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Alton Purcell

Male 1926 - 1984  (58 years)

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  • Name Alton Purcell  [1, 2
    Birth 16 Jan 1926  Prob Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7C462DB5B4C27E49858209B920331A465DE0 
    Death 20 Nov 1984  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial 27 Nov 1984  Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I5760  broderick
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2025 

    Father Thomas J. Purcell, III,   b. 22 Apr 1889, Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1968, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Lila Mae Zea,   b. 16 May 1896, Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1977, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1915  Prob Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marjorie O'Brien 
    Children 
     1. Deborah Purcell
     2. Patricia Purcell
     3. Diane Purcell
     4. Richard Purcell
    Family ID F1819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Jan 1926 - Prob Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Nov 1984 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 27 Nov 1984 - Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), My Connections Family Tree, by KMT_Thomas (Katie Thomas) - private tree (Reliability: 3).
      Obit. - Alton Purcell -- "Alton Purcell, 58, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, died November 20 at the University Hospital in Boston. Mr. Purcell was the son of the late Mrs. Lila Zea Purcell and Thomas Purcell, Jr. of Cobleskill. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie O'Brien Purcell of Dorchester; three daughters, Deborah of Dorchester, Patricia of Albany, and Diane of Dorchester; one son, Richard of Dorchester; five stepchildren; four brothers, John of Southbridge, MA., Thomas and Francis of Howes Cave, Raymond of Aurora, CO; two sisters, Mrs. Minard (Patricia) McNeil of Cobleskill, Mrs. Leon J. (Retha) Pratt of Amsterdam; four grandchildren; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at McHoul Funeral Chapel in Dorchester on November 24 and mass was celebrated at St. Margaret's Catholic Church, Dorchester. Burial was in Bourne National (Military) Cemetery in Cape Cod, MA on November 27. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Fund."
      (Original source of obituary not cited.)

    2. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 15th, 1930, (Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), NY, Schoharie, Seward, ED21, sht 3B, img 6, ln 79 (Reliability: 3).
      Alton Purcell, son, age 4-3/12, single, born NY, both parents born NY, occ. None.
      Resides farm {no street name or house number}.
      Dwelling 87, household 92.

    3. [S178] Clear Digital Media, Inc., Interment.net - Cemetery Records Online, (Copyright © 1997-2010,), Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Reliability: 3).
      Massachusetts National Cemetery Purcell, Alton, b. 01/16/1926, d. 11/20/1984, US Navy, CS2, Plot: 4 0 1371, bur. 11/27/1984

    4. [S178] Clear Digital Media, Inc., Interment.net - Cemetery Records Online, (Copyright © 1997-2010,), Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Reliability: 3).
      Massachusetts National Cemetery Purcell, Alton, b. 01/16/1926, d. 11/20/1984, US Navy, CS2, Plot: 4 0 1371, bur. 11/27/1984
      (smb note: CS2 = Culinary Specialist 2, E-5)