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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Debenham Tower Mill
« on: Sunday 03 January 16 12:14 GMT (UK)  »
Very interesting about the storm damage in 1896.  I know there is an apocryphal story in my family about a relative whose windmill blew down! Also intriguingly mysterious about the court case. Was there something dodgy going on?
I looked at all the records sents to me by Rezillo and they mostly fit together with what I have found out already.  It is confusing that the names in the records seem to get changed randomly so you have Morphey, Morphy and Morphew.  Also that second names seem to get transposed to first names like Benjamin Edmund. 
I have contacted my cousin who is more closely related to Sybil Florence to see if she knows anything about Benjamin and Mary Ellen splitting up.   

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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Debenham Tower Mill
« on: Saturday 02 January 16 23:48 GMT (UK)  »
Rezillo
thank you for the interesting information about the Websters.  (George) Benjamin Morphey was my great grandfather.  He had 8 children of whom I know about 2 - Hugh Webster Morphy was the youngest and was my grandfather and Benjamin born in 1878 in Grundisburgh was my great uncle who was married to Mary Ellen Purchas and had one child called Sybil who was my father's cousin.  My father was also called Hugh Webster Morphy. I think that Samuel Webster is also my greatx3 grandfather via Mary Ann Webster. So you are probably my 4th cousin! :)

Windy
(George) Benjamin Morphey was in Ipswich workhouse in 1901. I wasn't aware of the George but there are quite a few anomalies in the Ancestry records.

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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Debenham Tower Mill
« on: Sunday 06 September 15 12:18 BST (UK)  »
My great grandfather's name was Benjamin Morphy born in Grundisburgh Suffolk.  Having looked at Ancestry.co.uk I think it was not him who ran the mill at Debenham during the 1st world war as he was classified as a pauper in 1901 and lived in the workhouse in Ipswich.  he had a number of brothers and sisters and maybe one of them ended up living there.  I know the Webster family became involved with the Morphys but haven't found where yet. Do you know the names of any of the millers who owned Debenham mill.  I know that one of my father's family had a mill which was damaged and partially blew down so the people in front of the mill may well be related to me.  I am happy to send you a scan of the picture but am not sure how to on this website. 

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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Debenham Tower Mill
« on: Sunday 28 June 15 15:15 BST (UK)  »
My father stayed in Debenham Mill during the first world war.  His grandfather was the miller at the time.  I have a painting of the mill done by my father when it was still intact.

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