My great grandfather John B. Purvis was the chief engineer on the B. F. Berry. He was born in 1856. I have two different photos of the Berry on the lakes. John had five brothers and all at one time were chief engineers on Great Lakes freighters. John's father James Purvis was born in Ireland in 1822 and was a ship carpenter and built his own schooner and sailed it on the lakes.
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My great grandfather John B. Purvis was the chief engineer on the B. F. Berry. He was born in 1856. I have two different photos of the Berry on the lakes. John had five brothers and all at one time were chief engineers on Great Lakes freighters. John's father James Purvis was born in Ireland in 1822 and was a ship carpenter and built his own schooner and sailed it on the lakes.
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