Murphy Family Tree, 1967: 'Patrick Murphy, Balykrewan, County Cork, Ireland'; Ellen Lyne (1859-1935)

Murphy family papers · private family document · 1967

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A hand-lettered chart of the ancestors of the children of James J. Murphy Jr. and Marie A. Schueller, made in 1967, the year of Terese Murphy's letter of 9 April, and agreeing with that letter in its spelling "Balykrewan". Probably the school family-history project that the letter was written to help. Luke Murphy (4 Oct 2026) says the letter answered questions for such a project; the chart carries the same year, charts that generation's ancestors and uses the letter's spelling. That the chart is the project itself is an inference. The Murphy line as lettered: "Patrick Murphy, Balykrewan, County Cork, Ireland" (no dates) and "Ellen Lyne (1859-1935), Ardgroom, County Cork, Ireland", daughter of "Myles Lyne"; their son "James J. Murphy (1885-1938), County Cork, Ireland" (the year is 1883 in his baptism and civil birth entries); his wife "Agnes R. Murphy (1887-1967), Walkerville, Montana", daughter of John Kelly and Mary Chatham (1862-1940). Notes added by hand beside Patrick: "(Shoemaker)", and "Eyeries / Ardgroom / Bally Cre[van]" and "(Sister marri[ed] 'Tay[lor Sullivan]')", cut off at the edge of the copy. They repeat Terese Murphy's letter of 20 Sept 1971. By Myles Lyne: "Castletown, Sacred Heart Church". By James: "Castletown". The chart gives Patrick no dates. It is evidence for where the family placed his birth, Ballycrovane, and for Ellen's birth year as the family had it, 1859.

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  • John Chatham (1839-1902) · father_of_mary_chatham

    Vale of Avoca, County Wicklow. The second digit pair of the birth year is written over and uncertain.

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# Murphy Family Tree, 1967 *A hand-lettered ancestor chart, one page, enclosed with Joan Murphy's letter of 20 February 1995. Transcribed from the scan on 4 October 2026. Lettered text is given as it stands; notes added by hand are marked. The youngest generation is living, so only the names and years lettered for them are given and their birthplaces are left out. Square brackets hold the editor's marks.* **Title:** MURPHY FAMILY TREE 1967 ## The Murphy and Lyne line - **PATRICK MURPHY** / BALYKREWAN, / COUNTY CORK, / IRELAND - added by hand beside the box: "(Shoemaker)" - added by hand above it, cut off at the edge of the copy: "Eyeries / Ardgroom / Bally Cre[van] / (Sister marri[ed] / "Tay[lor Sullivan"])" - **MYLES LYNE** - added by hand: "Castletown / Sacred Heart Church" - **ELLEN LYNE** / (1859 - 1935) / ARDGROOM, / COUNTY CORK, / IRELAND [shown as daughter of Myles Lyne and wife of Patrick Murphy] - **JAMES J. MURPHY** / (1885 - 1938) / COUNTY CORK, IRELAND [son of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne] - added by hand: "Castletown" ## The Kelly and Chatham line - **CHRISTOPHER CHATHAM** and **MARY BREEN** ["BREEN" struck through, "KATHERINE" lettered beneath] - added by hand: "Mary Breen – second marriage to Christopher ???" - **JOHN CHATHAM** / (18[3?]9 - 1902) / VALE OF AVOCA, / COUNTY WICKLOW, / IRELAND - added by hand: "Dec 11" - **KATHERINE RYAN** / TIPPERARY / TIPPERARY COUNTY, / IRELAND - added by hand: "married 1857" - **JOHN KELLY** / COUNTY CORK, / IRELAND - added by hand, written twice: "Kildysart [?]" - **MARY CHATHAM** / (1862 - 1940) / HOUGHTON, / MICHIGAN - added by hand: "Dec 11"; "Married St Patrick's Church Butte Mont 9-19-1886" - **AGNES R. MURPHY** / (1887 - 1967) / WALKERVILLEButte: companies, unions & placesWalkervilleA separate small city on the hill above Butte, grown up around the Alice and Lexington silver mines.More in Key terms →, MONTANA [daughter of John Kelly and Mary Chatham, wife of James J. Murphy] ## The Schueller and Gerding line - **JOHN SCHUELLER** / (1850 - 1920) / DUESSELDORF, / GERMANY - **AGNES MERSHNICK [?]** / (1849 - 1920) / COLOGNE, / GERMANY - **BEN GERDING** / GERMANY - **MARY VIEGERT** / GERMANY - **THEODORE M. SCHUELLER** / (1882 - ) / COLOGNE, GERMANY - **MARY J. W. GERDING** / (1890 - 1929) / LEWISTON, IDAHO ## The couple and their children - **JAMES J. MURPHY** / (1914 - ) / BUTTE, MONTANA [son of James J. and Agnes R. Murphy] - **MARIE A. SCHUELLER** / (1916 - ) / FERDINAND, IDAHO - Six children, lettered with their years of birth: Mary Michelle (1937), James Martin (1940), Christine Ruth (1945), Imelda Frances (1948), Maureen Joan (1953), Daniel Mark (1954). [birthplaces omitted]

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  • Whether the chart is the 1967 school project itself, and who added the handwritten notes.

Source ID: 1967_murphy-family-tree-chart

Reference: 'Murphy Family Tree 1967', a hand-lettered ancestor chart on one page, enclosed by Joan Murphy with her letter of 20 Feb 1995 (page 6 of that scan). The year is lettered in the title. Handwritten notes were added later by another hand.

Accessed by lukedmurphy on 2026-10-04.