Person:Eugene Murdock (1)

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Eugene Wright Murdock
b.29 Feb 1892 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
d.10 Jan 1973 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1887
  1. Robert H. Murdock, IIAbt 1890 - Abt 1890
  2. Eugene Wright Murdock1892 - 1973
  3. Joseph Kepler Murdock1898 - 1985
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Jun 1918
  1. Betty Ann Murdock1919 - 2000
  2. Elaine Jean Murdock1926 - 2000
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Eugene Wright Murdock1892 - 1973
  • W.  Evelyn Ford1892 - 1974
m. 23 May 1952
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Eugene Wright Murdock
Alt Name Gene _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Feb 1892 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Residence? 1900 Precinct 44 Lake Town, Ward 30, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Residence? 1910 Ward 31, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Military? Bet 1917 and 1918 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USAMilitary Draft Registration
Marriage 22 Jun 1918 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USAto Hazel Charlotte Kiest
Military? 3 Dec 1918 St Louis, Missouri, USA
Residence? 1920 Ward 6, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Residence? 1930 Districts 0001-0250, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Residence? 1935 Same Place
Residence? 1940 Ward 5, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Military? 1942 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USAMilitary Draft Registration
Alt Burial[2] 5 Aug 1951 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USABurial: Hazel Charlotte Kiest Murdock
Marriage 23 May 1952 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USAto Evelyn Ford
Occupation? 205 E Grand Ave, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USAMurdock Brothers Printing Company
Residence? 7223 Euclid Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Death? 10 Jan 1973 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
Burial[3] 10 Jan 1973 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USABurial: Eugene Wright Murdock
Alt Burial[4] 30 Dec 1974 Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USABurial: Evelyn Ford Murdock
Citizenship? USA
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Personal History

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Eugene "Gene" Wright Murdock (1892-1973)

Per Joe Murdock's remembrances, his older brother, Gene, was an excellent cheerleader at Englewood High School in Chicago. In 1908 when Gene was 16, he was quite sad that the football team traveled "out west" and won, but the cheerleaders did not get to go. Gene was so good, that when he was missing from the cheerleader lineup, the crowd would call for him by name since he was so good.

Gene started Murdock Brothers Printing after college but, at age 22 when WWI started (1914-1918), he was drafted. Gene and Joe's father, Oscar, decided that Joe should drop out of high school at the age of 16 to keep the printing business alive while Gene was at war. This had the result that Joe never had the opportunity to go to college like his parents and brother did. In Joe's reflection of that time, he says he didn't mind leaving high school, but he has since wondered if it was really a good idea. But regardless, he said his mother, Mocco, could not fight her Oscar's will, per Joe's account.

Murdock Brothers Printing Company was started in the building at 205 E. Grand Ave. in Chicago that was inherited from Gene and Joe's grand "Uncle Bill" Kepler, their grandmother, Annie Kepler Murdock's brother, Joseph William Kepler (aka Uncle Bill). Uncle Bill bought the building during his marriage with Bessie Betterton Kepler as an ice warehouse in the age before refrigeration. The building was near Lake Michigan so ice was "harvested" in the winter for use later and insulated with sawdust. For many more details, see Joseph William Kepler (1842-1926) including his inherited wealth from the King-family that was lost.

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Family Search ID: LYP1-QJ3

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Oscar Forrest Kepler "Uncle Auk", NYC printer taught Forrest, who taught Joe and Gene
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Oscar Forrest Kepler "Uncle Auk", NYC printer taught Forrest, who taught Joe and Gene
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cook County (Illinois). County Clerk. Marriage licenses, 1871-1920; index, 1871-1916. (Chicago, Illinois: Kodak Center, 195-?]-1980).
  2. ↑ Find A Grave
    Hazel Charlotte Kiest Murdock.

    _LINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223798177/hazel-charlotte-murdock

  3. ↑ Find A Grave
    Eugene Wright Murdock 10 Jan 1973.

    _LINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223798076/eugene-wright-murdock

  4. ↑ Find A Grave
    Evelyn Ford Murdock.

    _LINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188570026/evelyn-murdock

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