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#4678, Sophia Maria SYER
| Born | 1809 in Kedington |
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| Died | 1893 in Sturmer, Essex |
| Father | Barrington Blomfield SYER (1755 - 1844) |
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| Mother | Elizabeth Maria CHEVALLIER (09 Mar 1769 - 1857) |
An Album complied between 1829 and 1831 by Miss Sophia Syer of Kedington Rectory (and bearing her father's monogram BBS) was given to the Trust by Amanda Coates of Fareham in February 2021.
Inter alia it contained the following caution for doctors:
A physician boasting his great knowledge of his profession said he never heard any complaints from his patients. One wittily replied 'very likely Doctor, for the faults of physicians are generally buried with their patients'.
Timeline
Born
Married Harry Teverson PURKIS in Risbridge, Suffolk
Birth of Daughter, Elizabeth Maria Chevallier PURKIS
Death of Father, Barrington Blomfield SYER
Birth of Daughter, Annie Kathleen PURKIS
Birth of Son, Harry Chevallier PURKIS
Birth of Son, Charles Blomfield PURKIS
Birth of Daughter, Alice E PURKIS
Birth of Son, Arthur Octavius PURKIS
Death of Mother, Elizabeth Maria CHEVALLIER
Death of husband, Harry Teverson PURKIS
Died 1893