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Thomas Ira Murdock

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Thomas Ira Murdock

Birth
Milan, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Death
17 Jul 1935 (aged 52)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 56 W-Single
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My paternal great-granddad Thomas Ira Murdock.

Thomas Ira "Ira/Tim" Murdock b. 13 SEP 1882 Milan, Ripley Co., IN; d. 17 JUL 1935 Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; buried: Oakview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, MI; m. 08 MAR 1905 Gladwin Co., MI; Laura Jane "Jennie" Schuler b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978, Troy, Oakland Co., MI (during blizzard of 1978); buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI [next to her second husband, James Henry Geering]; Divorced: sometime between 1913-1920.

CHILDREN (all born in north Sage Twp, Gladwin Co., MI):

1) Hazel Violet "Vi" b. 11 JUN 1906
2) Chester "Chet" Lee b. 16 JAN 1909
3) Richard Roy b. 21 DEC 1912

PARENTS: Eli Murdock b. 24 OCT 1849 Holton, IN; d. 19 FEB 1937 Buckeye Twnshp, MI; buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 05 MAR 1871 Lucy Jane Radley b. (day unknown) MAR 1850 Milan, Ripley Co., IN; d. 28 or 30 OCT 1916 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.

SIBLINGS:

1) Lucy Laura Murdock 1874-1955
2) Milford E. Murdock 1878-1951
3) Albert Porter Murdock 1880-1943
4) Thomas Ira Murdock [SELF]
5) Arthur B. Murdock 1887-1956
6) Forrest Delbert Murdock 1888-1965
7) Odelia Vergie Murdock 1892-1951
8) & 9) twin siblings that died in infancy (birth order unknown).

THOMAS' OBITUARY [07 AUG 1935 Gladwin County Record]:

Thomas Ira Murdock – Funeral services were held Saturday, July 20, at the J. Sutton and Son funeral parlors, 4147 Trumbull Avenue, Detroit, for Thomas Ira Murdock conducted by Rev. Bertram W. Pullinger of Grace Episcopal church. Burial was at Oakview cemetery.

Thomas Ira Murdock was born at Milan, Indiana in 1881. He came to Gladwin with his parents when a child, and has lived here since excepting a few years which he spent in Detroit. He died July 17, 1935 at Herman Kiefer hospital, Detroit, of tuberculosis.

Surviving him are his daughter, Mrs. Eugene McSweeney, and his son Chester Murdock, of Detroit; his father, Eli Murdock; brother Porter; and sister Mrs. Theodore Roberts [Laura-km] of Gladwin; sister and brother, Mrs. William Scherer [Virgie-km] and Porter Murdock of Detroit; and a brother, Arthur Murdock in Cincinnati, Ohio. [He was also survived by his brother Delbert Murdock-km]
My paternal great-granddad Thomas Ira Murdock.

Thomas Ira "Ira/Tim" Murdock b. 13 SEP 1882 Milan, Ripley Co., IN; d. 17 JUL 1935 Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; buried: Oakview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, MI; m. 08 MAR 1905 Gladwin Co., MI; Laura Jane "Jennie" Schuler b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978, Troy, Oakland Co., MI (during blizzard of 1978); buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI [next to her second husband, James Henry Geering]; Divorced: sometime between 1913-1920.

CHILDREN (all born in north Sage Twp, Gladwin Co., MI):

1) Hazel Violet "Vi" b. 11 JUN 1906
2) Chester "Chet" Lee b. 16 JAN 1909
3) Richard Roy b. 21 DEC 1912

PARENTS: Eli Murdock b. 24 OCT 1849 Holton, IN; d. 19 FEB 1937 Buckeye Twnshp, MI; buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 05 MAR 1871 Lucy Jane Radley b. (day unknown) MAR 1850 Milan, Ripley Co., IN; d. 28 or 30 OCT 1916 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.

SIBLINGS:

1) Lucy Laura Murdock 1874-1955
2) Milford E. Murdock 1878-1951
3) Albert Porter Murdock 1880-1943
4) Thomas Ira Murdock [SELF]
5) Arthur B. Murdock 1887-1956
6) Forrest Delbert Murdock 1888-1965
7) Odelia Vergie Murdock 1892-1951
8) & 9) twin siblings that died in infancy (birth order unknown).

THOMAS' OBITUARY [07 AUG 1935 Gladwin County Record]:

Thomas Ira Murdock – Funeral services were held Saturday, July 20, at the J. Sutton and Son funeral parlors, 4147 Trumbull Avenue, Detroit, for Thomas Ira Murdock conducted by Rev. Bertram W. Pullinger of Grace Episcopal church. Burial was at Oakview cemetery.

Thomas Ira Murdock was born at Milan, Indiana in 1881. He came to Gladwin with his parents when a child, and has lived here since excepting a few years which he spent in Detroit. He died July 17, 1935 at Herman Kiefer hospital, Detroit, of tuberculosis.

Surviving him are his daughter, Mrs. Eugene McSweeney, and his son Chester Murdock, of Detroit; his father, Eli Murdock; brother Porter; and sister Mrs. Theodore Roberts [Laura-km] of Gladwin; sister and brother, Mrs. William Scherer [Virgie-km] and Porter Murdock of Detroit; and a brother, Arthur Murdock in Cincinnati, Ohio. [He was also survived by his brother Delbert Murdock-km]

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