Born in Huntley, Carleton, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Andrew Starr
and Elizabeth Amelia (Ebert) Sample
Sister of
Caroline Starr, John Ebert Starr, James Selwin Starr, Andrew Martin Starr, Ida Anne Starr, Elizabeth Adalisa Starr, Myra Starr, George Stanley Starr, Abigail Louisa Judd (Starr) Clark and Robert Nichol Sample [half]
Wife of
Edward Armstrong Murphy
— married
9 Oct 1883 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Wife of
Mathias Lee
— married
10 Mar 1922 in Los Angeles, California, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Edith Mae Murphy, Edna Pearl (Murphy) Smith, Ida Elisabeth Murphy and Florence Bella (Murphy) Austin
Died
at age 78
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2018
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1856 in Huntley, Carleton, Canada West, the daughter of James Starr and Elizabeth Ebert. She married first, in 1883, to Edward Armstrong Murphy, then second, in 1922, to Mathias Lee. She passed away in 1935 in Los Angeles, California (burial details are currently unknown).
Notes
- Margaret's first husband's mother was Elizabeth Ebert, same as her mother's name .. no apparent relation, but seems worth investigating. ---Scott Prentice
Sources
- 1871 Census of Canada. Ontario, Carleton, Huntley. Page 42. (See Elizabeth Ebert - Census.)
- "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 11 March 2018), Edward Armstrong Murphy and Margaret Jane Starr, 09 Oct 1883; citing registration , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,761.
- 1900 US Federal Census. Michigan, Saginaw, Saginaw City Ward 15. ED 71, Sheet 13b. (See Edward A. Murphy - Census.)
- 1910 US Federal Census. Michigan, Saginaw, Bridgeport. Sheet 6b. (See Edward A. Murphy - Census.)
- 1920 US Federal Census. California, Los Angeles, San Antonio. ED: 556; Sheet: 2a. (See George Smith - Census.)
- "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 8 December 2017), James Starr in entry for Mathias Lee and Margaret Jane Murphy, 10 Mar 1922; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,276.
- 1930 US Federal Census. California, Los Angeles, Bell. ED: 1308; Sheet: 8a. (See George Smith - Census.)
- Margaret Jane Starr Murphy on findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~6.25%
Brandon Starr
:
23andMe
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Judith (Jessup) Horning :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Penelope Gardner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A475781 [compare], Ancestry member Penelope_Gardner
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