When Edwin Stafford Murphy was born on 31 May 1873, in Featherston, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, his father, John Murphy, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Hodder, was 28. He married Eliza Ann Elliott in 1894, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 13 April 1957, in Featherston, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 83, and was buried in Featherston, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand.
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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