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Murphy, Cecil Horace (Cec) (1891-1935) grocer, schoolteacher, estate agent and Labor parliamentarian
Birth: 1 April 1891 at Sydney, New South Wales, son of native-born parents Michael John Murphy 1859-1924), plumber, of Irish descent, and Catherine Ann, née Clarke (1862-1939, whose father was born in Middlesex, England, and mother in Edinburgh, Scotland. Marriage: 8 August 1925 in a Catholic ceremony at North Sydney to Genevieve Mary Taylor. They had three daughters and one son. Death: 14 September 1935 at Sydney; buried with Anglican rites. Religion: Unitarian.
Sources
Heather Radi, Peter Spearritt & Elizabeth Hinton, Biographical Register of the NSW Parliament 1901-1970 (Canberra, 1979); information from Terry King 1991; Australian Worker, 3 April 1919 p 10, 13 November 1919 p 13, 22 November 1919 p 5, 10 November 1926 p 1.
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Cecil Murphy, 1921
1 April,
1891
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
14 September,
1935
(aged 44)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.