The Murphys
This section is about the Murphys, the Palmers and the Sawyers, my father’s mother’s people.
Bosbury and Murphy
Rhoda Bosbury (daughter of John Bosbury and Mary Whiteman, born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England in 1806) married Michael Murphy (of Cork, Ireland, born 1803) on the 23rd of September 1827 in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, UK.
They had seven children:
John William born 17th of October 1829 baptised in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, UK on the 25th October 1829 records verified, see below.
Rhoda Rebecca born 27th of February, 1831 baptism record confirmed, baptised same day as William Isaac.
William Issac born 30th of May, 1834 baptism record confirmed.
Mary Ann born 21st of October 1836 baptism record confirmed.
Michael born 2nd of November, 1838 in Westminster, London, UK (MURPHY, MICHAEL: Mother’s maiden name: BOSBURY GRO Reference: 1838 D (December) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 321) baptised as Michael Joseph on 9th of December.
Maria Elizabeth born 5th of January, 1841 in Westminster, London, UK (MURPHY, MARIA ELIZABETH: Mother’s maiden name: BOSBURY GRO Reference: 1841 M (March) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 389 ) baptised as Maria Susanna on 29th of May 1842.
Thomas Henry born 1843 in Westminster, London, UK (MURPHY, THOMAS HENRY: Mother’s maiden name: BOSBURY GRO Reference: 1843 J (July) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 380) he died on the 4th of September 1844 aged 17 months (MURPHY, THOMAS HENRY GRO Reference: 1844 S (September) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 346.
Elizabeth Fanny born 29th of January, 1845 in Westminster, London, UK (MURPHY, ELIZABETH FANNY: Mother’s maiden name: BOSBURY GRO Reference: 1845 M (March) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 438) baptised 21st of September 1845.
Michael Murphy (Sr) died in Westminster, London, UK on 28th of January, 1860.
Rhoda Bosbury Murphy died in Chelsea, London, UK on 21st of November, 1880.
(Details in brackets are from the General Registry Office UK online indexes)
Michael Murphy’s death record from GRO UK.
Rhoda Bosbury Murphy’s death record from GRO UK.
Michael Murphy probate record from Ancestry.
Peneycad and Murphy
Emma Peneycad (daughter of John Owen Peneycad and Ruth Keeler, born in 1829 in Hoxton, Middlesex, England) married John William Murphy on the 31st of August 1851 at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, England.
They had six children:
Emma Rhoda Elizabeth 1852 in St. George Hanover Square, London, UK (MURPHY, EMMA RHODA ELIZABETH: Mother’s maiden name: PENCYCAD GRO Reference: 1852 M (March) Quarter in SAINT GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Volume 01A Page 177).
Elizabeth Jane 1855 in Westminster, London, UK (MURPHY, ELIZABETH JANE: Mother’s maiden name: PENEYEAD GRO Reference: 1855 S (September) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 226).
Joseph William 1858 in Westminster, England (MURPHY, JOSEPH WILLIAM: Mother’s maiden name: PENEYCAD GRO Reference: 1858 J (July) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 263) see below.
Thomas Henry 1860 in Westminster, England (MURPHY, THOMAS HENRY: Mother’s maiden name: PENEYCAD GRO Reference: 1860 S (September) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 260).
Minnie Maria 1863 in Westminster, England (MURPHY, MINNIE MARIA: Mother’s maiden name: PENEYCAD GRO Reference: 1863 D (December) Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 294).
Fanny Gertrude 1867 in Wandsworth, England (MURPHY, FANNY GERTRUDE: Mother’s maiden name: PENEYCAD GRO Reference: 1867 J (July) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 493).
John William Murphy died in Wandsworth, England in 1891 and was buried on the 23rd of May in Old Brompton.
Emma Peneycad Murphy died in Wandsworth, England in 1911. (MURPHY, EMMA: Age at death: 82 GRO Reference: 1911 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 301)
(Details in brackets are from the General Registry Office UK online indexes)
Emma Peneycad and John William Murphy marriage record from Ancestry
John William Murphy’s burial record from Ancestry
Birch and Murphy
Mary Birch (daughter of Joseph Birch and Ellen Menday, born in Wesminster, England in 1856) married Joseph William Murphy on the 6th of July 1879 in Battersea, England.
The had ten children:
Florence Mary 1880 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, FLORENCE MARY: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1880 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 639).
William Frederick 1881 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, WILLIAM FREDERICK: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1881 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 674).
Alice Maud 1883 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, ALICE MAUD: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1883 D (December) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 668).
Louisa Ann 1885 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, LOUISA ANN: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1885 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 699).
Emma Rhoda 1886 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, EMMA RHODA: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1886 S (September) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 658).
Albert Henry 1888 (see below) in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, ALBERT HENRY: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1888 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 669) see below.
Elizabeth Ellen 1889 in Wandsworth, London, UK, died aged 1 in 1890 (BIRTH: MURPHY, ELIZABETH ELLEN: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1889 D (December) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 617 DEATH:MURPHY, ELIZABETH ELLEN: Age at death: 1 GRO Reference: 1890 D (December) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 434 )
Rosalina 1892 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, ROSALINA: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1892 J (June) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 636).
Minnie Maria 1893 in Wandsworth, London, UK (MURPHY, MINNIE MARIA: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1893 D (December) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 631).
