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Owen Murphy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stabannan, County Louth, Ireland
Death: October 25, 1904 (73-74)
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Place of Burial: New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Owen Murphy
Husband of Honora Ann Murphy (Conway)
Partner of Susannah Easthope
Father of Thomas Martin Murphy; John Conway Murphy; Eugene Owen Murphy; Honora Ann Merrick and Arthur Owen Murphy

Occupation: Fruiterer - Imperial War Pensioner
Find A Grave ID: 190830230
Managed by: Private User
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About Owen Murphy

Obituary

MR OWEN MURPHY
An old settler in the person of Mr Owen Murphy passed quietly away at 5 o'clock this morning at the age of 75 years. The deceased (an old soldier) had been ailing for some time, and for several days past had been confined to his bed. He was a native of Ireland, and came out to New Zealand in the early days. Since his residence in New Plymouth, which extended over a long period, the deceased carried on several businesses, the last being that of a fruiterer. When, he became too ill to carry on business his son, Mr James Murphy, took over the business. Mr Murphy belonged to the 65th Regiment.
Source: Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12692, 25 October 1904, Page 5 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19041025.2.28].

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Owen Murphy's Timeline

1830
1830
Stabannan, County Louth, Ireland
1836
February 6, 1836
Age 6
Carlingford and Omeath, County Louth, Ireland
1854
December 30, 1854
Spithead, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
1856
November 13, 1856
Wahapu, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
1859
May 28, 1859
Wellington, New Zealand
1862
September 29, 1862
Auckland, New Zealand
1883
September 14, 1883
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand

Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1883/15849) - Parents Susannah ROBINSON (aka Charlotte Annie) and Owen MURPHY.

1904
October 25, 1904
Age 74
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand

Death Registration Number: (reg. 1904/6609).

October 27, 1904
Age 74
Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand