Descendants of Constantine Murphy and Ellen Roach



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Constantine Murphy and Ellen Roach


Husband Constantine Murphy 

         Born: 1835 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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       Father: Philip Murphy
       Mother: Bridget Clark


     Marriage: 20 Aug 1857 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada


Wife Ellen Roach 

         Born: 1835 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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       Father: William Roach
       Mother: Mary Mooney



Children
1 M Phillip Murphy 

         Born: 1859 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
   Christened: 29 May 1859 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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2 F Mary Anne Murphy 

         Born: 1861
   Christened: 2 Jun 1861 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
         Died: 1862
       Buried:  - Chapel Point, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada

3 M Oswald Murphy 

         Born: 1863 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
   Christened: 6 Sep 1863 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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       Spouse: Annie
         Marr: 1895

4 M William Murphy 

         Born: 1865 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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5 M Anthony Murphy 

         Born: 1867 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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6 F Margaret Murphy 

         Born: 1870 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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7 M Constantine Murphy 

         Born: 1871 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
   Christened: 23 Apr 1871 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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8 M James Murphy 

         Born: 1876 - , , Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
   Christened: 20 Mar 1876 - Rexton, Kent, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
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Research Notes (Husband)

Constantine Murphy and Ellen Roach married in New Brunswick. Constantine arrived in the United States in 1887, followed by Ellen and their son James a year later.

In 1900, Constantine and Ellen can be found in U.S. census in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Constantine arrived in the United States in 1887, followed a year later by Ellen and their son James. Ellen is said mother of 8 children, 6 living. James R is a school teacher.

On the same census, their son Oswald can be located in Ashland City, Ashland County, Wisconsin with his young family

And on 1910 census their son Constantine, a widower, seems to be located in Strehlow Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota.

To explain that long haul west, research showed that in the late 1800s, while fishermen would stay by the ocean in New Brunswick and farmers would stay on their land, lumbermen would leave once they had cut down all the trees.

Early lumbermen would go immediately west to Maine or Vermont and continue being lumbermen, but that would run out soon and they would then look further west.

The railroad opened up the west. Forests were virginal and land was available.

So, those from New Brunswick would go to Connecticut and hop aboard the train and take it to the end of the line. At the time, the end was in Parry Sound, Ontario, on the eastern shore of the Great Lakes. There, they would get off the train and take a boat across the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron and land at Alpena, Michigan.

Indeed, Alpena had the last French speaking school in the United States, and it was there because of all the French who came from the east.

Then, they trained of trekked across to Wisconsin, There was a rail track going to Chippewa Falls. Chippewa Falls had started booming in the mid-1800s thanks to logging.

After the trees were gone there, if they didn't settle in, many migrated further west which started opening up: Washington, Oregon, Idaho or back into Canada (Saskatchewan).

Cheryl Roach Lattimer


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