Walter Murphy (abt. 1797 - aft. 1838)

Born about 1797 in County Wexford, Ireland

Husband of Mary (Connors) Murphy — married 17 Nov 1820 in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 1838 after about age 41 in Ketch Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Walter Murphy was born in approximately 1797 in County Wexford, Ireland. He married Mary Connors on November 17, 1820 in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia. He was living in Ketch Harbour in 1823, when he petitioned the government for land. As of the 1827 census, he was living in Ketch Harbour with the household consisting of four males and two females and 20 bushels of potatoes. He was working in the fishing industry.^[1] As of the 1838 census, he was still living in Ketch Harbour and his occupation was a fisherman. His nine person household consisted of one male under 6 years old, one female under 6 years old, one male 6 to 14 years old, one female 6 to 14 years old, three males over 14 years old, and one female over 14 years old (his wife).^[2] A Walter Murphy died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1853, however, it is uncertain whether this is the same Walter Murphy.

Sources

1. ↑ 1827 Census
2. ↑ 1838 Census

• Gallagher and Murphy and Brook in Land records, 1763-1914, 1823. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV2-39WG-B. "Petitioners are all natives of Ireland, now engaged in fishing at Ketch Harbour. Daniel Gallagher and Walter Murphy are married and have families; Moses Brook is a single man. They ask certain land in the rear of Ketch Harbour, about three miles distant. Approved. Warrants for 100 acres each."

• Terrence M. Punch, "Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853" - Page 70.

• L. Kent Sweeney, "From Ketch Harbour to Yarmouth: The Family of Walter Murphy of Nova Scotia", Stoneycroft Publishing, 1998.