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James "Jim" Murphy (PJM's brother; Oliver Murphy's grandfather; stayed in Beara; m. Julia Sullivan 1890)

family confidence: 95 — certain (corroborated)Murphy (paternal)

Per Oliver Murphy's 2026-05-11 email: PJM's brother (both sons of Seamus Mor + Peig Harrington). Stayed in Beara (did not emigrate). Married **Julia Sullivan** of Scrahan on 11 Feb 1890. Per the 1901 Census of Ireland James was aged 32 (= b. ~1869), spoke Gaelic + English, unable to read. 14 children documented over 1890s-1910s; 11 surviving per 1926 Census of Ireland. Sons John (b. 02/12/1891) and Patrick (b. 05/04/1895) were among the crew of a seine-fishing boat that died in the 1918 Kilcatherine fishing tragedy (= the 1918-12-10 Butte Miner / Anaconda Standard archive clipping). Both were members of the Ballycrovane Company, 5th Battalion, Cork 5th Brigade IRA. Their brother Daniel (Dan) was also an IRA member (received medals + military pension; died 1970s). Daughter Mary Ann (b. 28/03/1898) emigrated Park City Utah 28 July 1922; m. Patrick Fagen 8 July 1925; died of breast cancer. Granddaughters Pamela + Paula visited Ballycrovane 2025 (Ancestry DNA reconnection). Eldest son Stephen emigrated Quebec; m. Hanna Clifford 1927; not known to Oliver's father + uncle Denis until 1970s. JJM'S UNCLE (= PJM's brother).

Facts

Each fact shows how sure the archive is of it (0–100) and the sources it rests on.

Birth:: ~1869, Ballycrovane 252026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)Confidence 25 is for the record's year (~1869), which comes from the 1901 census age of 32 as Oliver reports it. The same return gives his wife 25 (born c. 1876), which would make her a bride of 14 with a first child at 15, so the couple's 1901 ages look understated. The 1926 census (Oliver) gives him 72 (born c. 1853-54), and the Annals list him fourth of Seamus Mor's six children, after Paddy (Apr 1850) and John and before Kate and Michael (May 1864). The place alone is 75: the Annals' home farm at Ballycrovane and the tree's birthplace (the tree cites only another member's Ancestry tree).
Death:: unknown date, Ballycrovane 502026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)No source gives a date. He was living at the 1926 census, aged 72 (Oliver). The tree gives Ballycrovane as the place, with no date and no record cited; he held the home farm (Annals). 50 for the place.
Residence:: Ballycrovane

Date	Fact	Conf.	Sources
1890	residence · settled down and married in the home farm after his brother John had died (Ballycrovane) Annals (B)(4), a compiled history; consistent with Oliver's account of the 1890 marriage.	75	undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy)
1890-02	residence · Faunkill-in-the-Woods (later called Ballycrovane), his residence at marriage (Fawnkil (townland, Eyeries parish)) Oliver, from the marriage entry; Kate Murphy's 1884 marriage also gives the family as 'of Fawnkil'.	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
1890-02-11	marriage · married Julia Sullivan of Scrahan; celebrant J. Larkin; witness Patrick Sullivan ('possibly Julia's brother', Oliver); fathers given as Seamus Mor (Big James) Murphy and Daniel Sullivan (Eyeries (village + parish + RC Chapel)) Oliver's reading of the civil marriage entry, detailed and consistent with the first child's birth (Stephen, 24 Dec 1890). One secondary report of a primary record that is not filed: 75; 95 once the entry is filed. Place is the parish; the chapel is not named.	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
1890-1909	description · children (Annals): Stephen (24 Dec 1890, went to Canada), John (2 Dec 1891, drowned 1918), Jim (19 June 1893, died Feb 1974), Patie (5 Apr 1895, drowned 1918), Dan (7 June 1896, home farm, m. Margaret McCarthy), Mary Ann (28 Mar 1898, California then Park City, Utah, m. Fagan), Michael (25 Jan 1901), Nora (5 Apr 1902), Elizabeth (15 Feb 1904), Willie (8 Sept 1905, Sligo), Annie, Denny (8 Apr 1908, Beaufort, Co. Kerry), Julia (25 Sept 1909, m. John McAllen) (Ballycrovane) Annals (C). Oliver and the tree give the same dates except the tree's 26 May 1895 for Patrick. Oliver adds a Catherine (Kate) b. 10 Oct 1899 from the 1911 census, making 14.	75	undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
1901-03-31	description · 1901 census: aged 32, could not read, spoke Irish and English; wife Julia 25; children Stephen 9, John 8, James 7 Oliver's summary of the return (not filed). The ages are as reported; see birth for why they look understated.	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
1904-02-20	event · his daughter Elizabeth was baptised 20 Feb 1904 (sponsors Michael Sullivan and Helen Lyne; priest J. Larkin) and died after a fall at home before the 1911 census Oliver; the baptism from the register, the fall from family memory ('we understand'). The Annals give her birth as 15 Feb 1904.	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
1911-04-02	description · 1911 census: children at home John, James, Catherine (Kate, b. 10 Oct 1899), Patrick, Daniel, Mary Ann, Ann, William, Denis and Julia; Stephen had gone to Quebec Oliver's summary (not filed).	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
1918-11-12	event · his sons John and Patie were two of the five men drowned off Pointe Ranna, Kilcatherine, coming back from seine fishing (Kilcatherine (parish)) Annals (C) and p. 412, Norelene O'Dwyer's 2018 article (ages 27 and 23), the Gort Broc account ('two brothers of the O Murchu family'), Oliver, and the tree, whose entry for John cites the Irish civil deaths index. the Butte Independent of 14 Dec 1918, p. 1 (not filed as a source; OCR text in research/docs/butte-independent-search-2026-09-26.md) also names 'the two Murphy brothers'.	100	undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II; 2018 — Norelene O'Dwyer, 'The Ballycrovane Seine Fishing Tragedy, 1918', centenary article in the annual Christmas newsletter (Ardgroom/Eyeries), 2018; 2025-01-10 — Emma Verling's English translation of Martin's "Gort Broc" (Badger's Field), story 102, "The Sinking of the Béal a' Chrobháin Follower"; 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
1926-04-18	description · 1926 census: aged 72, wife Julia 62; sons James 30, Daniel 28, William 19 and a 'Pat' 17 (unidentified); daughters Katie 22, Annie 20, Julia 14; 13 children born to the marriage, 11 living Oliver's summary (not filed). The children's ages run about two years low against the Annals' dates.	75	2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
—	name · '*Jim' in the Annals (the asterisk marks the child who settled on the home farm); 'James Murphy of Faunkill-in-the-Woods (later called Ballycrovane)' in the 1890 marriage as Oliver reports it Both sources name him; Riobard's asterisk convention is stated on his other pages.	95	undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)

