Murphy is a very common name in Ireland, it is everywhere. Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Holland" <sdholland@mindspring.com> To: <j.j.carroll@earthlink.net>; <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Murphy and Crennan > Would Catherine Murphy be related to Matthew Murphy who was a seed > merchant > in Ireland. > > Shirley > sdholland@mindspring.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jim at syracuse" <j.j.carroll@earthlink.net> > To: "IRL-DUBLIN" <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:53 AM > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Murphy and Crennan > > >> Looking for two people: Catherine MURPHY [b. abt. 1837 according to 1860 >> U.S. Census, a native of Queens County (County Laois), Ireland, according >> to her Obituary). Her married name was Crennan or Crenan. >> >> Catherine was married to Michael "CRAN??N" (sic), a San Francisco hack >> driver, a native of Ireland [abt. 1839, according to what he told the >> 1860 >> U.S. Census]. >> >> We only have information (other than the above) on her children. We have >> been unable to locate anything on when she was married, when she >> emigrated, how she emigrated. In later census collections, or >> obituaries, >> it was noted that they had been born in the "Irish Free State." Around >> 1910 Maggie Crennan, her daughter, visited friends in Dunkineely, >> Donegal, >> Ireland. There might have been a connection. >> >> Jim Carroll >> >> j.j.carroll@earthlink.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.14/636 - Release Date: 1/18/2007 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message