In memory of my father, Walter Adam Murma.

THE MURMA FAMILY

There is no information of record for a family genealogy in Lithuania as all 
records kept in churches and government offices were burned by the Germans in 
World War II.  Therefore, the oral history is all we have.  The following 
information was gathered by Walter A. Murma (1918-1981) from family members in 
the United States and by correspondence with the Lithuanian branch in Vilnius.

Letter from Adam to his son Walter, no date:
"The information I am giving you comes directly from my brother, Isadore:  In 
Lithuania, as it was in the South of the United States, there was slavery.  In 
those days the people in Lithuania were ruled by rich landowners and one rich 
landowner went to Germany, or near Germany, and brought back a slave by the 
name of Thomas Murma....Thomas worked for this rich landowner for some time (as 
a gamekeeper or Kumeciai) after which he married and received a piece of land 
as a gift after getting married.  The name of this piece of land he received 
was in the village of Vielian.  He was allowed to work on his piece of land in 
spare times, otherwise he still worked full time for the rich landowner.  
Thomas had two sons, John and Joseph.  John was my grandfather."

Oral History:
While serving the landowner, whose name is unknown, Thomas and his wife had two 
sons: Jonas (John) and Juozas (Joseph).  When the boys grew up the landowner 
gave Thomas his choice of one of three parcels of land:  One located in 
Velionis, one in Nevaizios, and one in Tirakis.  Thomas chose Velionys.  When 
Thomas and his family arrived in Velionys they found one family by the surname 
of Balciunas, an another family by the surname of Rakstelis.  After Thomas' 
death the land was divided between John and Joseph.

(Notes: I have two letters from an Aleksandra Bauziene addressed to Dear Uncle 
and Godmother (Adam and Elizabeth Murma). She states that she is a widow for 8 
years (no date on letters) and has a son, Zigman, who is 14 years old. I cannot 
identify these people.

Also a typed letter dated February 10, 1972, from John J Murma (9-12-1912 - d. 
October 1981 - Social Security Death Records). I cannot identify who this 
person was.)


THE ENMAN FAMILY

All information is from extensive work done by Mildred (Enman) DeNooy, Richard 
Mark Enman and Norma (Milligan) Falconer.  (See "The Enman Family" at 
tribalpages.com) A note from Mildred in her genealogy states that the family 
cemetery at Grandview is now called "Martin Enman Pioneer Cemetery".


THE CUMMINGS FAMILY: From Arlene Somers Gillian.


THE MacLEOD FAMILY:  From William MacLeod, with information from Marjorie 
                     Matthews Bemont and Cassie Gordon MacPhee.


THE CALDWELL FAMILY: From Susan Marie Caldwell.


THE PRATT FAMILY - THE JEWETT FAMILY

All this information was given to me by Sue Caldwell or Dorcas Pratt Caldwell, 
and was prepared, apparently, by one of the children of Charles G. Pratt as 
references are made as: "dad's second brother" (Thomas Franklin 
Pratt) "mother's father" (John S. Jewett).  This person obviously had access 
not only to many living persons in 1962, when this hand typed document was 
prepared, but also access to the family Bible or Bibles.


THE HUMMEL FAMILY 

Historical information is from "A Genealogy of Selected Northumberland County, 
Pennsylvania, Pioneer Families, from the Arrival of the Immigrant Ancestors to 
the Present Time; Part XI, The Johan Jacob Hummel Family", compiled by Joseph A 
Meiser, Jr., B.S., Ph.D., Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, and Dorothy Schuck Amerman. 
Published by the authors 1983.


THE SCHUCK FAMILY: From Dorothy Amerman.