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Kiwi Trying to Reconnect with Murphy family from Spiddal, Galway

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My grandmother, Julia "Sheila" Murphy, ws born in Spiddal Galway on 17 July 1905. She and her brothers and sisters (Mary Ann, John, Anne and George) immigrated from Ireland in the late 1920's or early 1930s..

Apart from my grandmother, the rest of her siblings immigrated to Illinois, USA. My grandmother had bad eyesight and had to immigrate to New Zealand.

My grandmother married William Rubin Albert Athol Smith in 1932 had three sons Athol, Norman and Leo. She was then widowed in 1938 when my grandfather dies of TB.

I know that a George Murphy lives on teh farm that grandmother came from and that my grandmother went back and visited her home in 1967.

My grandmother dies in Dunedin,. NZ 14 July 2000.

I would be grateful for any information (parish, dates etc) that could reconnect me the MUrphy family and allow me to trace the family in USA.

 

Regards,

Martin Hennessy-Smith

 

 

 

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Hi Martin 

I had a look at the 1911 Ireland Census and found the following - this is the only Mary Ann Murphy In all of Galway in the 1911 Census - note Ballyknock is the Townland/ Street so do a google search & I would assume - tes is Kilteskill 

 

Surname   Forename  Townland   /Street  DED  County  Age  Sex   Murphy  Mary  Ann Ballyknock            Kilteskill        Galway           5    F 1911 CensusResidents of a house 1 in Ballyknock (Kilteskill, Galway)Show all informationSurnameForenameAgeSexRelation to headReligionBirthplaceOccupationLiteracyIrish LanguageMarital StatusSpecified IllnessesYears MarriedChildren BornChildren LivingMurphyPatrick53MaleHead of FamilyRoman CatholicCo GalwayFarmerRead OnlyIrish and EnglishMarried----MurphyMaria43FemaleWifeRoman CatholicCo Galway-Read and write-Married-1486MurphyJoseph12MaleSonRoman CatholicCo GalwayScholarRead and write-Single----MurphyPatrick Martin10MaleSonRoman CatholicCo GalwayScholarRead and write-Single----MurphyDelia8FemaleDaughterRoman CatholicCo GalwayScholarRead and write-Single----MurphyJohn6MaleSonRoman CatholicCo GalwayScholarCannot Read-Single----MurphyMary Ann5FemaleDaughterRoman CatholicCo Galway-Cannot Read-Single----MurphyJulia2FemaleDaughterRoman CatholicCo Galway-Cannot Read-Single----MurphyMartin78MaleFatherRoman CatholicCo GalwayRetired FarmerCannot ReadIrish and EnglishWidower----Report any error in transcription

Here is the link to the Census search :http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/  you can select 1901 or 1911 Census

there are 2 places to search for family one is genforum :http://genforum.genealogy.com/murphy/

this is also free you can also search within this for you family names

 

The other is the Irl - Galway rootsweb mailing list - I signed up to the County  Kerry one - 

http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html   

Now on the : www.familysearch.org ;

I found this 

Name:MurphyEvent Type:CensusEvent Date:1930Event Place:Chicago (Districts 2627-2876), Cook, IllinoisGender:MaleAge:36Marital Status:SingleRace:WhiteBirthplace:IrelandBirth Year (Estimated):1894Immigration Year:1919Relationship to Head of Household:RoomerFather's Birthplace:IrelandMother's Birthplace:IrelandDistrict:2673Household ID:47Sheet Number and Letter:3BLine Number:95Affiliate Publication Number:T626, roll 458GS Film number:2340193Digital Folder Number:4584259Image Number:01010 HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplaceRoomerWilliam JonesM22IndianaRoomerRose JonesF22IllinoisRoomerThomas MccartyM49OhioRoomerErie HansenM39DenmarkHeadMary KennellyF44GermanyRoomerHarry VeldmerM60GermanyRoomerMurphyM36IrelandCiting this Record

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSGJ-QXW : accessed 03 Apr 2013), Murphy in entry for Mary Kennelly, 1930.

 

George Murphy

New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924

immigration:09 Oct 1920 residence: U

  •  
  • Given NameGeorge
  • SurnameMurphy
  • Last Place of ResidenceU
  • Event Date09 Oct 1920
  • Age23Y
  • NationalityEnglish
  • Departure PortSouthampton
  • Arrival PortNew York
  • GenderMale
  • Marital StatusU
  • Citizenship Status
  • Ship NameAquitania

If you have a subscription to ancestry USA then yo can see the image - otherwise at  the library's, you can access the Library edition and search that - hope that helps do cross check to make sure this ticks all the boxes and are your ones  - Good Luck

Maureen O'Connor NZ 

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Maureen,

 

Thanks for your time and efforts.

 

The information from the Census doesn't match up with the information I have regarding Mary Ann Dittman nee Murphy born 1897. Tis would mean that she should of been 14 in the Irish Census.

I'm trying to get a bit more inofrmation from family members to see if that clarifies the details.

 

Regards,

 

Martin

 

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