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Name: PURVIS, John Bremner (Rev.)
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1871 Dundee
Death Date: 19 Jan 1951 Newcastle upon Tyne
First Date: 1895
Profession: CMS Missionary - arrived to go to Uganda in July 1895.
Area: Masaba in 1905
Married: In Darlington 1901 Elizabeth Annie Willis b. 27 Oct 1875 Darlington, d. 1947 Durham
Children: Victor Bremner (13.8.1904 Uganda-1995); Eric Arthur (16.9.1905 Mengo-1922); Eileen Elizabeth (9 June 1910-1995)
Author: 'Through Uganda to Mount Elgon' 1909
Book Reference: Tucker, EAHB 1905, Hall, North, Drumkey, UJ, BEA, EAHB 1906, CMS, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - at Msaba, Kavirondo
Hall - Photo of missionaries at Mombasa 1895
North - arr. Kampala 4/10/1895; Gayaza; dep. Zanzibar on leave 27/2/1899 resigned 6/6/1899; Ordained 1902; Re-offer accepted 17/3/1903; dep. London for EA with wife 28/7/1903; Masaka
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - The first house of unburnt brick on Namirembe was a store built by Purvis in 1897, still existent in 1934
CMS 1895 - Age 24. Of Sunnybrow, Durham. 1892 Prep Instn; 1894 CM Coll.; 1895 April Accepted as Missionary CMS; May 18 Depart for Uganda Mission - Gayaza; 1899 Feb 27 to England; June 6 resignation accepted; 1901 June 2 Deacon and 1902 Priest by Bp. Durham; 1901-3 Curate of Stanley, Co. Durham; 1903 Mar 17 re-offer Accepted; July 28 to Masaka - Nabumale
Tucker - at Gayaza in Aut. 1896. It was under his auspices that the Industrial Mission on the hill of Bulange was founded and which, in 1899 passed into the hands of Mr K. Borup.