Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Frank Murphy 
Birth25 Jun 1869, Oakfield, Aroostook Co, ME
Census28 Jun 1900, Dyer Brook, Aroostook Co, ME
Memoroll#588, pg 18
Census21 Apr 1910, Merrill Plantation, Aroostook Co, ME
Memoroll#538, pg 6
Death25 May 1910, Linneus, Aroostook Co, ME
OccupationFarmer
FatherJohn Murphy (1826-1914)
MotherAugusta Saphire “Sophia” Foster (1838-<1880)
Misc. Notes
Son of John Murphy and Mary Sophie Foster, and brother to Charles Murphy. Listed as being of Linneus when he married Maria Robb.
He is listed as Frank (30, ME) a farmer married 5 yrs in the 1900 census with his wife Maria and son Graydon D. (2, ME).
Listed as George F. and indexed as “Markley” in 1910, with his wife, son Graydon and daughter Annie S. (6, ME).
He died shortly after the 1910 census, and Maria was remarried to Mr. Curtis in 1912.
He is listed as Frank (30, ME) a farmer married 5 yrs in the 1900 census with his wife Maria and son Graydon D. (2, ME).
Listed as George F. and indexed as “Markley” in 1910, with his wife, son Graydon and daughter Annie S. (6, ME).
He died shortly after the 1910 census, and Maria was remarried to Mr. Curtis in 1912.
Spouses
Birth13 Nov 1878, Oakfield, Aroostook Co, ME
Death4 Nov 1955, Portland, Cumberland Co, ME
BurialLinneus, Aroostook Co, ME
ReligionBaptist
FatherHugh Robb (1805-1880)
MotherMatilda Jane Chambers (1835-1915)
Misc. Notes
Her first husband, George Murphy died, then she was remarried to Robert L. Curtis in New Brunswick in 1912 while living in Smyrna Mills.
She ran a boarding house for the railroad men in Houlton, Maine. In the 1920 census, they have two boarders living with them.
They were retired and living in Houlton in 1940, with Maria still helping with a boarding house, and they had a servant girl living with them.
Children:
son - Graydon Dewey Murphy b. 1 May 1898 d. 10 Apr 1990 AL,
married Neomia (b. 1904 OH) abt 1925, and living in Detroit in 1930,
married (2nd) Mollie McDaniel on 19 Feb 1954 in So Portland, ME.
dau - Anne S. Murphy b. 1904 d. 1975 ME,
marr Colby B. Amsden on 30 Jun 1923 (lived in Clearwater, FL)
appears to be listed as Arlene F. in 1920 census, and middle name may be Marr
[Obituary] The Bangor Daily News - Monday, 7 November 1955, pg 21
MRS. MARIA G. CURTIS. HOULTON
Mrs. Maria G. Curtis, 75, died Friday In Portland. She was born at Oakfield, the daughter of Hugh and Matilda (Chambers) Robb.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by a son Graydon Murphy of South Portland and a daughter Mrs. Anna Amsden of Clearwater, Fla. Funeral services will be held at St. Marys Catholic Church Mon 9-12 with the Rev, M. F. Tierney officiating. Interment will be In the Linneus cemetery.
She ran a boarding house for the railroad men in Houlton, Maine. In the 1920 census, they have two boarders living with them.
They were retired and living in Houlton in 1940, with Maria still helping with a boarding house, and they had a servant girl living with them.
Children:
son - Graydon Dewey Murphy b. 1 May 1898 d. 10 Apr 1990 AL,
married Neomia (b. 1904 OH) abt 1925, and living in Detroit in 1930,
married (2nd) Mollie McDaniel on 19 Feb 1954 in So Portland, ME.
dau - Anne S. Murphy b. 1904 d. 1975 ME,
marr Colby B. Amsden on 30 Jun 1923 (lived in Clearwater, FL)
appears to be listed as Arlene F. in 1920 census, and middle name may be Marr
[Obituary] The Bangor Daily News - Monday, 7 November 1955, pg 21
MRS. MARIA G. CURTIS. HOULTON
Mrs. Maria G. Curtis, 75, died Friday In Portland. She was born at Oakfield, the daughter of Hugh and Matilda (Chambers) Robb.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by a son Graydon Murphy of South Portland and a daughter Mrs. Anna Amsden of Clearwater, Fla. Funeral services will be held at St. Marys Catholic Church Mon 9-12 with the Rev, M. F. Tierney officiating. Interment will be In the Linneus cemetery.
Marriage2 Mar 1895, Oakfield, Aroostook Co, ME