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Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy

b. April 1850, d. 9 February 1935

Family surname

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Birth

Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy was born in April 1850 in Keelnabrack.1,2

Parents

FatherJohn Murphy (b. 1819, d. 31 July 1894)
MotherMary Shea (b. 1821, d. 22 June 1904)

Residence information

On on 25 August 1853, John, James, Honora, and Mary arrived at aboard. they was at age ~34 years old. The family traveled aboard SS Talavera which left Southampton on 31 May 1853.1,3 Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy lived with John Murphy and Mary Shea about 1854 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.3

Working life

  • In 1891 Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy was a publican at Four Mile Hotel in Bourke.
  • In 1892 Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy was a publican at Four Mile Hotel in Bourke.
  • Is a work associate of at in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. His brother Daniel Murphy had taken over as publican of the Family Hotel at Bourke.4,5
  • On 30 June 1893 Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy was a publican at the Family Hotel in Darling Street in Bourke. The meeting discussed to prospect of mining shale at Girilambone and to keep an eye out for gold on the way there. Another meeting was scheduled for 24 August, by which time subscriptions had to be paid.
  • On 17 May 1895 Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy was a publican at Green Gate Inn in Orange.

Death

Daniel Francis ("Donald") Murphy died on 9 February 1935 at age 84 at Lee Street in Wellington.

Citations

  1. [S389] Murphy family entry, Talavera, Passenger list, 6 Sep 1853; in 4/4935 (Kingswood: Archives Office of NSW), 2465.
  2. [S1140] Baptismal Record: Daniel Murphy 1850, Vol Glenbeigh baptisms, (April 1850), Keelnabrack, near Glenbeigh, General Register Office, Ireland
  3. [S476] Edited, "James Murphy, Esquire," in Australian Men of Mark, Vol. 2, Series 2. (Sydney: Charles F Maxwell, 1889.)
  4. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, page 3 in the Western Herald newspaper at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142707279
  5. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, page 6430 in the NSW Government Gazette at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222120805
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ContextMurphy clan
Last Edited10 April 2023