Geoffrey Graham PurnellAge: 501943–1994
- Name
- Geoffrey Graham Purnell
- Given names
- Geoffrey Graham
- Surname
- Purnell
 Birth | 13 October 1943 27 26 Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Source:
Document - Birth Certificate
Text: Delivered by Dr Bradfield And Nurse Dick. Parents were Leonard Charles Purnell locomotive driver aged 26, born Newcastle and Ivy May McCord aged 26 born Neath. Informat was father Leonard of 17 Walter Street Belmont.
Source:
National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line].
Citation details: Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate Tue 26 Oct 1943 p. 2 Text: PURNELL. - At Roslyn Private Hospital, Belmont, October 13m to Mr and Mrs Leonard Purnell (nee Ivy McCord) - a son (Geoffrey Graham).
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 Registered partnership | Brian James Clark - View family Note: Brian and Geoffrey were partners from the late 1960's until Brian's death in 1990. |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | 27 April 1953 (Age 9) Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Simon Peter Purnell
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | 14 August 1953 (Age 9) Cessnock, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Marion Macfarlane Knight
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | 8 May 1958 (Age 14) Cessnock, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
maternal grandfather -
Samuel Moffat McCord
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| Education | Teacher between 1961 and 1963 (Age 17)Note: Agency:Alexander Mackie Teacher's College |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 21 March 1961 (Age 17) Tamworth, North West Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Sarah Ann Griffiths
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 Occupation | Teacher between 1964 and 1966 (Age 20) Scone, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:Scone Primary School |
| Education | 1973 (Age 29) Armidale, Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia School or college: University of New England Note: Graduated 1973 |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts 16 May 1974 (Age 30)Note: Agency:Macquarie University |
| Occupation | Teacher between 1974 and 1975 (Age 30) Beecroft, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Marriage of a father | Leonard Charles "Fatty" Purnell - View family after 1975 (Age 31)
father -
Leonard Charles "Fatty" Purnell
step-mother -
Audrey Leone Waller
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| Occupation | Deputy Headmaster 27 January 1976 (Age 32) Woollahra, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Teacher between 1977 and 1979 (Age 33) Annandale North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Teacher 1982 (Age 38) Lakemba, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Principal 1984 (Age 40) Camperdown, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Education | Justice of the Peace 6 February 1985 (Age 41)Note: Agency:New South Wales Attorney-General |
 Residence | 1986 (Age 42) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Address: 43 Middle Head Road |
| Death of a mother | 20 April 1990 (Age 46) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Ivy May McCord
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| Death of a husband | 23 December 1990 (Age 47) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
husband -
Brian James Clark
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| Occupation | School Principal before 4 October 1994 (Age 50) Balgowlah Heights, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
 Death | 4 October 1994 (Age 50) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Address: 43 Middle Head Road, Mosman New South Wales, Australia Cause of death: Ischaemic Heart Disease determined after post mortem examination Note: Geoffrey died overnight in his sleep between 3rd and 4th October 1994. |
| Cremation | 11 October 1994 (7 days after death) North Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
 Burial | 24 February 1995 (4 months after death) North Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium Note: Geoffrey is located at: The Memorial Niche Walls Wall: FC/EAST Niche No: 61 |
| Probate | Notice Sydney Morning Herald Note: AFTER 14 days from publication of this notice an application for Probate of the Will dated 23 December 1991, of GEOFFREY GRAHAM PURNELL, late of 43 Middle Head Road, Mosman, School Principal, will be made by Stephen Arthur Teen, Executor named in the said Will. Creditors are required to send particulars of their claims upon his estate to S.A. TEEN, Solicitor, Suite 204, 70 Castlereagh Street, Greater Sydney, 2000. DX 863 Sydney, telephone 235 0199 |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 2 September 1916 49 42 Mayfield, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 28 August 1998 (Age 81) Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 months mother |
