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| Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - ) |
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Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - ) |
Edward M MURPHY (1806 - 1882) |
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| Bridget “Biddy” Mary O'DEA (1833 - 1915) |
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| Source References: |
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73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004 |
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- Reference = page 40 (Name, Notes) |
- Notes: Chief Constable Edward Murphy and Constable D. Patton were, in 1839, the first regular police stationed in the area.
Constable Murphy had been a member of the first Water Police Squad.
Edward Murphy married Bridget O'Dea, of Tumut on the llth October 1850. After twenty-five years service as Chief Constable at Tumut he resigned and selected a grazing property near Wyangle where he died on 6th September 1882 aged76.
His widow, Bridget Murphy, sold the property to Patrick Geary and with her son Harry went to live in a cottage at Newtown on land now occupied by the Old Peoples' Homes. She died on the 19th July 1915, aged 87 years. Both Edward and Bridget are buried in unmarked graves in the Catholic section of the Tumut Pioneer Cemetery.
Their son Harry Murphy, learned his trade as a saddler and harness maker from James Blakeney.
Later he was in partnership in the business with Roland Blakeney and then established his own business. |