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  Birth	1878	NY   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Also living in his household were his wife, Nellie, son Milton, daughter-in-law Marion E., granddaughter Shirley M, and a servant Rose J. Scott.
  Occupation	1930  [1, 5]
  	innkeeper.
  	He was the proprietor of a Long Island House in Center Moriches (along with John Feriazzo). In July, 1930, the inn was raided by prohibition era Federal agents, and Gardner Murdock was arrested. The agents said they found "a huge cutting and bottling plant in a building in the rear of the hotel; and this was seized along with several five-gallon tins of alleged alcohol and a quantity of assorted whiskies and wines."
  Died	1940	{South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [4]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Person ID	I7493	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2009
  Father	William Murdock, ^,   b. 10 Mar 1848,   d. 31 Dec 1918
  Mother	Mary Augusta Newey, ^,   b. 4 Jan 1852, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 14 Feb 1916, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	Abt 1872
  Family ID	F2732	Group Sheet
  Family	Nellie M. Corwin, <,   b. 1880, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Likely or certainly yes (based on other fact dates), date unknown
  Married	Abt 1898  [1]
  Children	1. Milton Irving Murdock, ^,   b. 1898, NY ,   d. 1941, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Family ID	F2700	Group Sheet

• Documents	Gardner Murdock and the Gilded Age
  	NINE SUFFOLK RESORTS RAIDED: Group of 40 Federal Agents Swoops Down on Island .. News article: Suffolk County News (Sayville), 18 July 1930

• Sources

  [S129] 1930 Census, Roll: 1650; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 415.0.. [S373] Newey-Murdock Tree: Murdock Descendents of Rev. Simmun Newey. [S129] 1930 Census, Age 52. Roll: 1650; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 415.0.. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S604] Suffolk County News (Sayville), 18 July 1930.