Brief Life History of Franklin Joseph
When Franklin Joseph Murdock was born on 10 October 1902, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, George Carlos Murdock Sr, was 40 and his mother, Lydia Caroline Farnsworth, was 39. He married Claire Sarene Thomas on 1 September 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 26 January 1986, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Franklin J Murdock, "United States 1950 Census"
- Franklin Joseph Murdock, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Franklin Joseph Murdock, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Scottish Murdoch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lifesavers and Grandpa
My mother, Joyce Ensign told me this story about Grandpa - when mother would go to the hospital to have a baby Grandpa Murdock - (her father) would come to visit - he just wasn't sure what to bring - …
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