The Murphys
This section is about the Murphys, my father’s mother’s people.
Palmer and Murphy
Albert Henry Murphy Sr. (born in Battersea, England, 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. 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.
I have endeavoured to get all the names right, however sometimes the records show different spellings, name order incorrect, etc. - where there are differences, I’ve tried to make notes. If you dispute something, please let me know so I can fix it. Thank you.