seeking details w d Murphy

[bmur]

 :)this is one old man requesting details of an even older man my grandfather William desmond Murphy born 1860, as far as I can recollect in the town of Tipperary (his eldest brother's name was John) my grandfather came to SA during the anglo -boer war 1899-1902 as RMS 1st Irish brigade & remained until his death 1954.   (1) it is necessary to establish the details of his birth & place of birth
(certificate is required when applying for a passport) (2) to trace if there is a connection / relationship to the ancient Irish king Herremon.  Regards

[aghadowey]

Civil registration of births started in 1864 so there won't be a birth certificate.

Was William Desmond Murphy Catholic? If so Tipperary Parish records have a register with baptisms 1849-1868 (lots of other registers also)-
http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0281

[cath151]

Hi,
Welcome to Rootschat
I can t find a William DESMOND Murphy in army records, lots of W Murphys though. There is one born Tipperary, right age,  who was in the Boer War and possibly stayed on in S A, he had a wife who died after only 2 years of marriage and a Daughter Mary Ellen....ring any bells?
Cathy

[dawnsh]

bmur sent the following message to the moderating team via the 'report to moderator' button

message from aghadoway is received with thanks, I will definitely follow that route , thanks

[aghadowey]

Thanks for passing the message on, dawnsh. Hopefully those records will help 

[sarah]

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Sarah

[bmur]

Hi Sarah thanks for info

I have received the following details from maggsie & cath 151 (1) date of birth 5.10.1860 (2) born county Tipperary (3) brother named John born 1856  (4) the following still to be confirmed :- (1) was his wife's name Ellen (nee  McGrath)  (2) where can a 'vault' copy of his birth certificate be obtained and @ what cost ?

Thank you,

regards

Bmur

[bmur]

Hello sarah thanks for speedy response much appreciated. Regards bmur

[aghadowey]

As I already explained, civil registration of births started in 1864 so there are no birth certificates before that date.

Unfortunately, if people send information by PM the rest of us don't know what's been found, etc.

Have you checked the Parish Registers I mentioned earlier? (although you haven't confirmed if William was Catholic)