Birth 12 January 1917 33 30 Neath, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 April 1990 (Age 73) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| #1 sister | |
| #2 himself |
Birth 13 October 1943 27 26 Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 October 1994 (Age 50) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Father’s family with Audrey Leone Waller - View family |
| father |
Birth 2 September 1916 49 42 Mayfield, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 28 August 1998 (Age 81) Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia |
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9 years step-mother |
Audrey Leone Waller
Birth about 1926 28 27 , Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 2014 (Age 88) Mount Hutton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: after 1975 |
| Family with Brian James Clark - View family |
| himself |
Birth 13 October 1943 27 26 Belmont, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 October 1994 (Age 50) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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3 months husband |
Brian James Clark
Birth 1944 Death 23 December 1990 (Age 46) Mosman, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Registered partnership: yes |
| Source | Mote, Robert. Ozigen - Australian Genealogy: family trees of mainly Australian families with UK and Irish ancestry. [database - online] Citation details: http://www.search4ancestors.net/phpGedView/individual.php?pid=I35341 Note: http://www.ozigen.com |
| Birth | Document - Birth Certificate Text: Delivered by Dr Bradfield And Nurse Dick. Parents were Leonard Charles Purnell locomotive driver aged 26, born Newcastle and Ivy May McCord aged 26 born Neath. Informat was father Leonard of 17 Walter Street Belmont. |
| Birth | National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate Tue 26 Oct 1943 p. 2 Text: PURNELL. - At Roslyn Private Hospital, Belmont, October 13m to Mr and Mrs Leonard Purnell (nee Ivy McCord) - a son (Geoffrey Graham). |
| Burial | Website - Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium |
| Shared note | CHAN: _PGVU maz
BURI: CEME Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium |
| Note | Geoffrey renovated a number of houses in the inner Sydney area. He renovated one at Glebe, and sold it. His last renovation was his house at Mosman. He would do all the work usually done by trades people - brickwork, cement work, carpentry, painting, landscaping, tiling, floor laying, wood finished etc. His renovated houses were always sympathetic to the original style whether Federation, Italianate, etc, and his interior decorating was always tasteful. He would use four or five colours in each room, painting each strip of a decorative cornice a different colour. The results were very beautiful. Geoffrey was however, colourblind, so sometimes had to get advice on what colours to but for paints and clothing, and interior decorating. The cusinaire blocks that he used in teaching primary children had their colours written on them so that he could distinguish them. Geoffrey was also a very good cook and held sumptuous dinner parties on his north facing verandah overlooking Balmoral and Middle Harbour in Mosman. He planted his whole back yard with mainly native plants so there was no lawn left. Many nectar eating native birds wouldfeed on the flowers of these plants, and lizards such as blue tongues made their home underneath the cover of all the foliage. It eventually became a tiny piece of bushland in a suburb known for it's clipped hedges, tight lawns and formal gardens. |
| Marriage | Brian and Geoffrey were partners from the late 1960's until Brian's death in 1990. |
| Marriage | Brian and Geoffrey were partners from the late 1960's until Brian's death in 1990. |
| Marriage | Brian and Geoffrey were partners from the late 1960's until Brian's death in 1990. |
| Education | Agency:Alexander Mackie Teacher's College |
| Occupation | Agency:Scone Primary School |
| Education | Graduated 1973 |
| Education | Agency:Macquarie University |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Education | Agency:New South Wales Attorney-General |
| Occupation | Agency:New South Wales Department of Education |
| Death | Geoffrey died overnight in his sleep between 3rd and 4th October 1994. |
| Burial | Geoffrey is located at: The Memorial Niche Walls Wall: FC/EAST Niche No: 61 |
| Probate | AFTER 14 days from publication of this notice an application for Probate of the Will dated 23 December 1991, of GEOFFREY GRAHAM PURNELL, late of 43 Middle Head Road, Mosman, School Principal, will be made by Stephen Arthur Teen, Executor named in the said Will. Creditors are required to send particulars of their claims upon his estate to S.A. TEEN, Solicitor, Suite 204, 70 Castlereagh Street, Greater Sydney, 2000. DX 863 Sydney, telephone 235 0199 |
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