William Frederick Purcell, Dr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1894, Frederich Wilhelm University, Berlin; 1894 Doctoral thesis in zoology - obtained his doctorate on Arachnida 1895 completed degree of D.Phil
• Residence: 1885-1896, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; Lived in Tulana, charming Victorian mansion in Upper Wynberg
• Occupation: 1896-1905, South Africa; Zoologist and assistant director of the SA Museum, specialized on arachnids, retired 1905 and spent the rest of his life collecting arachnids and other insects, and making a collection of flora of the area around his farm
• Occupation: 1913-1919; Led Restoration of the Koopmans-de Wet house
• Occupation: 1902-1919, Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa; Managed Bergvliet estate belonging to his mother Mrs S.W. Purcell & her sister Mrs A M Jeffcoat until his death, then Rev W Jeffcoat assumed stewartship

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Died:
died at his home Bergvliet, in Constantia

William married Anna Cambier Faure on 24 Mar 1897 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Jan Gysbertus Reynier Cambier Faure and Johanna Catharina Paulina Deneys) was born on 3 Oct 1870 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Aug 1943 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 30 Aug 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frederick Walter Faure Purcell was born on 8 Jan 1899 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Aug 1968.
2. Olive Margaretha Deneys Purcell was born on 29 Jun 1907 in Kensington, London; died in Jan 1994 in Stockport, Cheshire, Lancashire.
3. William Frederick Hertzog Purcell was born on 19 Feb 1911 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Walter married Sophia Wilhelmina Jonasina Hertzog. Sophia was born on 21 Jun 1839 in South Africa; died on 5 Dec 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]