See also

Family of Joseph Murphy and Zilpah Heard

  • Husband:

  • Joseph Murphy (1883- )

  • Wife:

  • Zilpah Heard (1882-1956)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1919

  • Hackney "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: Joseph Murphy

  • Name:

  • Joseph Murphy1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker2

  • Birth:

  • 26 Feb 18832

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 56)

  • Elmscot, Curch End Lane, Runwell, Essex, England2

  •  

  • a married but incapacitated cabinet maker living with his wife Zilpah and two closed records. Born on 26th February 1883

Wife: Zilpah Heard

  • Name:

  • Zilpah Heard3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Benjamin Heard (1837?- )

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Appleton (1840- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant4

  • Birth:

  • 3 Oct 1882

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England3 5 4 6 2

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 3rd October 1883

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England7

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Benjamin and Charlotte, brothers William, Robert, Johnee (sic) and Albert, and sister Nellie. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 19)

  • 31 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • unmarried servant working as a general domestic servant and living with Cecil and Emily Becher and family, and four other servants. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 29)

  • Bells Lane, Great Baddow, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband Alfred, daughter Marjorie and her boarding son Leonard Walter John Heard. Born in Tollesbury Essex and married for two years with one child who is still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 56)

  • Elmscot, Curch End Lane, Runwell, Essex, England2

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Joseph and two closed records. Born on 3rd October 1883

  • Death:

  • Q3 1956 (age 73)

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England8

Note on Husband: Joseph Murphy

Unsure about Joseph's birth place and death record as there are many possibilities

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Hackney 1919 quarter:2 volume:1b page:1204. Cit. Date: 2 July 2021.

2.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1561E page:2 line:11 letter code:DDEM. Cit. Date: 2 July 2021.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1882 quarter:4 volume:4a page:391. Cit. Date: 16 September 2018.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1706 folio:132 page: schedule:92. Cit. Date: 1 July 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:43 folio:118 page:40. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10087 class:RG78 piece:531 registration district:194 sub-district:4 enumeration district:7 schedule:139. Cit. Date: 1 July 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1399 folio:43 page:11. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1956 quarter:3 volume:4a page:343. Cit. Date: 2 July 2021.