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From: "Rita Henry" <>
Subject: Re: [MURPHY-ROOTS] John Murphy---Please Help!!
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:35:04 -0000
References: <76.450a0b09.2eb7f496@aol.com>


Hi Dee,
I looked at the message you sent to the MURPHY-ROOTS-web, and my
husband his Mother always call him ASKEW,
And she writes it just like the one written, with Maggie, at the end, and
another thing, I also have a cousin , in St Vincent, who is a Murphy,
and They call him CORLTY, I know that is not his real name, its a nickname,
his real name is CALBERT,
But why they call him by CORLTY, I really don't know, and when he is
signing his name , would you believe it that he writes CORLTY CALBERT ,
MURPHY, Just thought that I will let you know , that the name look
familiar to me,
Rita Henry ( Murphy )











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Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: [MURPHY-ROOTS] John Murphy---Please Help!!


> Hi everyone!
>
> Do any of you have a John Murphy who maybe disappeared...or you believe he
> was killed, or was taken by aliens, etc....etc....etc....???
>
> John Murphy, from Opelika, AL (Lee County) was born 1859 in Russell County
> (Lee wasn't formed yet) Alabama. His sister was Lavonia O. Murphy (b.
> 1866
> Lee County, AL) who married John Hodge on April 10, 1892. John and
> Lavonia's
> parents were William and Sarah L. (Dickson) Murphy. We believe Sarah
> died
> sometime around the birth of Lavonia, as William and the two children
> were
> living alone in Opelika in the 1870 census. William then married Emma
> Dickson
> 20JAN1874 in Lee County. William and Emma went on to have the following
> children:
> Virginia MURPHY (b.1880 d.ca. 1895)
> Amanda MURPHY (b.1881)
> George T. MURPHY (b.1889)
> Margaret Ann (Mary) MURPHY (b.1893)
> Robert MURPHY (b.1877)
> Susan MURPHY (b.1888)
>
> Williams oldest son John married Maggie Askew 24 NOV 1894. John and
> Maggie
> had one son, but I have never been able to make out what his name was.
> (You
> know how those old census takers were with their handwriting! ACK!) it
> looked almost like Ciffy or Ceffy. (If anyone would like to take a look
> at the
> image just go here and then give me your opinion.
>
> _http://www.jolts.com/ciffyceffy.jpg_
> (http://www.jolts.com/ciffyceffy.jpg)
>
> (I made sure there are other C's for you to view...it appears it does
> begin
> with a C)
> Maybe Ciffy or Ceffy were common nicknames back then?? If so, what was
> it
> short for?
>
> You'll notice in the census (link above) that John wasn't with them in
> 1900.
> He had been arrested and was probably long gone by this time. Maggie had
> taken her maiden name back, and was actually living in the same household
> as
> her future husband Ira Durham.
> I have family bible records for many of these people.
>
> Is anyone out there researching any of these people?!
>
> Dee
> ListMom
> Murphy-Roots-L
>
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