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Hi I am trying to trace any family of the above named for my sister. We no that he returned to Hull after the war (posted to the Isle of Wight for the duration) Whether he had a family after this we do not know. He did have a twin brother George and an elder sister Stella. Anyone out there who may be a relative ? Would love to have contact

Many thanks all who read this
Alana

He appears as Dick Purcell on the 1911 census.......

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
1 Manchester St Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

Househodl Members

Annie Purcell Head Married Female 30 1881 Hull Yorks
Stella Purcell Daughter - Female - 4 1907 Hull Yorks
George Purcell Son - Male 8mnths 1911 Hull Yorks
Dick Purcell Son - Male 8mnths 1911 Hull Yorks
Violet McConnell Servant - Female Domestic Servant 14 1897 Gilberdyke Yorks

Stella and her mother on the 1939 Register........

1939 Register Transcription

Purcell Household (2 People) 3 Devon Street , Kingston-upon-Hull C.B., Yorkshire (East Riding), England

Anna D Purcell 11 Sep 1880 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed
Stella D Brown (Purcell) 15 Apr 1907 Female Card Box Maker Single


Stella Dorothea Purcell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stella Dorothea Purcell
Registration Year: 1907
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Sculcoates
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 168


Stella D Purcell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Stella D Purcell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1940
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Spouse: Cyril A Brown
Volume Number: 9d
Page Number: 440

Stella Dorothea Brown in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Stella Dorothea Brown
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1907
Date of Registration: Mar 1994
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Goole
Inferred County: Lincolnshire, Yorkshire
Register Number: 30D
District and Subdistrict: 5471
Entry Number: 98


Brother George........

George F A Purcell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: George F A Purcell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1937
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Spouse: Ida Aitchison
Volume Number: 9d
Page Number: 513



George Frederick A Purcell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: George Frederick A Purcell
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1910
Date of Registration: Mar 1971
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 2a
Page: 480

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Prickles. :-)

Stella ???

Births Jun 1907 (>99%)
PURCELL Stella Dorothea Sculcoates 9d 168


Perhaps Stella's marriage ???

Marriages Dec 1940 (>99%)
Brown Cyril A Purcell Hull 9d 440
Purcell Stella D Brown Hull 9d 440


No Brown / Purcell children's births - at least not in Yorkshire, but maybe they lived elsewhere.




Stella Dorothea Brown
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Stella Dorothea Brown
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1907
Date of Registration: Mar 1994
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Goole
Inferred County: Lincolnshire, Yorkshire
Register Number: 30D
District and Subdistrict: 5471
Entry Number: 98

Thomas W R Purcell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Thomas W R Purcell
Birth Date: abt 1911
Date of Registration: Sep 1962
Age at Death: 51
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 2a
Page: 126

Just a possibility for a marriage - although if so, it must have been during a leave, if he was posted to IoW for duration of WW2.

Thomas W Purcell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Thomas W Purcell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1941
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Spouse: Rose M Sorrenson
Volume Number: 9d
Page Number: 808

Five Purcell / Sorrenson births (one is Purcell / Sorronson) in Yorkshire 1944-53, including a pair of twins.