Mary Ellen Murphy

Female13 April 1904–6 July 1978

Brief Life History of Mary Ellen

When Mary Ellen Murphy was born on 13 April 1904, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, William Scott Murphy, was 25 and her mother, Emma Wheeler, was 23. She married Jack Edward Miller in 1922, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 July 1978, in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States, at the age of 74.

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Jack Edward Miller
1903–1985
Mary Ellen Murphy
1904–1978
Marriage: 1922
Camp
1923–1923
Robert Claire Camp
1924–2000
Catherine Jane Camp
1925–1970

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1922Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

    • Children (3)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World

    Age 1

    The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 2

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1925 · The Goodman Theatre

    Age 21

    The Goodman Theatre was founded as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by his parents, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and its opening ceremony was performed on October 20. 

    Name Meaning

    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 ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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