Susannah Murphy was born in 1836, in Ireland as the daughter of Henry Murphy. She married Seth Melling on 19 September 1864, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 16 June 1867, in Scholes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 31, and was buried in Lower Ince Cemetery and Wigan Crematorium, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Aileen, Kieran, Brigid, Donal, Siobhan, Eamon, Aidan, Dermot, John Patrick, Declan.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha ‘descendant of Murchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’, i.e. ‘sea warrior’. This was an important family in Tyrone. For the surname with mac, see also McMurrough (Leinster).
English: variant of Morphey (see Morphew ).
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