Having looked into my Mother's family I am now turning to my Father's side.
My Father's father was born John Willie Murdock [according to his Birth Certificate, though the 1911 census has him down as John William] on 24th December 1900 in The Pasture, Stapleford. His parents were Arthur Murdock born 1870 and Sarah née Cresswell born 1867 both also of Stapleford. Arthur's parents were Isaac and Elizabeth Murdock but that is where it gets confusing as there are a couple of possible Isaac Murdocks which make tracing back complicated.
Ultimately, I would like to prove the idea that my family came down from Scotland as soldiers of Bonnie Prince Charlie. He deserted his army at Derby, my family settling down in the largest concentration of Murdocks outside Northern Ireland having gone through the same change of spelling as the Scottish inventor William Murdoch/Murdock who is no relation.
Any help would be gratefully received, though I do notice that this seems to be the first entry for my surname.
