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Walter Murphy

Born 1 Jul 1855 in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Dennis Murphy and Margaret (Flemming) Murphy

Brother of John Stephen Murphy, Margaret (Murphy) Curran, Sarah Ann Murphy, Richard William Murphy, Johanna Murphy, Harriet Stancheulase (Murphy) Cocke, William Stephen Murphy, Dennis Christopher Murphy, James Patrick Murphy, George Henry Murphy and Susan E. Murphy

Husband of Anne Margaret (Hutton) Murphy — married 4 Jul 1879 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Father of William Stephen Murphy, J Walter Stephen Murphy, George Frederick Murphy, Josephine Henrietta (Murphy) Sweeney, Margaret Grace (Murphy) Ross, Walter Gordon Murphy, Dennis Leo Murphy, Henrietta Mary Murphy and Mary Rose (Murphy) Hazelton

Died 3 Sep 1902 at age 47 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Walter Murphy was born on July 1, 1855 in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia. He married Annie Sutton on July 4, 1879 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He passed away on September 3, 1902 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Sources

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M485-2CL : 13 November 2014), Walter Murphy, Ward 02, West Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 70, line 1; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10551, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,139.
"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6L-ZWL : 30 June 2017), Walter Murphy, Ward no. 2, Halifax City, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 62; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13168, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,804.
"Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKG-LBF : 13 November 2014), Walter Murphy, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148110.
"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2Q-R1B : 27 April 2017), Walter Murphy, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 23, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
L. Kent Sweeney, "From Ketch Harbour to Yarmouth: The Family of Walter Murphy of Nova Scotia", Stoneycroft Publishing, 1998
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
Findagrave

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Rick Murphy : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:

~12.50% Rick Murphy : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T606775 [compare]
~6.25% Tammy Murphy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A036567 [compare], Ancestry member Tammymurphy95
~6.25% Pam Murphy : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member eriksm1995
~3.12% P. Curran : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T696402 [compare], Ancestry member Novascotian123 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder