This Week on My Family History Calendar

Murphy-Keough Family Calendar June 1 - June 7
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This week two weddings and six births - a busy week in my family history calendar!

June 1
Martin Keough [248] (1890-1989), my first cousin twice removed, was born on this date in 1890 in Plate Cove East, Newfoundland. Martin's parents were Andrew Keough [172] and Mary Furlong [184]. Martin served in the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit, service number 1736. Members of the Newfoundland Unit served during WWII by assisting with logging operations in Great Britain.

June 2
Earl Joseph McMillan [877] (1925-1982), my first cousin once removed, was born on this date in Seattle, Washington. His parents were Ronald J. McMillan [875] and Margaret Cecelia Murphy [208]. This is another extended family member that I need to do more research on - so if you are a McMillan with Murphy roots - I want to hear from you.

June 3
Michael Paul Sullivan [499] (1875-1945) and Ellen Jane Murphy [475] (1878-1962) were married on this date in 1912 in O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska. Michael's parents were Paul Sullivan [1896] and Johanna Kelly [1897]. Ellen is my great grandaunt and her parents were Michael Daniel O'Murphy [354] and Honora Agnes Butler [355]. Michael and Ellen made their home and farmed in O'Neill, Nebraska and had four children.

Patricia Walker [486] (1924-1988) was born on this date in 1924 in Los Angeles, California. I do not have any information on her family. Patricia married Joseph Michael Murphy [485] (1919-1954), my first cousin twice removed, in 1951 in Coronado, California. Patricia and Joseph made their home in San Diego, California and had two children.

June 6
Lawrence Shaughnessy [492] (1864-1933) was born on this date in 1864 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois. Lawrence married Margaret Elizabeth Murphy [1081] (1868-1957), my great-grandaunt in September 1892 in Puyallup, Washington (both the Shaughnessy and Murphy families started out in Ireland and immigrated to the USA - the Shaughnessy family moved from New York to Illinois to Nebraska and settled in Washington; the Murphy family moved from New York to Missouri and settled in Nebraska - some of the Murphy children moved on and settled in Washington). Lawrence and Maggie made their home in Pierce County, Washington and had six children.

Peter William Walsh [3926] was baptized on this date in 1873 in Kings Cove, Bonavista, Newfoundland (I have not found his birth record yet and do not have any information on his family). In 1900 in Open Hall, Newfoundland, Peter married Anne Keough [179] (1869-unknown), my great grandaunt. Peter and Anne made their home in Plate Cove East, Newfoundland and had four children. (If you are a Walsh with Plate Cove East roots - I want to hear from you.)

Duncan Johnston [862] (1879-1962) and Honora Agnes Butler Murphy [206] (1888-1967) were married on this date in 1910 in Vancouver City, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Duncan's parents were Donald Johnston [4334] and Mary Campbell [4335] of South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland. Honora's (always called Nan and named after her maternal grandmother Honora Agnes Butler) parents were Lawrence Edward Murphy and Catherine Matilda Murphy. Duncan and Nan made their home in British Columbia, Canada and had three daughters.

June 7
Bernard L. Murphy [1158] (1910-1951), my first cousin twice removed, was born on this date in 1910 in Crab Orchard, Johnson, Nebraska. Bernard's parents were Pierce J. Murphy [1000] and Mary Agnes Kavanaugh [1151].