MURPHY; ON,CAN; 1840 Searching for the parentage-siblings-descendents of the following Thomas Murphy in Ontario County - (now Simcoe Co.) Mara township Thomas Murphy b. 17 April 1842 - age 58 in 1901 census - born Ontario Irish descent - R.C. - Farmer - died 18, Feb 1910 Mara township, Ontario County (now Simcoe Co.) obit says age 73 giving alternate birth yr. of 1837. Buried in St. Andrews cemetery in Brechin, Ontario Married: Bridget (CAREY) dau. of Thomas CAREY & Hanora MORRISON b. 6 Jan.1844 - age 57 in 1901 census - b. Ontario - birth record not found although her family is in the 1861 Mara census. Marriage was presumably in St. Columbkille R.C. church - Uptergrove, (Mara township) Ontario Co. (now Simcoe Co. ) before 1874 - church records in this time frame are missing. Died 29, Sep. 1907 - buried in St. Andrew's R.C. cemetery in Brechin, Ontario. children: Jeremiah - b. 20 April 1874 in Uptergrove, Ontario Co. (now Simcoe) Mara township - St. Columbkille church died 15, Nov 1903 (unmarried) Mary Catherine - b. 27, May 1876 (born same place as above) married Daniel William HARRINGTON 27, Nov 1893 St. Andrews RC church - Brechin, Ontario. Elizabeth - b. 13 Aug.1878 (born in Uptergrove) married John Edward- CLARKE abt 1913. Thomas - b. 10 March 1883 (born in Uptergrove) married Oct 1913 to Ellen HEI(T)ZNER Sarah Ann - b. 28 Nov.1886 (born in Uptergrove) married Frank O'DONNELL January 1909 and moved to North Dakota US (possibly Verona or Fargo) had 10 or 11 children. Thank you Kathi White Frombufalo@aol.com