No date, 1920 US Naval Academy, Annapolis Ward 1, Anne Arundel, MDwas where the census taker found him that year. Fay B Purvis was 18years old, born SD, both parents in IA.
4/4/1930 N Kenneth Ave, Chicago, Cook Co, IL. Recorded in thatcensus were Fay B Purvis, 28, born SD, both parents in IA; wife VerdaL, 27, she and both parents born IA; daughter Shirley L, 7, born IA;and boarder Gladys R Reid, 27, also born IA. Fay worked as a SalesCorrespondent for a sales agency and rented the home for $75/month.Gladys was a stenographer for a publishing company.
1935 Cornelia St, Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
4/6/1940 Same house as 1935. Why was he listed in that census asAnthony Purvis? He was 38 year old, born SD; with wife Verda (Vendain index), 37, and children Shirley, 17, born IA, and James, 7, bornIL. Fay had 1 year of college, Verda and Shirley had 4 years of highschool; James was first grade. Fay's occupation was a collectorcorrespondent, the name of the company is unreadable, worked 43 hoursthe week prior to the census; Verda was a seamstress in a cleaningestablishment, working 24 hours the week before. The home was rentedfor $35/mo but it seems to have been an apartment as another familylived in the same building.
