Harvey MURDOCK
Internet IGI 2003
Obituary of Harvey Murdock
Death Certificate of Harvey Murdock
Internet IGI 2005, July
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, Feb 2008
Internet IGI, Aug 2008
Pedigree Resource File
DEATH:
Death place listed as Canyon Road, Ogden, Weber, Utah.
DIVORCE:
Harvey and Leonora seperated, because Henry did not like Leonora raising Thirza Rose Murdock's children after she died during childbirth. They remained separated the rest of thier lives, but they never received a temple divorce.
SECOND MARRIAGE:
When Harvey and Emma came back to Utah after living in Idaho, their two older children were put in foster families. Emma, the oldest, went to live with family in Grantsville. Levi, one of the twins, lived with Bishop Martin for a while helping to farm sugar beets. When he was 13 he went to work in the Lovelock, Nevada Mines. Levi later served in the Navy.
PLURAL MARRIAGE:
Due to the government problem with plural marriage, Harvey, along with others, served two years in the state penetentiary. After getting his freedom, he moved with his new wife to Star Valley, Idaho, and then returned to his first family in about five years. The two wives were fond of each other and remained so to the end. The children were also close to each other.
DEATH:
Died due to complications during childbirth.
He married Leonora Matilda Hooper 24 Dec 1860 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Leonora Matilda Hooper was born at Devonport, Devon, England 15 Nov 1844 daughter of William Roland Hooper and Anna Matilda Worley .
They were the parents of 14
children:
Harvey William Murdock
born 27 Oct 1861.
Ann Matilda Murdock
born 21 Aug 1863.
Emma Leanora Murdock
born 23 Aug 1865.
Eliza Elizabeth Murdock
born 9 Apr 1867.
Joseph Hooper Murdock
born 1 Mar 1869.
Thirza Rose Murdock
born 14 Jan 1871.
Florence May Murdock
born 29 Oct 1873.
Charles Henry Murdock
born 3 Sep 1875.
Albert Murdock
born 20 Oct 1876.
Herbert Eugene Murdock
born 20 Aug 1877.
William Thomas Murdock
born 20 Aug 1879.
Frederick Albert Murdock
born 24 Aug 1881.
Alice Millenium Murdock
born 17 Feb 1883.
Leona Isabel Murdock
born 7 Jun 1885.
Harvey Murdock died 12 Aug 1912 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .
Leonora Matilda Hooper died 5 Jul 1924 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .


