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.
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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