Purcell Family of America
An association to help those trace the Purcell family line
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Paying Respects
...read more“Paying Respects….”
When you sit down to write a President’s Letter, you often have many thoughts and how to collect them into a theme. After two weeks of this process, “Paying Respects” came to me while staying overnight at my Aunt Ce and Uncle Jack’s Apartment/Home in ...
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Passion
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
“Passion”
When I sat down to write this quarter’s President’s Message, I realized that the word ‘Passion’ has been bouncing around my head, so I thought, “Why not use it for the my theme?” I remember my father Thomas A. indicating that ...
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The Perseverance Of Patten
The idea for this issue’s PFofA Newsletter President’s Message came to me after reading a small autobiographicial book sent to me by our past editor Robert Purcell. It is entitled: “Peddler Comes to Bucks County” (PA)– Autobiography by Alfred B. Patton. Copyright: 1971. It is one of a ...
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Looking Back
Looking Back to Move Forward [January 2007]
As I sit down to write my January message to you, I’m reminded of a college journalism course I took at the University of Montana Journalism school in the early 70’s where my professor and Dean Nathan Blumberg asked us to ...
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Helen Habermann
In Memoriam of Helen (Endl) Habermann [October 2006]
What is the greatest gift one can give a spouse? In marriage it is the commitment to stick with one’s spouse through thick and thin, rich and poor, sickness and health. I was reminded of that as my wife Fran and ...
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What's in a name?
...read moreWhat’s in a Name (Anyway)? [April 2008 Message]
Like many of our members, I’ve been asking that question of myself since I was a youngster? Christened Joseph Frank Purcell in June, 1950 I was raised ‘Joe’ for most of my young adult life. My older brother Tom, 15 ...
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Twice Removed?
If someone walked up to you and said "Howdy, I'm your third cousin,
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twice removed," would you have any idea what they meant? Most people
have a good understanding of basic relationship words such
as "mother," "father," "aunt," "uncle," "brother," and "sister." But
what about the relationship terms that ... -
Purcell's Cove
A little history of Purcell's Cove in Halifax.
LOCATION:
The cove is located along Route #253, what today is known as Purcell's Cove Road, opposite the tip of Point Pleasant Park on the North West Arm.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The community was named for Samuel Purcell ...
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