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==Background==
Murry Gage Wilson was born on July 2, 1917 in [[Hutchinson, Kansas]], as the third child and second son of Edith Sophia (née Sthole) and William Coral "Buddy" Wilson, a plumber.{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=26}}{{sfn|White|1996|pp=26, 59}} His father was of English, Irish, and Scottish descent, while his mother was of Swedish heritage.{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=26}} The middle name Gage was taken from the doctor who delivered him as a baby.{{sfn|White|1996|p=26}}{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=26}} One of Murry's eight siblings died in infancy.{{sfn|Love|2016|p=3}} In 1921, the family moved west to Los Angeles, and were initially so impoverished that they camped for two months in a tent on the beach when they arrived.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=6}} In 1929, the family settled at a home on 605 West 99th Street near [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], and one year later, rented
Buddy, who struggled with alcoholism, was often physically and verbally abusive to his family.{{sfn|White|1996|p=64}}{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=27}} In one incident, after Buddy's glasses were broken by Murry's younger brother Charlie, Buddy beat the boy so savagely that the rest of the family temporarily forced him out of the home for a period.{{sfn|White|1996|p=64}} According to biographer [[Peter Ames Carlin]], Murry increasingly "found himself thrust into the role of his mother's protector, raising his own fists against the father he loved but who seemed unable to love him or anyone else in the family."{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=6}}
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