When Lavonia Ann Murphy was born on 6 May 1851, in District 1088, Clayton, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas Erial Murphy, was 26 and her mother, Mary Ann Reid, was 26. She married Jesse Easters Murphy on 23 February 1867, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1855 and Douglas, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1860. She died on 16 March 1875, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Otoe, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Historical Boundaries 1859: Clayton, Georgia, United States
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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