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Delfina "Della" MURPHY

Delfina "Della" MURPHY

Female 1879 - 1943  (64 years)


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  • Name Delfina "Della" MURPHY
    Birth 9 Aug 1879  Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date 1880 on headstone is incorrect, according her birth record and the 1880 Census.
    Gender Female
    Census 1880, 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Feb 11 1920:
      Austin Downs, 74, farmer; wife Sarah A. Downs, 77; companion Della F. Murphy, 41, single, no occupation.
    Occupation house maid  [3] 
    Death 1 Nov 1943  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Cause: liver cancer 
    Burial Big Battle Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Person ID I123931  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2019

    Father Abraham MURPHY,   b. CA 1837, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Julia A. HINTY,   b. CA 1848, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F53596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2633746&Type=Death.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.