Hi everyone, Would like to hear from anyone researching the families below... Matthew MURPHY c.1815 Cobh, Cork, Ireland, & Hannorah SHEA - c.28/08/1825 Cork, Ireland. Matthew MURPHY & Hannorah SHEA were married in 1840 Cork, Ireland. Seeing Hannorah was young when they married, I would say it is safe to assume she continued having children in NZ. Matthew Murphy & Hannorah (Nora) Shea children: Only child found so far: John Murphy - b.1841 Cork, Ireland Family folklore (before I found a distant relative) was the Murphy's sailed to Victoria, Australia, when John was about 6 years old. So say around 1847. However chatting with a distant rellie, he tells me they settled in New Zealand. John Murphy turns up in Victoria, Aust. in 1873 when he married Eliza Moffat/Morphet, at the age of 32. John MURPHY married Eliza MOFFAT/MORPHET in Victoria 1873. They had 12 children. 1. William Patrick - b.1873 - married Isabella BARNETT nee ROSS 2. Elizabeth Norah - b.1874 - married Alfred G BRIGGS 1896 3. John Andrew - b.1875 - married Clara PARKER 1899 & Daisy Eades McKEOWN 4. Henry - b.1877 - died 1906 Surrey Hills, Vic 5. Patrick - b.1879 - married Eva HALL 1900 & Bridget JONES c.1905 6. Eliza - b.1881 - died 1892 Murtoa, Vic 7. Catherine Emily - b.1883 - married Robert CLEVERLEY 1904 8. Francis Michael - b.1885 - married Catherine Azeline COLLET c.1908 9. Matthew Ernest - b.1886 - died 1905 Prahan, Vic 10. Ellen Margaret - b.1890 - married George Tasman WILLIAMSON 11. George James - b.1892 - died 1909 Balwyn, Vic 12. Mary Amelia - b.1894 - married Mr O'Sullivan Kind regards, Sherrie Blackman. Sydney.