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From: "Michael Hole" <>
Subject: Re: [MURPHY-ROOTS] Murphy: Ireland<Northern Michigan
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:18:45 -0600
References: <002301c1d6ba$ced34d20$0a01a8c0@Desktop> <01ba01c1d6e3$9513af20$ebc8d9d1@jeanne>


Hi Everyone, can anyone point me in the next direction I should go?

My great-great grandfather (Thomas James Murphy b. 1845) left Ireland
(County Cork) in July 1870, along with 11 other men because there was a
price on their heads. They landed in Northern Michigan and were bonded
persons of the railroad and mining interests there.

Thomas had to leave his wife Mary Margaret Connor (b. 1841) and their
newborn son, James Thomas with Mary's father (Michael Connor) in Leeds,
England. Ten years later Mary and James were able to join the men in
L'Anse, Michigan.

My questions are what happened in County Cork in 1870? Was that the time
of the Black and Tans and Oliver Cromwell? How can I get records of the
arrest warrants?

Thank you for any information anyone can give me.

Jan Murphy-Hole


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