Daniel MURPHY & Mary B. FISHER

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Daniel MURPHY
Mary B. FISHER

Husband: Daniel MURPHY
Birth: 1828/9, Canada East
Disposition: buried in Murphy Plot (Section 5 Old, Space 92), Santa Clara Mission Cemetery (a.k.a., Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery), Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA
Occupation: rancher
Father: Martin MURPHY

Marriage: 7 Jan 1851, Santa Clara Co., CA
Mary married very young.

Wife: Maria / Mary B. FISHER
Birth: Sep 1838, San José del Cabo, Baja California
Death: 29 Dec 1913, Santa Clara Co., CA
Disposition: buried in Murphy Plot (Section 5 Old, Space 92), Santa Clara Mission Cemetery (a.k.a., Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery), Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA
Transhumance: May 1846, Baja California to Alta California
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 1884/5, Peter J. COLUMBET
Father: Capt. William J. FISHER
Mother: Liberata G. CESENA

Children — born in Santa Clara Co., CA:

1. Mary L. "Mollie" MURPHY, b. 1855/6; m. Mr. CHAPMAN
2. Diana / Daniella "Dannie" Helen MURPHY, b. 1860/1
3. Daniel M. MURPHY, b. 1862/3
4. Julia MURPHY; died young

Keywords for search engines: Mexico, México; USA, US, United States, California

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Marriage Index: AR, CA, IA, LA, MN, MO, OR, TX, 1728-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Murphy, Donnel Fisher, Mary 7 Jan 1851 Santa Clara Co. CA

2. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 16): Gilroy P.O., Gilroy Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll M653_65, p. 249, PN 27, 223/185, enumerated 9 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Daniel Murphy 31 M stock farmer 30,000 80,000 Canada

Mary " 22 F Mexico

Mary L " 4 F Cal

John Kerby 22 M day laborer Ireland

Archy Ritchie 21 M Del

James Wilson 75 M England

Marians Hernandez 16 M Cal

Juan Sato 18 M "

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #154 of 318): Alviso P.O., City of San Jose (Ward 1), Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll M593_88, p. 256B, PN 66, 533/526, enumerated 26 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 19

533 526 Murphy Daniel 42 M W Farmer 1,400,000 250,000 Canada East / / /

______ Mary 32 F W Keeping house Mexico / /

______ Mollie 14 F W California / / /

______ Dannie 9 F W " / / /

______ Daniel 7 M W " / / /

McDermott Mary 35 F W Domestic Servt Ireland / /

Saña Fernando 25 M W Laborer Mexico / /

Coline Manuel 18 M W " " / /

Smith Ellen 22 F W Domestic Servt New York / /

4. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there are two couples named Daniel & Mary MURPHY in Santa Clara County, but neither is an obvious match for our subjects.

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. Email from staff at the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery.

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