1941, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Age 85 years) (Father)
Sarah Vaughan, b. Abt 1801, d. 26 Nov 1841, Trevethan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK (Age 40 years) (Great Grandmother)Person ID I17284 Clark Last Modified 25 Oct 2012
Father Robert William Theodore Purvis, b. 11 Feb 1856, Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia , d. 25 Aug 1941, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Age 85 years) Mother Mary Elizabeth Amelia McBryde, b. Abt 1865, Hawaii, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Thyrza Louise Hunkin, b. 23 Apr 1906, Ohio, USA , d. 3 Nov 2008, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Age 102 years) Married 1930 - Source http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/honolulu/newspapers/robertmp36gnw.txt
UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER December 31, 1948 George S. Waterhouse, president of the Bishop National Bank of Hawaii, Thursday announced the resignation and retirement of Robert McBryde Purvis, 56, as an officer of the bank. Mr. Purvis' withdrawal will become effective Saturday. Born in Lihue, Kauai, he has been employed by the bank for more than 35 years. Starting as an office boy in 1913, after leaving Lehigh university, he progressed through all departments to become an executive officer. Mr. Purvis attended public schools on Kauai and Punahou school before going to the mainland. He was married here in 1930 to the former Thyrza Louise Hunkin. They have two daughters. The banker, who lives at 3920 Noela drive, served with the navy in World War I and during World War II was a member of the Honolulu police reserves. A member of the Commercial club and the Waialae Golf club, he is also a director of the McBryde Sugar Co.
1940 census USA
Tract 25, Honolulu Judicial District, Representative District 4, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States
head Robert M Purvis M 46 Hawaii
wife Thyrza H Purvis F 33 Ohio
daughter Thyrza L Purvis F 7 Hawaii
daughter Roberta E Purvis F 5 Hawaii
servant Itsuo Wataoka M 51 Japan
servant Tamayo Wataoka F 34 Hawaii
Children + 1. Thyrza Louisa Purvis Married: Dean Atherton Eyre (1956)+ 2. Roberta Elizabeth Purvis Married: Thomas Cochran Murray (1957)Last Modified 25 Oct 2012 Family ID F4882 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Source http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/honolulu/newspapers/robertmp36gnw.txt