Anna Murphy

Madigan, Dee & Farrell Generation 4 back immigrant ancestor

Meghan’s great-great-grandmother, from County Wicklow.

Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Gregory James Leineweber ← John James Leineweber ← Margaret Marie Madigan ← Cornelius Madigan

Born

Abt. 1851 · County Wicklow, Ireland

Died

May 30 (year per record)

Also known as

Annie Murphy

Migration

1865 to USA

Photos

Family

Mother

___ Lyons?

no.

Child in this line

Margaret Marie Madigan

Spouse

Cornelius Madigan

Children

Thomas Laurentian Madigan
b. August 10, 1876, in Oregon, USA · d. August 24, 1882, at 5am in Portland, Oregon due to Appendicitis
John/James Cornelius “Jack” Madigan
b. May 29, 1878, in Oregon, USA · d. June 8, 1915, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Joseph Edward Madigan
b. May 29, 1878, in Oregon, USA · d. 1880
Sarah Ann/Anna “Sallie” Madigan
b. May 21, 1881, at home on 16th and F Streets in Portland, Oregon, USA · d. January 30, 1969, at Mt. St. Joseph’s Residence in Portland, Oregon, USA due to Cardiac Arrest
m. Magnus F Hansen
James Patrick Madigan
b. January109/December 17, 1882/1883109, at home at 16th and F Streets in Portland, Oregon, USA · d. March 5, 1965, at Mt. St. Joseph Home in Portland, Oregon, USA due to a respiratory infection
m. Margaret Alice Gallagher, June 24, 1918
Peter Francis Madigan
b. June 22, 1886, in Portland, Oregon, USA · d. November 18, 1961, in Ashland, Oregon, USA due to a ruptured aneurysm in her left carotid artery
m. Kathryn/Katherine/Catherine “Kitty” Redmond, October 17, 1912, in Portland, Oregon; Jesse L Neil in 1917 in Portland, Oregon
William Joseph Madigan
b. January 6/16, 1890, in Oregon, USA · d. October 17/18, 1939, in Waldport or South Beach, Lincoln City, Oregon due to coronary artery occlusion
m. Rose Erma/Irma Hillard, January 7, 1927, in Vancouver, Washington · divorced Irma Hillard, January 7, 1928, in Portland, Oregon

Siblings

Margaret Elizabeth “Maggie” Murphy
b. Abt. 1841 in Ireland · d. February 7, 1886, in Portland, OR due to heart disease
m. Patrick McFeely
Mary Murphy
b. 183814/18404/February 18653 in Ireland
Immigrated: 1870 to USA
d. March 31, 1913, at 547 Flanders Street, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA due to arteriosclerosis and the flu
Thomas Murphy
b. September 1869 in Ireland
Immigrated: 1880 to USA
James Murphy
b. January 1880 in New York, USA

In brief

Born Abt in County Wicklow, Ireland. 1865 to USA. She died May 30 (year per record).

Emigrated to the United States about 1865.
A servant for a wealthy Portland family.

Life story

From County Wicklow to Portland

Anna Murphy was born around 1851–1860 in County Wicklow, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in 1865, eventually making her way to Portland, Oregon, where she worked as a servant for a wealthy family and lived alongside her siblings Mary, Thomas, and James. She married Cornelius Madigan and raised their family on Flanders Street in Portland. Anna died on May 30, 1901.

Sources (15)

23andMe, “Profile for Daniel Boyden,” 23andMe (https://you.23andme.com/profile/a2c0bed62c11b5b1/ : accessed 9 December 2020), information on the maternal haplogroup of Anna’s great-grandson Daniel Boyden from his profile: a2c0bed62c11b5b1.
1880 U.S. census, Portland, Oregon, population schedule, enumeration district 99, p. 329 (stamped), p. 1A (penned), dwelling 11, family 12, Annie Madigan; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1083.
1900 U.S. census, Portland 2nd Ward, Multnomah County, Oregon, population schedule, enumeration district 41, sheet 87-A, Annie Matigan; NARA microfilm publication T623.
1910 U.S. census, Multnomah County, Oregon, population schedule, Portland 2nd Ward, Precinct 9, enumeration district 134, sheet 4-B, dwelling 59, family 59, M Murphy; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1285.
“St. Mary’s Cathedral,” The Catholic Sentinel (Portland, OR), 6 June 1901, page 5, col 1; web archives (https://box2.nmtvault.com/OCP/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=8e4ebc75-b208-4645-a958-2db21294cf94/orplcs00/20160111/00000107 : accessed 14 February 2021).
Pete Leineweber, A Family History, abt. 1980; photocopy, privately held by Gregory Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2020. Gregory Leineweber is the nephew of the author.
Funeral Notice for “Mrs. Madigan,” The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR), 31 May 1901, page 9, col 1; web archives (http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/?p_product=HA-ORGB&p_theme=histpaper&p_nbid=&p_action=doc&p_docid=12D5356A28897100 : accessed 20 February 2021).
Leineweber-Madigan Family Bible Records, 1875-1966, The Holy Bible (Philadelphia, John E. Potter and Company, 1875); privately held by Mary Anne Deagan, Corvallis, Oregon, 2022.
Certificate of Marriage for Cornelius Madigan and Anna Murphy reprint, 18 March 1980; privately held by Mary Anne Deagan, Corvallis, Oregon, 2022.
Family History Notes from Leineweber-Madigan Family Bible; privately held by Mary Anne Deagan, Corvallis, Oregon, 2022.
“Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61675/images/61675_302022005610_0144-03924 : accessed May 23 2023), photo, Return of a Death, (1901) for Mrs. Cornelius Madigan.
“Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61675/images/48908_302022005610_0060-01427 : accessed May 24 2023), photo, Certificate of Death, Registered No. 228, (1913) for Mary Murphy.
Multnomah County, Oregon, Record of Deaths (1886), Maggie McFeely; Oregon State Archives, Secretary of State, (Reference.Archives@sos.oregon.gov : received 7 July 2023).
Obituary for “Mary Murphy,” The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR), 1 April 1913, page 15, col 1; web archives (https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-11024-32440911 : accessed 25 March 2024).
“Death Returns,” The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR), 4 June 1901, page 10, col 2; web archives (https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-11024-36349710 : accessed 26 March 2024).