Gordon Cemetery, Gordon and Allan, Manitoulin Island, #283
PURVIS / JAMES PURVIS / 1870-1946 / CHRISTINE BAILEY PURVI S / 1866-1947 / JAMES R. PURVIS JR. / 1926-1957 / fs FATHE R fs MOTHER fs JAMES R. PURVIS JR.

This Veteran was honoured with a Plaque of Remembrance plac ed on his Tombstone, May 20,2007,
The Manitoulin West Recorder, May 25,2007

James Robert died in a car accident near Gore Bay

Casualty List (handwritten, 1945)
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Purvis, Gore Bay, received words recently , that their son O/S Jim Purvis, R.C.N. had been seriousl y injured at sea.
Later reports indicated that Jim Purvis was taken to a hosp ital in the Bermuda where a brain operation was performed a nd his condition is as good as can be expected.

News Article - 1957
J. Purvis Killed In Car Accident Near Ice Lake
Robert Purvis, 31, Sault Ste. Marie, was instantly killed T uesday night, when the car in which he was riding rolled ov er about three miles east of Ice Lake post office.
Driver of the car, Goldyn Brown, Little Current, sustaine d facial injuries and minor bruises. He was taken to his ho me.
Purvis is survived by his wife, the former Kathleen "Sis" E adie of Little Current, two sons, Ivan John, 3; and Willia m James, 8 months.
Mr. Purvis, formerly of Gore Bay is a son of William Jame s Ivan Purvis, Gore Bay.

Death Ruled Accident (handwritten 57)
An inquest into the death of Robert James Purvis, aged 31 y ears, was held in Gore Bay on Saturday, December 7th. The y oung man was killed in a car accident in Kagawong swamp o n the Gore Bay-Little Current highway on October 15th.
After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in the followi ng verdict, "That he came to his death by accidental means , with no blame attached to anyone."

Gordon Cemetery, Gordon and Allan, Manitoulin Island, #283
PURVIS / JAMES PURVIS / 1870-1946 / CHRISTINE BAILEY PURVI S / 1866-1947 / JAMES R. PURVIS JR. / 1926-1957 / fs FATHE R fs MOTHER fs JAMES R. PURVIS JR.

Memoriam, Manitoulin Expositor, October 17, 1959
Purvis-In loving memory of a beloved husband and father Jam es R. Purvis who was taken away so suddenly October 15, 195 7.
Time may heal the broken hearted
Years may make the wound less sore
But it cannot fill the longing
For the love one gone before
Who shall say the grief is lessened
Though our smiles hide the tears,
Memories keep the wound still open
With the passing of the years.
Always remembered and loved by his wife, sons Ivan and Jimm ie.

• Married:
• Change Date: 16 Mar 2012

1. Ivan Rene PURVIS b: 28 May 1933
2. William James PURVIS b: 13 Feb 1957 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma, Ontario

1. Abbrev: MFT
   Title: MFT