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Lawrence Murray
18?? - 18??
Lawrence was Calum's and Jamie's great great
great grandfather.
All that is known of Lawrence at this stage is that
he was a farmer, and that he was recorded in Griffith's Primary Valuation of Tenements (1851 - 1853) as living in Tibberaghny,
near Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary, Ireland. There are two entries for Lawrence in the valuation, the first for an area
of 49 acres, valued at £60, and a second area of 55 acres, valued at £72. The owner of the land was Nicholas Powers, Esq.
In addition, Lawrence's farm buildings were valued at an annual rent of £10.
Lawrence is known to have had at least one son.
SON of LAWRENCE MURRAY
and (UNKNOWN):
Patrick Murray
b: 18?? d: between 1901 and 1911
Calum's and Jamie's great great grandfather - see
below.
Patrick Murray
18?? - between 1901 and 1911
Patrick Murray was Calum's and Jamie's great
great great grandfather.
Patrick was a farmer in Tybroughney, on the outskirts
of Carrick-on-Suir. He married a lady called Margaret, and had at least six children. He is listed at Tybroughney
in the 1901 census, but not the 1911 census, so it is believed that he died between the two.
In the 1901 census, he is recorded at Tybroughney
with his six children, his wife, and a lodger caleld Mary Fitzgerald.
In the 1911 census, Margaret is listed at Tybroughney
(Tibberaghney) with her sons John and James, and her daughter Bridget.
Also listed are two lodgers, Michael Lawlor and Patrick Moloney (they may have been farm
hands).
CHILDREN of PATRICK MURRAY and MARGARET (UNKNOWN):
Maurice Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
Annie Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
John Murray
b: 18?? d: 22/8/1956
John is listed in Tybroughney in the 1940/1941 register
of electors.
John eventually died in his home at Tybroughney on August 22nd 1956. The
following funeral notice was placed in the Irish Independent on Thursday, August 23rd 1956:
MURRAY (Piltown, Co. Kilkenny) - Aug. 22, 1956. John Murray, Tyboughney,
Piltown, uncle of Very Rev. P. Foley, O.S.A., Prior, St. John's Lane, Dublin, and Rev. Mother Ignatius, Convent of Mercy,
Ferrybank, Waterford. Funeral leaving Thomastown at 7 o' c (S.T.) for Piltown this (Thursday) evening. Office and High Mass
in Piltown Church at 11 o' c (S.T.) to-morrow (Friday). Funeral immediately afterwards to Carrickbeg cemetery.
Laurence Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
Calum's and Jamie's great great grandfather - see
below.
Bridie Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
Minnie Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
It is believed by Calum's grandmother Mary
Pauline Giles (nee Prendergast) that Minnie became a nun, and that she was apparently quite snobbish! She may be the Minnie Murray listed
in Tibberaghny in the 1940/1941 register of electors, although this may have been a daughter of John.
James Murray
b: 18?? d: after 1911
James Murray is listed in Tibberaghny in the 1940/1941 register of electors,
although this may have been a son of John.
There is also a Mary Minnie listed in Tibberaghny in the 1940/1941
register of electors - she may have been James' wife, or possibly his daughter.
It is known that James married and had at least three daughters, although his
spouse's name is as yet unclear.
CHILDREN of JAMES MURRAY and (UNKNOWN):
Bridie Murray
b: approx 1932
Bridie is approximately the same age as Calum's grandmother, and her own
cousin, Mary Pauline Giles (nee Prendergast). She emigrated to Australia, where she continues to work as a nun for the Cairns
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in Earlsville, Queensland.
Anastasia Murray
Anastasia initially did a farming course at Ramsgrange in Wexford, before emigrating
to Australia to join her two sisters in working as a nun for Cairns Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in Earlsville, Queensland.
Mairead Murray
b: 19??
Mairead emigrated to Australia to work as a nun for the Cairns Congregation of
the Sisters of Mercy, in Earlsville, Queensland.
