Biography
Born County Wexford, Ireland, 1807, son of Martin Murphy and Mary Foley.
"His family emigrated in 1820 and settled in Frampton, Quebec. He and his sister Margaret followed in 1828. He married Mary Bolger in 1831. They migrated to Missouri and later to California where they settled in Santa Clara."[1]
Died Sunnyvale, California on October 20, 1884.
Burial Santa Clara Mission Cemetery Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, [2]
Sources
- ↑ ' The Martin Murphy family saga" by Marjorie Pierce publ 2000
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29429800/martin-murphy
- Martin Murphy, Jr., California pioneer, 1844-1884 by Gabrielle Sullivan, publ 1974
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/101013691:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=aca937e0-ce40-4726-80ef-2fc13f765857&_phsrc=iFj21&_phstart=successSource
- Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136721636