Hello, I am seeking information about my gr Grandfather, Patrick MURPHY, who was born in Mayo, Quebec, Canada about 1845 to Thomas and Catherine KELLY MURPHY. He came to Eau Clare, Wisconsin about 1867 to 1870. He worked for NW (North West?) Lumber for a few years, and then started work for Knapp Stout as a Lumber Camp Foreman. He had several camps in the Rice Lake Area, and there is a MURPHY Dam/Flowage by Rice Lake that is named for him. A brother, Thomas MURPHY and a sister Mary MC DONNELL came with him and lived in both the Eau Clare and Chippawa Falls area. ( I believe they came a few years after him.) Patrick married Josephine BROW in1882 in Rice Lake and had three children: Mary MURPHY (later married Fred WOODS) born 1883, James Patrick MURPHY born 1885 and Edward MURPHY born 1887. I am interested in learning more about NW Lumber Company. I attempted to email the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp at [email protected] to see if they could help me, maybe with old records or photos, but my computer said I had an invalid address. Do you think this place would have information like that? Would it be worthwhile to send my questions to them by regular mail? I would expect there might be relatives in your area, but that would be a big task to check out all of the MURPHYS and MC DONNELLS. Perhaps they might see this querie. Thank you in advance for any help you might give to me. Nancy MURPHY BALDWIN