Adelia Murdock

Brief Life History of Adelia

When Adelia Murdock was born on 6 January 1844, in Spartansburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Justus Murdock, was 30 and her mother, Lovisa Colgrove, was 30. She lived in Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 4 October 1902, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Columbus Cemetery, Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Justus Murdock
1813–1892
Lovisa Colgrove
1813–1859
Justus Vinton Murdock
1840–1896
Adelia Murdock
1844–1902
Isaac Murdock
1845–1863
Stephen Murdock
1848–1897
Lawrence Murdock
1850–1854
Sarah Ann Murdock
1852–1880

Sources (6)

  • Delia Murdock in household of Frank Shoemaker, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Delia Murdock, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Delia Murdock in household of Ann Sheve, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Atchison, Kansas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: variant of Scottish Murdoch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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