When Julia Ellen Murfin was born in 1855, in Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Henry Murfin, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Horrell, was 39. She married Edmund Frederick Powers on 19 March 1877, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
English (Derbyshire): probably from the Middle English personal name Mer(e)fin; see Marvin .
History: The first Murfins in North America were Nottinghamshire Quakers. Robert and Ann Murfin and their daughter Mary sailed from Hull, England, in 1678 on the ship Shield of Stockton and settled at Chesterfield, near Burlington, NJ.
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