Relationships

Family (blood)

child of Seamus Mór (Big James) Murphy — PJM's father, of Ballycrovane Beara95
Annals (B) list '*Jim' as Seamus Mor and Peig's fourth child, who took the home farm; Oliver, his grandson, reports that the 1890 marriage entry gives his father as Seamus Mor (Big James); Norelene O'Dwyer reads the Annals the same way. No competing account. · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
child of Peig Uonhi (Harrington) — PJM's mother, of Point Ranna, Fay, Eyeries90
Annals (B) and Oliver put all six children under Seamus Mor and Peig Uonhi; Michael's 1864 baptism shows Margaret Harrington as Seamus Mor's wife that year. 90, not 95, because no record names Jim's mother and the decisions log of 3 Oct 2026 keeps a second wife possible for children born late (it matters only if the 1901 census age were right). · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 1864-05-28 — irishgenealogy.ie church records (Kerry RC, Eyeries), transcription index page
sibling of Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)95
Follows from Patrick being Seamus Mor and Peig's son: Luke's decision of 3 Oct 2026 at 95 (analyst's estimate about 85, as in the decisions log). Oliver: 'My Dad's father was James (Jim) - Patrick's brother'. the Butte Independent of 14 Dec 1918, p. 1 (not filed as a source; OCR text in research/docs/butte-independent-search-2026-09-26.md) calls Jim's drowned sons James's cousins, which this relationship explains. · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)
parent of John Murphy (Ballycrovane, 1891–1918; drowned off Pointe Ranna; James's first cousin)95inferred
The Annals list him as child (2) of Jim Murphy and Julia O'Sullivan (Seer); the 2018 article names Jim as father of the two Murphy brothers; Oliver's email and the tree agree. · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II; undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II; 2018 — Norelene O'Dwyer, 'The Ballycrovane Seine Fishing Tragedy, 1918', centenary article in the annual Christmas newsletter (Ardgroom/Eyeries), 2018; 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
parent of Patie (Patrick) Murphy (Ballycrovane, 1895–1918; drowned with his brother John; James's first cousin)95inferred
The Annals list him as child (4) of Jim Murphy and Julia O'Sullivan (Seer); the 2018 article and Oliver's email agree. · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II; undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II; 2018 — Norelene O'Dwyer, 'The Ballycrovane Seine Fishing Tragedy, 1918', centenary article in the annual Christmas newsletter (Ardgroom/Eyeries), 2018; 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)

Marriage

married to Julia Sullivan (Scrahan; m. James "Jim" Murphy 11 Feb 1890; Oliver's grandmother)95
Annals (B)(4) and (C), Oliver's reading of the 1890 civil marriage and the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses, and the tree's family F366 all agree. 95 rather than 100 only because none of the records is filed. · undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy); 2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user); 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)

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Sources linking to this person

≥75 — High confidence — 4

undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy)Annals of Beara Vol II, MURPHY (BALLYCROVANE): the whole (A)-(C) opening in Norelene O'Dwyer's copy, adding the thirteenth child of Jim and Julia, Julia (Sept. 25th 1909)
role: section_c_subject · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95
Identity: Section (C) is headed 'JIM MURPHY & JULIA O'SULLIVAN (SEER) (BALLYCROVANE)' and (B)(4) is his entry: the record is built on it.
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.270 sections (A)-(C): Patrick Murphy of Ballycrovane → Seamus Mór Murphy + Peig Uonhi → Jim Murphy + Julia O'Sullivan (Seer)
role: section_b_child_4_and_section_c · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95
Identity: The repository's screenshot of the same Annals sections, verified word for word against Norelene's copy.
2018 — Norelene O'Dwyer, 'The Ballycrovane Seine Fishing Tragedy, 1918', centenary article in the annual Christmas newsletter (Ardgroom/Eyeries), 2018Norelene O'Dwyer's 2018 centenary article on the Ballycrovane seine-fishing tragedy: the five dead with ages, and the survivor Patie Healy, 19
role: father_of_the_two_murphy_brothers · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 95
Identity: He is not named; the link stands for him as father of the John Murphy (27) and Patie Murphy (23) of Ballycrovane the article lists, whom the Annals, Oliver and the tree make his sons. Better re-pointed to the sons once they have records.
2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)Oliver Murphy (Beara) → Luke Murphy email: full Ballycrovane Murphy genealogy back to John Murphy b.1720; confirms PJM = Patrick 'Paddy' Murphy son of Seamus Mor
role: olivers_grandfather · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: James
Identity: The email names him as Oliver's grandfather, Seamus Mor's son and Julia Sullivan's husband; it is already in the email's mentioned list.