From left back to right: Gladys Landels, Dorothy Landels, Muriel Landels, Doris Hamilton and Florence Hamilton. Taken about 1923 in River Hibert.
Jean, Doris and Nancy Murch
Nancy, Doris and Jean Murch
Patrick, Doris, and Thomas Murch
Doris Elizabeth (Hamilton) Murch
She was born on August 9, 1908 at Pugwash, N.S and died on April 6th, 2002. She was adopted by Foster Stearns Hamilton and Charlotte Rose (Fields) Hamilton. Her real father was John F. Hamilton (1856-1917) and her real mother was Jennie Chaples (1884-?) She married Kenneth Clark Murch Sr. on May 23, 1936. Her real father died from cancer in 1917 and and Foster and Charlotte took Doris to the funeral. At the funeral she asked if Foster and his wife would take her in as their own and they did. Florence Hamilton told me this. She had three children:
Husband
Cousin
Father
Mother
1911 Census showing her with Jennie and John Hamilton
Adopted Father
Adopted Mother
