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Daniel Patrick Murphy, 1858-

Dublin

I have very sketchy information about my great-grandfather and great-grandmother. My mother recorded that Daniel Patrick Murphy was born in Dublin in 1858. My great-grandmother Katherine Margarette was born in Dublin in 1868. I don't have a date of marriage or any indication that I have any great-aunts or uncles.

They emigrated to the United States prior to December 25, 1893 as evidenced by the birth of my grandfather Joseph Henry Murphy in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska on that date. Joseph Henry may not have been married to my grandmother Lela Loemma Harris from Canada when my father Donald Joseph Murphy was born in Los Angeles, CA on December 28, 1925. I was born in North Carolina in 1948, the oldest of five children.

I have found many references to a Daniel and Katie in CA in 1920s and one reference to a Katie being a widow of Danl P in Danville, Illinois. Otherwise, my searches have been tantalizing but not conclusive.

I am going to be in Ireland this fall and would love to find a cousin or two still living the life of the Irish. Based on the number of cousins I have here in America, I would think I might be able to find one or two in Ireland. I'll be touring for two weeks and know that I will have breaks from the guide to explore. I'm even going to be arriving three days early in order to find my way around Dublin a wee bit.

Any help with this mystery would be very welcome.

Christy Elizabeth Murphy Cutting

IrelandXO member

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Christy:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

If Daniel and Katherine were baptized in Dublin city then this free Irish government site will allow you to search Dublin city church records.http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/    I can see two Daniel Murphy baptismal records in 1855 and one in 1860. However, without having Daniel's parents names, you can't confirm any record you find.

If they were baptized outside the city then Roots Ireland which is a subscription site is the place to search.  Finding cousins will be difficult unless someone sees your post and posts a reply. You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hi Roger

Thank you so much for your speedy reply.  There is so little on the family of my grandfather (Joseph Henry Murphy) here in the US that I started wondering whether he had been born and was immediately given up for adoption.  So many things could have happened to he and his parents.

I will definitely give a look at the church records for which you provided the link.  I think I had the link from another post but this will give me the chance to look from here.

I have already sent sample to Ancestory.com for DNA testing.  No sure if it is autosomal.  Is that the most popular?

Thanks again.  I know I'm going to enjoy my trip whether I find cousins or not.  I'll just keep thinking that the next person could be a relative, or is it this next person?

Christy

 

IrelandXO member

I have attached to my reply a picture of Donald Joseph Murphy about 1948.  Before joining the US Army at 17 in 1943, Donald changed his name to Don J Murphy. 

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Christy:

Autosomal is the most popular test since it tracks both paternal and maternal matches.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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