Hi - I am new on here and I am looking for some help regarding my relative. I am a member of various geneaology sites etc and so far none of them have helped me with my picture search. I have found all the info I need and documents regarding my relative and his family which have tied up loose ends but we still have no photo....
I started reserching my family history about a year ago, The passing of my grandfather sparked my search as I wanted to chase a story about his family that I was never allowevd to speak of as a child. My nan (his wife)opened up to me and since then i have been fascinated about my great-grandfather who was James Murphy....
He lived in South Croydon (Near Purley and Kenley, England)
He was born 1898 to James and Jane (Nee Hoadley) Murphy
and he married (1921) to a Rose Driver b.1901 d.1997
They had 3 children although one boy was not James' blood-child. One of the two who were his blood-babies was my grandfather.
James died on 3rd August 1927, 4 months after the birth of my grandfather. James died in a very sad and uneccesary situation and sadly because he was only 29 at the time of his death I have no photos of him, many of his immediate family have all passed on and of course my still living grandmother never met this future father in lawof hers and my grandad never met his father.
James' wife abandoned my grandfather after the death of James and so my grandad never even had a photo of his father... therefore none of the recent generation have ever known what James looked like... and i am desperate to find out!!!!
So if anyone has a photo of my James Murphy born in croydon, surrey, england 1898 then i would love to have a copy. This piece of family history means so much to my family and I that i cannot possibly explain how happy we would feel to recieve his photo....
thank you