William Columbus Murphy (abt. 1887 - 1956)

Born about 12 Oct 1887 in Canton, Illinois

Ancestors

Son of Joseph Luther Brimer and Nellie (McCorkle) Murphy

Husband of Viola Beatrice (Cureton) Murphy — married 19 Jun 1920 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 17 May 1956 at about age 68 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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William Murphy is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

There are different birth dates and birth locations on any documents. It has not been determined where he was born. There is a question, on his marriage certificate Ft. Wayne IN, marrying to Viola Cureton, William C states that he was married before and wife died in 1911. Also, found a WW1 Transportation and listed is another wife Mary, living in Dayton, OH

Sources

Murphy, William C. 1900 Fed Population Census Fulton County, ILL. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4113761_00130?treeid=8096984&personid=-1000147524&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=19437520

Murphy, William 1920 Fed Population census, Ft. Wayne, Allen Co. IN: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4300596_00209?treeid=8096984&personid=-1000147524&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=83098060

Murphy, William 1930 Fed Popluation Census, Ft. Wayne, Allen Co. IN. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4584671_00024?treeid=8096984&personid=-1000147524&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=11805202

Murphy, William 1940 Fed Population Census, Grand Rapids, Kent Co. MI https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/84330567:2442?ssrc=pt&tid=8096984&pid=-1000147524

Murphy, William FindAGrave https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/84330567:2442?ssrc=pt&tid=8096984&pid=-1000147524

Murphy, William marriage record to Viola Cureton: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/303462:60282

Murphy, William C. US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists Page 680 - US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists 1919 Mar 5 - 1919 Jul 22 https://www.fold3.com/image/604339682?rec=626168173&xid=1945 US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists The National Archives, 1919 Mar 5 - 1919 Jul 22

• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Shelley Murphy and her third cousin. Their most-recent common ancestor is Andrew Brimer, their 2nd great grandfather. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd cousin based on sharing 177 cM across 6 segments. Paternal relationship is also confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing with a match between the 3rd cousin's brother and Shelley's brother at a Genetic Distance of 2 on 37 markers. This confirms their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 6 generations is 68.08% and within the last 8 generations is 88.33%.