When James Ovid Murphy was born on 17 December 1910, in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States, his father, George Sydney Murphy, was 22 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Hisaw, was 29. He lived in Hopewell, Copiah, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and Beat 4, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 October 1982, in Beeville, Bee, Texas, United States, at the age of 71.
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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