For more on the Cairns Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, click on the following
link:
Laurence Murray
1882 - 19??
Laurence Murray was Calum's and Jamie's
great great grandfather.
Laurence was born in the parish of Carrick-on-Suir
in 1882, on the family farm in Tybroughney (Tibberaghny). He married Ellen Gorman, in approximately 1908.
In 1909, Laurence went ahead of his family to the port of Liverpool, England,
from where he emigrated to the United States aboard the ship Arabic, at a cost of 15. He arrived in New York
harbour on November 8th 1909, and was processed through Ellis Island. A description of Laurence is included in the immigration
records. He was 6 foot and an inch tall, had fair complexion, brown eyes and grey hair. He was not deformed, crippled, a polygamist,
an anarchist, and had good health, with the ability to read and write. He is also listed as having never been in prison.
Arriving
in New York, he went to stay with his cousin, Michael Shea, and Patrick Phelan, in their home at 179 East 118th Street. He
was joined shortly after by his wife Ellen and his daughter Mary, and soon after the family moved to Amityville on Long Island,
where their second daughter Ailsa was born. But after about seven years, Ellen and Laurence separated, and Ellen took the
girls back to Ireland. Laurence is believed to have never returned to Ireland.
CHILDREN of LAURENCE MURRAY and ELLEN GORMAN:
Ailsa Murray
b:
1915 (approx) d: 1936 (approx)
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| Ailsa Murray |
Ailsa was born in America in Amityville, Long Island,
New York State. Nothing is known of her time in the States as yet, but it is believed that she returned at the age of
seven or eight to Ireland, placing this at about 1922 or 1923 approximately.
Back in Ireland, but without her father, Ailsa was raised
with her sister Mary at Three Bridges, on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir, but on the Kilkenny side of the border with Tipperary.
As a teenager, Ailsa worked in Jury's Hotel in Dublin
and then moved over to London to work in Jury's there, but contracted tuberculosis at the age of 21 and died.
Ailsa never married, and was buried in a cemetery
in Maida Vale, in the north west of London.
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| Ailsa in the TB hospital - third patient from the left |
Mary Murray
b: 13/1/1909 d: 5/3/1978
Calum's and Jamie's great grandmother - see below.
Mary Murray
13/1/1909 - 5/3/1978
Mary was Calum's and Jamie's great grandmother.
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| Mary Murray |
Mary Murray was born in Three Bridges, Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on January 13th 1909.
As a child, Mary went to live for a time in the United States, staying in Amityville, Long Island, New York State.
It is not known what happened during her time here, but when her mother and sister returned to Ireland a few years later,
she accompanied them. It is believed that she never saw her father again.
In her youth, Mary worked as a servant in Carrick-on-Suir. She married Paul Prendergast, a farmer from Kilonerry, on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir, in 1931, at the
Roman Catholic parish church of Owning. The witnesses to the wedding were John Moore and Bridget Duggan.
In 1932,
Mary gave birth to her daughter Mary Pauline, whom she raised at the family home in Three Bridges. In subsequent
years, Pauline married Paddy Giles, and the couple moved to Hillcrest Avenue in Piltown. Mary moved with them, and remained
living with her daughter's family until her eventual death in 1978.
DAUGHTER of MARY MURRAY and PAUL PRENDERGAST:
Mary Pauline Prendergast
b: 16/4/1932 -
Calum's and Jamie's grandmother - see
Prendergast page.
Connecting to Calum and Jamie
Lawrence Murray married Ellen Gorman between
1894 and 1908
Daughter, Mary Murray, married Paul Prendergast in 1932
Daughter, Mary Pauline Prendergast,
married Patrick Joseph Giles in 1960
Daughter, Claire Patricia Giles, married Christopher Mark Paton in 2000.
Sons,
Calum Graham Paton and Jamie Christopher Paton.
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