Biographical Information: NORAH (or NORA) MAGDALENE PURVIS, born 9th April 1888 in Nymagee, New South Wales, baptised Norah M. Purvis, died 1926. On her birth certificate she is shown as Norah but on her marriage certificate she is shown as Nora. Her mother is shown as Mary Isabel O'Brien. Married (26th October 1908 in Queensland) William Mahaffey, having four children:-