Date:	 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:25:21 -0800<br>

To:	larrymorphew<br>

Name: JOSEPH MORPHEW<br>



Message: JUST WONDERING IF WE WERE RELATED. MY FATHERS FAMILY IS FROM 
NORA SPRINGS, IOWA. MY FATHER WAS BORN IN 1925. JUST CURIOUS. JOE
<br><br>

From:	"Morphew Website Design"<br>
Subject:	 Morphew inquiry<br>

Hi Cousin...yep, my guess is that we're related. I was
also born and raised in Nora Springs by the way. 
<br><br>
Nice to hear from you and if you can send more detail
- dad's name - grandpa's name - that sort of thing, I
can probably pin it down more for you. As a matter of
fact I'd be surprised if I didn't know them both back
in "the day".<br><br>

Best regards...<br>

...larrymorphew<br><br>


Date:	 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:15:13 -0800 (PST)<br>
From:	 "joseph morphew" <br>
Subject:	 Re: Morphew inquiry<br>
To:	"Morphew Website Design"<br><br>
Hi Larry,<br>
           It's your cousin Joe again. I talked to my Mom and she filled me in on the family tree a bit more. I'm 51 years old. I have an older Brother Darryl who's 58, another brother that passed away in 1972, David. A twin sister, Diane, and a younger sister Cathy who's 46. My father was Howard, he passed in 1992. My mother is Mary Ann (Sandy), she's 79 now.
<br><br>          My father's father was also Howard, and his mother was Hettie. My great Grandfather was Humphry Morphew, married to Elizabeth Mae.
           We have lots of cousins here in the Chicago area. Maybe we should start a family tree?<br><br>
           My mother said that you would have to be the son of Darryl and Dorothy Morphew. And that you would have had two brothers, Clark and Nolan. Nolan being the oldest.<br><br>
          Talk to you later.   Joe  
<br><br>
From:	larrymorphew<br>
Subject:	 Re: Morphew inquiry<br>
To:	 "joseph morphew" <br><br>

Yep..that's us! Howard was my father's favorite
brother. I remember him talking about what a fine
person Howard was and not just once in awhile but he
mentioned it often. When I was a child of about 10 yrs
of age, my dad (Darrell) announced that we were going
to Chicago to see Howard who was in hospital dying of
cancer. They didn't let kids in to hospitals as
visitors back then but dad and mom went in to say
farewell to Howard. I remember that the experience
really put dad in the dumps for a long while.
<br><br>
I know of some of the cousins in Chicago and have
spent time with many. A group usually comes out to
Nora springs each year to decorate family graves but I
must admit that I haven't seen anyone for 8 or 10
years. There is a photo on the internet of your
grandfather's and grandmother's graves which you can
see by clicking on this link: 
http://morpheweb.com/morphgenealogy/nscem.html
<br><br>
I usually go back to Nora Springs each spring and put
modest decorations/flowers on the graves as well. Plus
my brother Nolan mows and trims all the Morphew graves
a few times each summer.
<br><br>
My other brother, Clark, passed away in 2002. He was a
minister and nationally syndicated religion writer.
Much material about him is located at:
http://clarkmorphew.com/
<br><br>
I do have a family tree site up on the internet and it
is so full of info that it will take a lot of time to
look it over. The start page is at:
http://morpheweb.com/morphgenealogy/
<br><br>
Your great grandmother Lizzie's diary is up on the
internet too. Feel free to print it off for your
mother to read. It starts at: 
http://morpheweb.com/lizziept_1.html
<br><br>
Well, that'll give you something to look at for
awhile, and write back as you can - your emails will
always be welcome here. Stay in touch!
<br><br>
best wishes, cuz...
<br>
...larrymorphew