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JOHN MURPHY
My Great-Grandfather JOHN MURPHY arrived around 1833 c ... (as yet to be
confirmed) from Kilkenny in Ireland.. according to his death certificate he was
in the colonies for 49 years.. this makes his date of birth 1812c
He Married Bridget BISHOP at BRAIDWOOD on 12 August 1861. Bridget had one
daughter Mary prior to this marriage.
Seven children resulted from this marriage to Bridget.
James 1862, John 1864, William Francis 1867, Edward Michael 1869,
Catherine 1871, Martin 1873 and
Bridget 1875
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Martin Murphy |
Bridget MURPHY nee BISHOP (she did marry a fellow
by the name of Reynolds in the later years of her life but no children
resulted from this. |
Martin is my grandfather ... he married Susan Corey and had three
children by that marriage when she died...
He then married Mary Jane AYLING in 1905 at Cooma and had eleven children ..
All grew up and married in the Cooma area and the family still lives in the
Monaro district.
Please forward any enquiries to : "Susie Bauer" <[email protected]>
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