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Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - )	Edward M MURPHY (1806 - 1882)
		Bridget “Biddy” Mary O'DEA (1833 - 1915)

b. 1869 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Near Relatives of Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Edward M MURPHY	abt 1806		06 Sep 1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	76
Mother	Bridget “Biddy” Mary O'DEA	abt 1833	Thurles, Co Clare, Ireland	19 Jul 1915	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Self	Henry Harry MURPHY	1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Mary MURPHY	1851	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1881	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30
Sister	Jane MURPHY	1852	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1929	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister	Catherine MURPHY	1854	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	91
Brother	Edward Laurence MURPHY	1856	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1923	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother	James Edward MURPHY	1858	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1928	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother	Andrew MURPHY	1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1931	Granville, New South Wales, Australia	69
Brother	John Stanley MURPHY	1865	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1942	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Michael MALONE	1849	Co Clare, Ireland	1912	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	63
Brother in Law	Henry POWER	1847		1926		79
Brother in Law	Jeremiah Daniel WALSH	1838		1907		69
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Silver WILLIAMS	1865		1924		59
Sister in Law	Christina Eliza BURRIDGE	1872		1949		77
Sister in Law	Louisa Elizabeth FRANCIS	1869		1947		78

Events in Henry Harry MURPHY (1869 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1869		Henry Harry MURPHY was born	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
06 Sep 1882	13	Death of father Edward M MURPHY (aged 76)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		73
19 Jul 1915	46	Death of mother Bridget “Biddy” Mary O'DEA (aged 82)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		73

Source References:

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

- 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.

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