John Daniel Pursell
1883 - 1927

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• Birth	28 Feb 1883	Bridgeton, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bristol Borough, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  	Tinsmith
  Died	27 Mar 1927	Bristol Borough, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  	His, obituary in the Trenton Evening Times, March 30, 1927: his funeral services will be given by Rev. Howard N. Zepp of the First Baptish church, and would be held at the deceased sister home, Mrs. R.S. Vanzant, 228 Market Street, Bristol, at 2pm. Interment will be at Bristol Cemetery.
  Buried	30 Mar 1927	Bristol Cemetery, Bristol Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I7	buckscountyhibbspursellandmuchmore
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	James Pursell,   b. Jul 1855, Bridgeton, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. Apr 1920, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Relationship	birth
  Mother	Martha Jane O'Daniel,   b. Nov 1857, Upper Black Eddy, Bridgeton, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1920, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Relationship	birth
  Married	1880
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ida Hibbs,   b. 15 Dec 1885, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Apr 1927, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Married	1907	Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Clifford Pursell,   b. 15 Jan 1907, 242 Otter Strret, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   2. Alfred Pursell,   b. 15 Jan 1907, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef 1910, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   3. Russell Pursell,   b. 1908, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   4. Raymond Pursell,   b. 1909, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt 28 Dec 1943, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   5. Sidney George Pursell,   b. 22 Feb 1910, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jan 1980, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   6. John Pursell,   b. 1913, Bristol Borough, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1944, Guadalcanal   7. Ella Mae Pursell,   b. 02 Jan 1917, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Apr 2000, Croydon, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania   8. Elvira Pursell,   b. 1920, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Oct 1930, Frenchtown, Hunterdon, New Jersey
  Last Modified	07 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		1920 Census, Bristol Borough, Pond Street Mahlon & Edna Naylor, James, Martha & Nellie Pursell, John & Ida Pursell
  		1918 Draft Registration John Daniel Pursell
  		John Daniel Pursell Obituary, Trenton Evening Times, Wednesday March 30, 1927.

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone John Daniel Pursell, Ida Hibbs Pursell, daughter Ella Mae Pursell Weakley. Also buried in this plot are son Raymond Pursell and daughter Elvira. Plot: A 226

  
  

• Notes

  Items found in Bucks County Gazette September 24,1909. John Pursell has moved from 218 Otter Street to a house at Carty's lock. January 28, 1910 Triplets were born to Mr. & Mrs John Pursell, who reside at the canal locks, behind the freight depot, on Wednesday Evening. John's obituary as reported in the "Bucks County Intelligencer is as follows: "March 30, 1927. John D. Pursell, a resident of Bristol, died at that place on Sunday morning, March 27. The deceased had been receiving treatment in the Harriman Hospital for the past week, and death was due to complications. He was 44 years of age. Mr. Pursell was the son of the late James & Martha Pursell, and his wife and five children survive. During his residence in Bristol Mr. Pursell had been engaged in the tinsmith business, and made his home at Bath and Otter streets."