Agnes Cecelia Murphy (1902 - 1985)

Born 23 Jul 1902 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Michael John Hegarty — married 17 Jan 1926 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1985 at age 82 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Agnes Murphy was a Massachusettsan.

Agnes Cecelia MURPHY, b. 23 July 1902 Cambridge, Mass., daughter of animal tender Walter J and Anastasia (Gaule) Murphy, both born in Ireland.^[1] She was a first generation American. She was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church on 30 July 1902 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Cambridge, Mass.^[2] She was 16 years old when her older brother Thomas died fighting in France in 1918. By 1920, Agnes, 17, had left school and was working full-time as a packer in a cracker factory.^[3]

Agnes married 17 Jan 1926 at St. Catherine’s parish, Somerville, Mass. Michael John HEGARTY, son of John and Margaret (Deasy) Hegarty of Cambridge.^[4] Michael then worked at a printing press; during the Depression he got work at the Cambridge electric company. They lived in Somerville near Agnes’s parents and siblings^[5], and had seven children.^[6]

Michael died in 1970. Agnes lost part of one leg to diabetes and moved into an apartment in Somerville in a multifamily house owned by one of her sons.^[7]

Agnes died 23 January 1985 and is buried at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, Mass.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915,” database with images, Ancestry.com, accessed 6 Aug 2022, registry image, entry 174 for Agnes Murphy; citing 1902 register of births for the City of Cambridge.
2. ↑ Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Cambridge, Mass.), “Baptisms, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Cambridge, MA,” Entry for Agnes Murphy, 30 July 1902, p. 18; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, www.americanancestors.com
3. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge, ED 48, Sheet 18A, dwell. 169, fam. 387, Walter J. Murphy; image, Ancestry.com: accessed 6 Aug 2022: citing NARA microfilm publication, 1920: roll T625
4. ↑ Hegarty-Murphy marriage announcement, Cambridge Tribune, 23 Jan 1926, p. 10; Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections, https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/
5. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Somerville, ED 416, sheet 14B, dwell. 177, fam. 332, Michael J. Hegarty; image, Ancestry.com: accessed 31 July 2022; citing NARA microfilm publication, 1930: roll T626.
6. ↑ Personal knowledge. I'm not including them here for privacy reasons, but contact me if you are related and want more information.
7. ↑ Personal knowledge. Agnes Murphy was my grandmother.~~~~~
8. ↑ FindAGrave entry for Agnes Murphy