Catherine Jane Murphy b. 1837 Nova Scotia

[billow1]

Catherine Jane Murphy was born Halifax County January 1837.  She died August 25 1906 in Chatham, Ontario.  She married James Frances Shaw Armstrong abt. 1860.

[RunKitty]

Hi,

What information are you looking for?  There is a public tree on An..y that shows her with 10 children.  It also has a transcript of her obituary from the Chatham Daily Planet newspaper -the Aug 26 1908 edition.

You can search and view the 1881 census for free here.  Just search for James Armstrong, age 48 in Ontario and pick the one from Chatham, Kent County, Ontario.  From the results page, you can choose to view the actual image as a PDF or JPEG.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dmy/

The 1891 census is here.  He is listed as James Francis Staw Armstrong on this census, so you can just search for James Francis Armstrong in Ontario and the record will show up.  Again, from the results page, you can choose to view the image as a PDF or JPEG

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d47/

The 1901 census is usually available through the automatedgenealogy site, but it has been acting up lately.  You can also access the 1901 census for free from the Library and Archives Canada site - but by location only, not by name.  Luckily, you know the location.  It takes longer to find them this way (hopefully automatedgenealogy will be working properly soon), but here are James and Catherine:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dmz/ 

Hope this helps
RK

[RunKitty]

Hi,

You have Catharine's death date.  You can find James's death date here.  Look under James Francis Armstrong, Chatham.  He died in 1917

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d66/

The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid shows that there are a James and Catharine Armstrong buried in the Maple Leaf, Chatham Cemetery.

http://ocfa.islandnet.com/

This looks interesting - it seems that James married again after Catharine died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2139697&GRid=70492361&

Also, he was a veteran of the Crimean War.  That could be an avenue to explore 

If you need information about Nova Scotia genealogy records, have a look at the Canada Resources section here on Rootschat.  There are lots of links under the Nova Scotia thread.

RK

[billow1]

Thanks, I do have a lot on her with James Frances Armstrong but would like to find more about her birth records, parents etc

[RunKitty]

OOps -

I thought this was starting to sound familiar!!  Here is a link to your previous thread about James Armstrong.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,530760.msg3851453.html#msg3851453

So, you know when he died, that he was married twice and where James, Catherine and Emma are buried.   I guess you are looking for other information now.  

RK

[RunKitty]

I looked at the obit again and it doesn't mention her parents.  As for her past, it only says that she was born in Halifax and came to Chatham more that 30 years before she died.  So, there is no help there. 

Maybe you can try the museum in Chatham Kent and see if they have any information on this family. 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dn4/

Also, you could try to find a local history book on the Chatham area - especially the oil business.  If the family is in such a book, you might find out more about Catherine. 
http://www.ourroots.ca/


RK

 
 

[J.J.]

Sophia's first marriage to J. F. Krichbaum has her as born 1871 Kingston Ontario ( in case the couple married there) & has mother as Katy C. Murphy
Sister Mary's second of three U.S. marriages has mother as Catherina Murphy
https://www.familysearch.org/

[RunKitty]

Hi,

They may have been married in Nova Scotia.  The 1871 census has the family in Quebec.  James is 39, born in England and W. Methodist.  Catharine is 32, born in Nova Scotia, Presbyterian with an Irish background (I think there are other census references which say her background is Irish).  Kids are Martha 10, born in Nova Scotia, Harriet 9, Alfred 7, Mary 6 - all born in Ontario, Sarah 3 born in Newfoundland, and Sophia 8 months, born in Ontario.

Billow thinks they were married about 1860, and this certainly makes sense.   I don't see them on the 1861 census yet, but I will keep looking.

RK

   

[J.J.]

Good find, R.K.  had posted same time and lost it but doesn't matter as you found them in 1871... but realized both 1881 and 1891 has Martha Elizabeth born in 1861 Nova Scotia...
Now could she have been the product of a previous marriage, or were James & Catharine married in N.S.?

1881 say her bkgd is Irish  http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e329/e008207983.pdf
1891 says her father born Scotland, her mother born Nova Scotia...also don't see them in 1861 N.S.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=1800781