MURDOCH/MURDOCK/MURDUCK GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I know almost nothing about my wife's Murdoch lineage. I have tried to locate Louella Murdoch in census and other records of early Washington County, Tennessee, but so far have not determined her parents or anything more about her. The information shown is from records in the possession of my wife's parents, Bill and Joy Brown of Conway, Missouri.

It appears to me that MURDOCH must be a Scottish name. I have found at least one Murdoch from Scotland who was famous. Everyone knows of the sinking of the Titanic and the motion picture about this historic event. According to an article by Helen Smith in Reuters, April 8, 1998, the first officer of the Titanic was William Murdoch. She calls William Murdoch a real hero, in that he "did his utmost to save passengers, guiding them into boats and then throwing deckchairs overboard for those in the sea to cling to. He drowned when the ship went down." Murdoch is considered a hero in his hometown of Dalbeattie, Scotland.

Here is my wife's MURDOCH lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. Louella MURDOCH, b. 21 June 1864 Washington Co., TN, d. 12 March 1937 TN; md. 18 Feb. 1883 in TN to William B. BROWN, b. 28 Oct. 1858 Washington Co., TN, d. 21 Jan. 1935 TN
  2. Walter P. BROWN, b. 9 July 1903 Greenville, Greene Co., TN, d. 1 Nov. 1955 Home Gardens, Riverside Co., CA;md. 12 July 1927 Riverside, Riverside Co., CA to Mary Marie STUMPF, b. 8 June 1907 at sea (Atlantic Ocean), d. 7 June 1975 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA *These are my wife's grandparents.



If you have queries concerning the MURDOCH surname, the best place to post these is at the Murduck-L List which is managed by Bruce Murduck and hosted by Queen's University servers in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. MURDUCK-L is a "no-cost" email based forum for subscribers to discuss aspects of the history, geography and genealogy of this large and extensive surname group of MURDOCH, MURDOCK, and MURDUCK This List has been in very active operation since about 1994 and has an extensive series of archive files and some very knowledgeable surname searchers under the various variant spellings covered.

More about this List can be found at:
http://www.ikweb.com/murduck/genealogy/murduck-l



MURDOCH E-MAIL LIST


Another forum which covers the MURDOCH surname is the Murdoch Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Murdoch surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Murdoch e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in MURDOCH for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in MURDOCH you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letter of the month.




Rootsweb also has an e-mail list for the MURDOCK surname. You may post queries relating to the Murdock spelling at the Murdock Family Genealogy List.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Murdock e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in MURDOCK for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in MURDOCK you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letter of the month.



ROOTSWEB MURDOCH MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the MURDOCH surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Murdoch Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any MURDOCH name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.



ROOTSWEB MURDOCK MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the MURDOCK surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Murdock Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any MURDOCK name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.




An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the MURDOCH family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/murdoch


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the MURDOCK family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/murdock

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the MURDOCH/MURDOCK lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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