,looking for my information on my great grandfather
joseph Arthur murphy born 1872 died 1936 West Ham .
birth believed to be bootle or st helens put down as west ham
he was married to amelia harris.
his birth i think was wrongly put down as west ham,essex on censuses
his ww1 record does say different,his father on the wedding certificate is william here
Hello and welcome to Rootschat
Do you have his Army record ?
Does it give his middle name as Arthur?
Which Regt. did he serve with ?
What place of birth & address did he give?
What age was he when he enlisted?
Who was named as his next of kin?
for info. and others looking I have added a link to the
1911/1901 census for Jospeh & Amelia
Joseph
born c1876 and family
1911
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWFS-9GM1901
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NH-251here are the birth registrations for their children from GRO indexes showing mmn HARRIS
possible that they named they children after their parents/siblings
MURPHY,
LILY ELIZA mmn Harris
1897 S Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 115
MURPHY,
SARAH AMELIA mmn Harris
1897 S Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 115
MURPHY,
WILLIAM HENRY mmn HARRIS
1899 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 111
MURPHY,
JOSEPH ARTHUR mmn HARRIS
1900 S Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 47
MURPHY,
THOMAS PHILIP mmn HARRIS
1902 D Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 60
MURPHY,
CHARLES WILLIAM mmn HARRIS
1904 S Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 110
MURPHY,
JANE mmn HARRIS
1906 J Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 105
MURPHY,
LEONARD mmn HARRIS
1909 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 77
What were the names of Joseph's wife Amelia's parents?