John Stewart Murphy

1859 - 1897  (37 years)

• Name	John Stewart Murphy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	25 Nov 1859	Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Grandson
  Residence	1871	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Relation to Head of House: Grandson
  Residence	1881	Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Boarder
  Residence	1885	Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Occupation: Grocer
  Died	3 Apr 1897	Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa   [6]
  Person ID	I29888	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	William Murphy,   b. 1829, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. 15 May 1860, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Stewart,   b. 1837, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 Nov 1859	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F22578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Mains McFarlane,   b. 7 Apr 1860, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Mar 1941, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. William Stewart Murphy,   b. 1887, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. 3 Jun 1959  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   2. John McFarlane Murphy,   b. 1888, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. James Murphy,   b. 1892, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F22607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1885, John S Murphy was a grocer on Bridge Street in Bonhill, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. MURPHY, John Stewart, sometime Grocer and Provision Merchant, 126 Bridge Street, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, batterly residing at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, died 3 April 1897, at Bloemfontein, testate. Confirmation granted at Dumbarton, 30 November, to Agnes Murphy, residing in Alexandria, his widow, Executrix nominated in Will or Deed, dated 19 March 1892, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Dumbarton, 29 November 1897. Value of Estate, £243, 10s. 10d.

  
  

• Sources

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