Ellen Catherine Murphy

1890 - 1982  (92 years)

• Name	Ellen Catherine Murphy  [1]
  Birth	8 Sep 1890	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Sep 1982	Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Burial	Geelong Western Public Cemetery, Geelong West, Greater Geelong City. Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I12980	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Bernard Murphy
  Mother	Catherine Horan
  Family ID	F8624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Fremont Holden,   b. 27 Jul 1887, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine d. 21 Aug 1962, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1913	Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Children	1. John Joseph Holden,   b. 14 Dec 1913   d. Jan 1976 (Age 62 years)   2. Martha Jane Holden,   b. 24 Jun 1915   d. 24 Mar 2010 (Age 94 years)   3. Mary Ann Holden,   b. 1917   d. 5 Jul 2010 (Age 93 years)   4. Charles Ignatius Holden,   b. 10 Apr 1921, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 11 Aug 1971, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 50 years)   5. Kathleen Ellen Holden,   b. 21 Mar 1923, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Apr 2000, Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia (Age 77 years)   6. Ellen Clare Holden,   b. 10 Dec 1926, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Apr 1993, Canberra, Act, Australia (Age 66 years)   7. Thomas Bernard Holden,   b. 27 Apr 1929, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 21 Jul 1981, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F8556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The following notes from World Family Tree, Vol. 85, tree 746: Her mother died when she was about two years old. She was placed with family for a while but within the year her father placed her, her older sister, and younger brother into Nazareth House, an orphanage in Ballarat. She remained there, having infrequent visits from her father, until she was 18 years of age. She loved the life in the orphanage, and took every opportunity to return for reunions and to visit with the Sisters of Nazareth who raised her. Upon leaving Nazareth House she found employment as a companion to a Hotel Proprietor's daughter in Geelong. Her sister was then living in Geelong, her younger brother was in the Austin Hospital with tuberculosis. She met and married Charles Holden who was befriended by her brother-in-law. They were married for almost 50 years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43877] World Family Tree Vol. 85, tree 746. [S70441] Cemetery index, Geelong Western Public Cemetery, Geelong West, Greater Geelong City. Victoria, Australia, (Find-a-Grave).