Mona Annie Murphy, 18921930 (aged 37 years)

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Name
Mona Annie /Murphy/
Given names
Mona Annie
Surname
Murphy
Death of a father
Cause: Acute hepatitis. Hepatic Abcess. Melaena
Address: Park St
Charters Tower
Note: Also a Death Notice in the Charters Towers Northern Miner 30 April 1892.

Also a Death Notice in the Charters Towers Northern Miner 30 April 1892.

"On 26th April, at his residence Park Street, after a short illness, David Murphy aged 43 years. leaving a wife to mourn her loss."

Note: No hits in Queensland wills.
Birth
Address: Park St
Charters Towers
Death of a maternal grandfather
Note: Queensland BDM Index:

Queensland BDM Index:
1896/C2999 Roberts William - - ** born England aged 62 years
Not a match: engineer married in England to Elizabeth Thompson,. Died Tinana 30 Nov 1896

1910/C3140 Roberts William - - ** born England aged 76 years
Not a match: miner born in Holyhead, Wales. Married in Charters Towers but no other info given. Died in Rockhampton 24 Nov 1910

NZ deaths
1885 William Roberts. Aged 52. Register lists Parents as "not known". Married status also "Not known". Place of birth London. Informant was the undertaker. Minister officiating was Presbyterian. (Checked NZ since one of his daughters married NZ'er.)

Marriage of a parent
Birth of a half-sister
Birth of a half-sister
Note: Could be "2nd" or "21" December.
Birth of a half-sister
Address: Kent Lane
Rockhampton
Death of a maternal grandmother
Address: Vulture St
Charters Towers
Cause: Cancer
Note: According to Thelma Weston research, also known as Victoria Mary Agnes Roberts.
Burial of a maternal grandmother
Cemetery: Charters Towers Pioneer Cemetery
Birth of a son
Note: A 1906 date of birth is not supported by any conclusive data. George himself did not feel he was that old. The origin of this date is uncertain.
Birth of a daughter
Note: Queensland BDM Index: 1911/C013035 Murphy Elizabeth Victoria Mona Annie Murphy
Birth of a daughter
Address: Flinders St
Townsville
Witness: Elizabeth Roberts (aged 44 years) — maternal-grandmother
Not married
Death of a daughter
Note: Queensland BDM Index: 1912/C004768 Murphy Elizabeth Victoria - Mona Annie Murphy ** born Queensland aged 11 months
Birth of a son
Address: Allen Street
South Townsville
Legal
Residence
Address: Flinders St West
Residence
Address: Unknown
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Martyn Street Cemetery
Address: Section: Monumental
Row: V1
Plot: 2051
Monumental East Side
Note: At Cairns Family History - check against their card catalogue doesn't show this inscription. This suggests the plaque was installed after 1983-4. Cairns council's "new" system is about 18 months old. Previous data location unknown. (May need to FUP Brisbane archives)

At Cairns Family History - check against their card catalogue doesn't show this inscription. This suggests the plaque was installed after 1983-4. Cairns council's "new" system is about 18 months old. Previous data location unknown. (May need to FUP Brisbane archives)

Council records (microfiche at Cairns Family History) show she was an Old Age Pensioner and that the plot cost £5.

Discussion with Aileen suggests that the info on the death certificate would be the sort of details that would have been supplied to the hospital on admission.

Death
after 1930 (aged 37 years)
Note: Recollection from Uncle Ken: Stories recounted to him by George suggest he was taken into care by police due to the death of his birth mother. This would suggest Mona would have died in 1916. This was about the time care of George reverted to Kwong Sue Duk. Specific knowledge about George's birth mother is unclear during George's lifetime.

Recollection from Uncle Ken: Stories recounted to him by George suggest he was taken into care by police due to the death of his birth mother. This would suggest Mona would have died in 1916. This was about the time care of George reverted to Kwong Sue Duk. Specific knowledge about George's birth mother is unclear during George's lifetime.

Subsequent electoral roll data suggests Mona was still alive at least in 1918, and was not listed as deceased on her mother death certificate in 1930.

Family with parents
father
18491892
Birth: 1849 Cork, Ireland
Death: April 26, 1892Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
mother
P_Elizabeth_Daniels_1913.JPG
18671930
Birth: March 11, 1867 28 22 Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Death: January 3, 1930Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageApril 25, 1892Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
3 months
herself
QldPoliceGazette1912Murphy.jpg
18921930
Birth: July 15, 1892 43 25 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Death: after 1930
Mother’s family with August Daniel
stepfather
1855
Birth: calculated 1855 La Roche-Derrien, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Death:
mother
P_Elizabeth_Daniels_1913.JPG
18671930
Birth: March 11, 1867 28 22 Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Death: January 3, 1930Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageNovember 8, 1895Mackay, Queensland, Australia
9 months
half-sister
1896
Birth: August 12, 1896 41 29 Queensland, Australia
Death:
2 years
half-sister
2 years
half-sister
1901
Birth: January 25, 1901 46 33 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Death:
Family with Edmond O'Connor
partner
18791959
Birth: February 1879 35 Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Death: September 10, 1959Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
herself
QldPoliceGazette1912Murphy.jpg
18921930
Birth: July 15, 1892 43 25 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Death: after 1930
Not married Not marriedfrom September 1910 to May 1911Townsville, Queensland, Australia
8 months
daughter
daughter
19111993
Birth: May 10, 1911 32 18 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Death: July 6, 1993Townsville, Queensland, Australia
… … + Mona Annie Murphy
herself
QldPoliceGazette1912Murphy.jpg
18921930
Birth: July 15, 1892 43 25 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Death: after 1930
son
george kwong.jpg
19121992
Birth: June 5, 1912 19 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Death: July 11, 1992Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Not married
Legal
Residence
Residence
Death
Death

Recollection from Uncle Ken: Stories recounted to him by George suggest he was taken into care by police due to the death of his birth mother. This would suggest Mona would have died in 1916. This was about the time care of George reverted to Kwong Sue Duk. Specific knowledge about George's birth mother is unclear during George's lifetime.

Subsequent electoral roll data suggests Mona was still alive at least in 1918, and was not listed as deceased on her mother death certificate in 1930.

Note

Qld Police Index

From 1st Jan to 30 Jun, 1916
Apprehensions
Murphy, Mona ... page 82

From 1st Jan to 30 Jun, 1916
Prisoners tried under penal code but not sent to gaol
Murphy, Mona page 133

Not married
Media object
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