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James Murphy (b. October 16, 1854, d. 1899)
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James Murphy (son of Joseph X Murphy and Catherine Sweeney) was born October 16, 1854 in Cleaton, Cumberland, England, and died 1899 in Madrid, Santa Fe, New Mexico.He married Annie South on 1873 in England, daughter of Charles South and Briget Sweeney.
Notes for James Murphy:
Joseph and Catherine (Sweeny) Murphy lived at 167 Ennerdale Rd in Cleaton, Cumberland, England when the 1881 census was taken.Joseph was an iron ore miner.James Murphy was a coal miner.He was born in Cleaton, Cumberland, England and immigrated to the US in 1884.He died approx 1899 and is buried in Madrid, New Mexico.James and Annie (South) had 8 children.Ann, Jane, Maggie,, Mary, Nora and Joseph Patrick (other two unk)It is believed he died around 1899 of Black Lung disease often associated with coal miners.
In 1881 they lived on Waterloo Cross Row, Usworth, Durham, England.
More About James Murphy and Annie South:
Marriage: 1873, England.
Children of James Murphy and Annie South are:
- +Mary Catherine Murphy, b. July 25, 1886, LaSalle, Illinois, d. November 19, 1951, Arroyo Grande, California.
- +Maggie Murphy, b. May 8, 1889, Spring Valley,Illinois, d. October 19, 1931, Ft Stanton, New Mexico.
- +Joseph Patrick Murphy, b. September 6, 1884, LaSalle, Illinois, d. November 2, 1966, Santa Rosa, California.
- Ann Murphy, b. 1878, Usworth, Durham, England, d. date unknown, Fairbanks, Alaska.
- +Jane Murphy, b. March 14, 1880, Monkwearmouth, Durham, England, d. May 16, 1944, Sturgis, Union Co., Kentucky.
- +Nora Murphy, b. July 1894, Spring Valley,Santa Fe, New Mexico, d. date unknown, Auburn,Androscoggin, Maine.