Arthur Montague Murch, born 1878

Arthur Montague Murch was the seventh child of John Benjamin Murch and Charlotte Webb.  His birth was registered in the March quarter of 1878 (so he could have been born in 1877) in the Dover Registration District of Kent, England.

He appears with his family in the 1881 and 1891 censuses in Waterloo Cottage, Cambridge Road, St James (Kent).  His mother, Charlotte, died when Arthur was only ten.  His father, John, was a shipwright and, by the 1891 census, two of Arthur's elder sisters (Kate and Elizabeth) were teachers, while his eldest sister (another Charlotte) ran the house.

In the 1901 census, Kate has taken over the running of the house for her widowed father, while Arthur

remains at home as a 23-year-old commercial clerk.

By 1911, the family has moved to 34 Oakwood Gardens, Ilford, Essex.  Kate is still running the household at 42, younger sister May is a secretary for a barrister's office, and Arthur is still at home, still single, but now a bank clerk.

He features in the Murch Surname Study.  For further information including sources and links, see his WikiTree profile.

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A-Z Challenge 2016: Q is for Queenie Gladys Noyse Murch 1901

Queenie Gladys is one of those females that would be left out of a Surname Study by some managers.  She wasn't born a Murch, you see - but I think that she spent most of her life, and more of her life as a Murch, so I include her in my Study.

Queenie Gladys Noyse was born in 1901 in the West Ham Registration District of London (hovering over Essex at one point) to Ernest and Mina Noyes.  Since Ernest came from Bow, and Mina from Shadwell, and most of the children were born in Leyton, Essex, there was probably a distinctive Cockney accent within the home.  She married Sydney Samuel Murch in 1920 in the Thanet Registration District of Kent, England.

Queenie features in the Murch Surname Study.

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A-Z Challenge 2016: M is for May Adeline Murch 1880

May Adeline Murch was born in 1880 in Dover, Kent, England, where she lived with her parents, John and Charlotte, in Cambridge Road. Her father, born in Devonport, Devon, was a shipwright.  Charlotte died in 1888, when May was only 8 years old.

May worked as a secretary in a barrister's office, living at 34 Oakwood Gardens, Ilford, Essex, England, with her widowed (and elderly) father, sister Emma, brother Arthur, and niece Sybil.

May features in the Murch Surname Study.

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