Llewellyn John "Lew" Purdy^[1]

1889 - 1976  (86 years)

• Name	Llewellyn John "Lew" Purdy
  Born	23 May 1889	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103215335
  Occupation	1907	Rockton, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-470096
  Died	22 Apr 1976	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Kirkwall Cemetery, Beverly Township, Wentworth Co, Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I470096	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Jean Carruthers Wannop,   b. 26 Oct 1895, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1986, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1918	Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Anna Jean Purdy,   b. 2 Jul 1928, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 2001, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F61797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Iva May Shelly,   b. 20 May 1891, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1914, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1907	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Albert Sylvester Purdy,   b. 29 Aug 1910, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1978  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F292247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PURDY, Llewellyn, John (Lew) - Passed away on Thursday, April 22, 1976, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Cambridge. Lew Purdy of RRI, Dundas in his 87th year. Beloved husband of Jean C. Wannop. Dear father of Velma (Mrs. Vern Stead) London, Anna (Mrs. George Bailey) RR6, Cambridge, Jessie (Mrs. John Woelfe) of India, Albert, Rockton, Max, Waterdown. Also survived by 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Purdy was predeceased by his first wife Ivy M. Shelly, a son Kenneth and two brothers and four sisters and one grand-daughter. Resting at Coutts and Son Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, where the family will receive friends on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held from the Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, April 24 at 2 p.m. Interment Kirkwall Cemetery. The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Friday, April 23, 1976

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020629-07. Llewellyn John Purdy, 20, occ. Farmer, b. Beverly Twp, res. Rockton, son of Thomas Purdy and Matilda Kernighan, married Iva May Shelly, no Age Given, b. Beverly Twp, res. Troy Wentworth Co., daughter of Daniel Shelly and Malinda Jones, Witness(es) James Garfield Purdy of Rockton and Janet Louise Shelly of Troy Wentworth Co., 30 October 1907 in Galt. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192550495.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1889 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1907 - Rockton, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Married - 30 Oct 1907 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Dec 1918 - Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Apr 1976 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth