William Henry Murdoch

Brief Life History of William Henry

When William Henry Murdoch was born on 15 May 1912, in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States, his father, Henry APPLETON Murdoch, was 57 and his mother, Elizabeth Elmira Perue, was 42. He married Agnes Casey Richardson in 1949, in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 9 June 1974, in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Murdoch
1912–1974
Agnes Casey Richardson
1929–1998
Marriage: 1949

Sources (12)

  • William Murdock, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Henry Murdock, "Wyoming, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
  • William Murdock, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1920

Women got to vote first time in the state of Wyoming.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal names Muireadhach ‘mariner’, Murchadh ‘sea-warrior’, and Muircheartach ‘sea-ruler’, the first element in each being muir ‘sea’. The personal name was introduced into Yorkshire and Normandy by Norsemen from Ireland as early as the 10th century. The surname in post-Conquest medieval England usually belongs to Norman families.

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

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