Frances Gertrude 1895 in Wandsworth, London, UK: died at five months old, (BIRTH: MURPHY, FRANCES GERTRUDE: Mother’s maiden name: BIRCH GRO Reference: 1895 M (March) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 705 DEATH: MURPHY, FRANCES GERTRUDE: Age at death: 0 GRO Reference: 1895 S (september) Quarter in ST OLAVE Volume 01D Page 108 ).
Joseph William Murphy died in Wandsworth, London, UK, on 26th November, 1897. (Record purchased from GRO UK)
Mary Birch Murphy died in Wandsworth, London, UK, in 1927
(MURPHY, MARY: Age at death: 70 GRO Reference: 1927 S (September) Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 315).
(Details in brackets are from the General Registry Office UK online indexes)
Joseph William Murphy’s death record from GRO UK
Palmer and Murphy
Albert Henry Murphy Sr.’s first marriage to Amy Palmer.
Albert Henry Murphy Sr. born in Wandsworth (Battersea), London, UK in 1888 to Joseph William Murphy and Mary Birch, married Amy Palmer (born in Dover, Kent, UK in 1885 to Henry Vincent Palmer and Ellen Evans) in Fremantle, Western Australia, registry number 50 in 1915.
The had six children:
George Frederick 1915.
William Joseph 1917.
Albert Henry (Jr) 1918.
Kathleen 1920 in Subiaco, Western Australia, registry number 101020 in 1920. See Murphy and Daniels on the Danielses page.
Mary (known as Molly) 1921.
Harry Vincent 1922 (he died in 1923).
Amy Palmer Murphy died in Fremantle (at Fremantle Hospital), Western Australia, registry number 124 in 1923.
Amy Palmer, picture from Ancestry
Sawyer and Murphy
Albert Henry Murphy Sr.’s second marriage to Susannah Sawyer.
Albert Henry Murphy Sr. married Susannah Victoria Sawyer (born in Perth, Western Australia, registry number 3858 in 1901, to Archibald Joseph Sawyer and Mary McArthur) in Fremantle, Western Australia, registry number 221 in 1923.
Susannah already had a daughter:
Laurel Sawyer born Fremantle, Western Australia, registry number 437 in 1921.
Together Albert Sr. and Susannah would have seven children:
May 1924.
Arthur Neil (known as Joe) 1926.
Donald Raey 1930.
Alan Robert 1932.
Marjorie (known as Polly) 1935.
Gordon (known as Ozzie) 1942.
Kerry Rose 1947.
Albert Henry Murphy Sr. died in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, registry number 100698 in 1952.
Susannah Victoria Sawyer Murphy died in Denmark, Western Australia, registry number 5400076 in 1974.
The Palmers
Fitch and Palmer
Mary Ann Fitch (daughter of James Fitch and Sarah Davis, born in Poplar, Middlesex in 1831) was recorded on the 1851 census as living at home, aged twenty. No marriage record found as yet. As of the 1861 census she was recorded as Mary Ann Palmer, wife of Edward George Palmer (son of Thomas William Palmer and Mary Ann Mathews, born on the 19th of February, 1831 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex).
They had five children:
Edward Ogden 1854 Hackney, London, UK (PALMER, EDWARD OGDEN: Mother’s maiden name: FITCH GRO Reference: 1854 D (December) Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 277).
Henry Vincent 1857 Whitechapel, London, UK (PALMER, HENRY VINCENT: Mother’s maiden name: FITCH GRO Reference: 1857 M (March) Quarter in WHITECHAPEL Volume 01C Page 401) see below.
Alfred George 1860 Bethnal Green (PALMER, ALFRED GEORGE: Mother’s maiden name: FITCH GRO Reference: 1859 S (September) Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 257).
Elizabeth Jane 1862 Bethnal Green (PALMER, ELIZABETH JANE: Mother’s maiden name: FITCH GRO Reference: 1862 M (March) Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 278).
Anne 1866 Bethnal Green (PALMER, ANNE: Mother’s maiden name: FITCH GRO Reference: 1866 S (September) Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 233).
(Details in brackets are from the General Registry Office UK online indexes)
1871 census record from Ancestry
Mary Ann Fitch Palmer died in Bethnal Green in 1904.
(PALMER, MARY ANN Age at death: 73 GRO Reference: 1904 D (December) Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 127)
Edward George Palmer died in Bethnal Green in 1913.
(PALMER, EDWARD GEORGE Age at death: 83 GRO Reference: 1913 M (March) Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 194)
Ellen Evans (daughter of William Evans, painter) married Henry Vincent Palmer in Mallow, Cork, Ireland on the 14th of December, 1878. He was in the military, and she was a domestic servant.
They had four children:
Elizabeth Edith 1879 Cork, Ireland
Henry George 1880 Cork, Ireland
Amy 1885 Dover, Kent, UK (PALMER, AMY: Mother’s maiden name: EVANS GRO Reference: 1885 S (September) Quarter in DOVER Volume 02A Page 974 see above.
Ada (from cencus records, possibly Adeline Vincent) 1889 Ireland. She is noted as Ada Ingram, wife of Ralph Edward Alston Ingram in Henry Vincent Palmer’s probate record (below).
Ellen Evans and Henry Vincent Palmer marriage extract from
Casey index from Ireland, record from Ancestry
Ellen Evans Palmer died in Whitstable, Kent, on the 14th of June, 1922.
Henry Vincent Palmer died in Blean, Kent, on the 15th of March, 1936.
Ellen Evans Palmer death record from GRO UK
Henry Vincent Palmer probate, record from Ancestry
Evans and Palmer