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Francis Henry Swinton MURPHY, MD A.M.D.

Francis Henry Swinton MURPHY, MD A.M.D.

Male Abt 1855 - 1892  (~ 37 years)

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  1. 1.  Francis Henry Swinton MURPHY, MD A.M.D. was born about 1855 (son of Miah William MURPHY, MRCS (Eng 1839) and Harriet ???); died in 1892 in Registered in Cork.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 5 Aug 1877; Comissioned
    • Stationed: 1880, Madras

    Notes:

    On the Victorian Wars Forum his Bicorn hat has appeared.
    http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3047&p=24286#p24286

    Francis married Georgina Haldane BRUCE in 1878. Georgina was born in 1857; died on 15 Sep 1880 in Kamptee, Madras; was buried on 16 Sep 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Francis married Eveline Constance DAVIDSON on 21 Feb 1883 in Bellary, Madras, India. Eveline (daughter of Alfred Augustus DAVIDSON and Dora LASCELLES) was born on 16 Jan 1864; died in 1938 in Cork. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Alfred MURPHY was born about 1887 in Tipperary.
    2. Harriet MURPHY was born about 1888 in Queenstown, Co. Cork.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Miah William MURPHY, MRCS (Eng 1839)Miah William MURPHY, MRCS (Eng 1839) was born on 2 Mar 1817; died on 17 Aug 1894 in Cork.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Surgeon-Major

    Notes:

    New research (Feb 2013) has discovered that Charles Aloysius Murphy's father was not Miah William Murphy, but William Day Murphy, Surgeon Major of Limerick.



    Miah William Murphy's name crops up in the following record -

    LDS Collection: India Marriages, 1792-1948
    Groom's Name: Francis Henry Braiton Murphy
    Groom's Birth Date: 1855
    Groom's Birthplace:
    Groom's Age: 28
    Bride's Name: Eveline Constance Davidson (1901 Census - living in Sundays Well Road)
    Bride's Birth Date: 1865
    Bride's Birthplace:
    Bride's Age: 18
    Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1883
    Marriage Place: Bellary, Madras, India
    Groom's Father's Name: Miah William Murphy
    Groom's Mother's Name:
    Bride's Father's Name: Alfred Augustus Davidson
    Bride's Mother's Name:
    Groom's Race:
    Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
    Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
    Bride's Race:
    Bride's Marital Status: Single
    Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75025-1
    System Origin: India-EASy
    Source Film Number: 521871
    Reference Number:



    LDS Ireland CRI records the following -

    Name: Francis Henry Swinton Murphy
    Registration District: Cork
    Event Type: DEATHS
    Registration Quarter and Year: Apr - Jun 1892
    Estimated Birth Year: 1855
    Age (at Death): 37
    Mother's Maiden Name:
    Film Number: 101597
    Volume Number: 5
    Page Number: 90
    Digital Folder Number: 4200679
    Image Number: 00141
    Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958

    Is this the same person as in the previous note?
    Is there a transcription error somewhere?

    http://www.maltaramc.com/regsurg/m/murphymw.html#1855

    Occupation:
    Source - General Medical Council - UK Medical Registers 1859-1959.

    Miah William Murphy
    1839 - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
    Date of Registration - 1859 Sept 22
    1863 - Surgeon - 91st Regiment
    1867 - Staff Surgeon-Major - Army
    1875 - Deputy Inspector General of Army Hospitals
    1879 - 11, Royal Parade, Cheltenham
    1883 - Mount Vernon, (65) Sundays Well, Cork
    1887 - ditto
    1891 - ditto - Last entry


    London Gazette -

    80th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon Miah William Murphy, from the 33rd Foot,to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Tardrew, appointed- to the 1st Regiment, of Life Guards. Dated 1st November 1844.

    Died:
    Obituary in the British Medical Journal August 25th 1894. Page 448.

    Surgeon-General MIAH WILLIAM MURPHY died at Cork on August 17th (1894), aged 80. He entered the service as Assistant Surgeon, July 22nd 1842, became Surgeon, March 3rd 1854; Surgeon-Major, July 22nd 1862; Deputy Surgeon-General, March 9th 1867; and Honorary Surgeon-General on retirement on half pay, Spetember 1st 1875.
    Hart's Army List informs us that he served with the 80th Regiment (of Foot, Staffordshire Volunteers)during the Burmese war of 1852-53, and was present at the taking of Prome. He was also present as staff-surgeon to the Bengal Division with Sir J. Cheape's force at Donabew, where he was wounded. For his services he received the medal with clasp for Pegu.

    Miah + Harriet ???. Harriet was born in 1829 in Scotland; died in 1907 in Cork. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Harriet ??? was born in 1829 in Scotland; died in 1907 in Cork.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1901, Mount Vernon, Sunday's Well Road, Cork; Recorded as widowed,aged 72, living on a dividend. Belonging to the Church of Ireland. 2 servants with her.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Mar Q 1907 Vol 5 Page 85
    FHL Film number 0101603

    Children:
    1. 1. Francis Henry Swinton MURPHY, MD A.M.D. was born about 1855; died in 1892 in Registered in Cork.
    2. ? MURPHY
    3. William Norman MURPHY, MD was born on 10 Nov 1862; was christened on 10 Dec 1862; died on 3 Jun 1890 in Allahabad, Bengal, India; was buried on 4 Jun 1890.