French woman searches traces of grandfather from Detroit

[Mikeg]

Hello Mary,

I have been very busy this week but I will do some more searching in a few days.

J'ai été très occupé cette semaine, mais je vais faire un peu plus de recherche dans quelques jours.

Mikeg

[Mary Murphy]

Hello Mike,

Thank you very much for your help.

I am happy to read you and to read the persons of this forum.

More soon.

Good Sunday.

Mary

[Mikeg]

DtCtyGrl has sent me a lot of additional information that she found over the weekend about William Murphy #8, #9 and #13. I have updated the summary page with her new discoveries. All three of these men have been ruled out as possibly being the grandfather of Mary Murphy. The original list of 18 names has now been whittled down to 7 possibilities: 2 that are strong, 3 that are weak and 2 that are of unknown potential.

DtCtyGrl m'a envoyé un grand nombre d'informations supplémentaires qu'elle a trouvé au cours du week-end de William Murphy # 8, # 9 et # 13. J'ai mis Ã[ jour la page de résumé de ses découvertes. Ces trois hommes ont été exclu comme pouvant être le père de Mary Murphy. La liste initiale de 18 noms a été réduite Ã[ 7 possibilités: 2, qui sont solides, 3 qui sont faibles et 2 qui sont de potentiels inconnus.

[Mary Murphy]

Thank you again Mike and thank you to at DtCtyGrl for the big work that you do.,

Little by little, we begin to see more clear , because, now, there are less of William Murphy who can be my grandfather. But I hope that there are not other William Murphy [[forgotten) who could be this grandfather. I hope to, that William was his first given name end not a middle name as one person wrote on this forum.

I am always happy to read you.

More soon.

Mary

[Lferg]

Hi Mary,

Can you remember anything else your Grandmother said about William? Did she tell you if he was tall, or what color hair he had? Did your Father possibly look like him?

Also, did he know about your Father?

[Mary Murphy]

Hi Lferg,

My grandmother told nothing about William . It is my father that told about William. The mother of my father [[my grandmother) said him that William was tall, handsome man , blond red hair.

I think that my father could look like William, but I am not sure.

My father told me that William wrote letters to Germaine [[my grandmother) and that the mother of my grandmother burnt this letters when Germaine was pregnant. I know only that.
Unfortunately!

Thank very much for your message.
More soon.

Mary

[Mikeg]

I've found the 1910 and 1920 US Census records for William Murphy #1 and have uploaded them and updated the summary page.

Based on the National Personnel Records Center's response to my SF-180 request on this individual, I have completed and submitted the "Questionnaire About Military Service" [[Form 13075).

I am so far unable to find the Draft Registration Card for William Murphy #18.