Nellie Purdie

  General Notes:

was the adopted bit always in there? You are reminding me however th at my Anna Maria brought up a heap of PURDIEs, not all her own, but I thou ght they were her nieces/nephews

Nellie’s birth came from the NP Courthouse records, so unlikely to be adop ted. ..
xiv. ANDREW OLD, b. 20 January 1890, Waitara, NZ; d. 05 March 1975, New Pl ymouth, NZ; m. NELLIE
PURDIE, 1924; b. 15 June 1882, New Plymouth, NZ; d. 10 July 1961, Mahoenu i, NZ.
Notes for ANDREW OLD:
Andrew and his brother used to take the mail between Aria and the Awaki no Tunnel on horse back.
Farmed at Mahoenui.
No children of there own, but took in Vera (Topsy) Old after her mother di ed. Youngest child of John
Old and Ada Roberts.
Have found an Andrew Old, died 21 Feb 1975 in New Plymouth,
buried 24 Feb, 1975 at the Te Kuiti Cemetery New/berm Plot 108
More About ANDREW OLD:
Birth Record: 1890, RGO 238
Burial: 1975, Waitara Cemetery, NZ
Death Record: 1975, RGO 3482
More About NELLIE PURDIE:
Burial: 12 July 1961, Te Kuiti Cemetery, Old Block 2 Plot 200
Death Record: 1961, RGO 1103


B8) Andrew Old
Tikorangi Taranaki
Register No 334
Admission date 28th Jan 1895
Parent /Guardian: John Old
Birth date: 20th Jan 1890
Destination: Home
Andrew Old b.n.20 January 1890 Waitara N.Z. died 17 January 196?,married N ellie Purdie no issue but brought up halfsister Vera Old.

Nellie married Andrew Old, son of John Old and Margaret Morton, in 1924 in New Zealand. (Andrew Old was born on 20 Jan 1890 in Waitara, , , New Zealand, died on 5 Mar 1975 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand and was buried in Waitara Cemetery, Taranaki, New Zealand.)