Mary Margaret BROPHY
1886 - 1919 (32 years)-
Name Mary Margaret BROPHY Birth 1 Dec 1886 Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS [1, 2] Gender Female Death 7 May 1919 Halifax County, NS [3] Person ID I12470 A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich Last Modified 20 Apr 2008
Father Dennis A. BROPHY, b. 24 Mar 1862, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS d. 1 Jul 1914, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS (Age 52 years) Mother Frances Adelaide NORRIS, b. 29 Jul 1864, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS d. 1 May 1939, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS (Age 74 years) Marriage Between Jan 1885 and Mar 1885 Terence Bay, Halifax, NS [4] Notes - The OLMC parish register entry for the marriage of Dennis BROPHY and Adelaide NORRIS states that the groom's parents were Thomas BROPHY and Frances BLACKBURN. However, the 1901 Census of Terence Bay states Dennis BROPHY, h/o Adelaide, was b. 24 Mar 1862 and that the marriage occurs in Lower Prospect, and the OLMC register states that Dennis BROPHY, s/o James BROPHY and Ann RYAN was b. 24 Mar 1862 in Lower Prospect.
We know that Ann RYAN dies somewhere in the 1860's, and in 1866 her husband marries Ann BLACKBURN; so the surnames match the marriage register entries for the parents of Dennis. Further, (at least at this moment) I know of no Thomas BROPHY's or Frances BLACKBURN's who could have been the parents of Dennis. So one of two things may have happened; i.e., either James BROPHY and Ann BLACKBURN also went by other given or nicknames, or the OLMC parish register is in error (which is known to occur during this time frame). In either event, I believe the evidence is convincing that it was Dennis, s/o James and Ann (Ryan) BROPHY, who marries Adelaide NORRIS.
Also noted is that the obit for John Patrick Brophy, son of Dennis and Adalaide, states that he had 11 brothers and sisters; to date, I know of only 8. [Bob H]
Family ID F6187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Arthur Freeman BROPHY, b. 20 Sep 1887, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 15 Feb 1970, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 82 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1909 Terence Bay, Halifax, NS [5] Children 1. Dennis BROPHY, b. Halifax County, NS d. Bef 1970, Halifax County, NS 2. Elizabeth Eve BROPHY, [Twin], b. 6 Nov 1912, Halifax County, NS d. Bef 1970, Halifax County, NS (Age < 57 years) 3. Thomas Ervin BROPHY, [Twin], b. 6 Nov 1912, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 11 Jun 1979, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 66 years) 4. Adeline Adelaide BROPHY, b. 29 Jul 1914, Halifax County, NS d. 18 Dec 2008, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 94 years) 5. Joseph Harold BROPHY, b. Oct 1916, Halifax County, NS d. Bef Dec 2008 (Age ~ 92 years) Family ID F6185 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- The OLMC parish register entry for the marriage of Dennis BROPHY and Adelaide NORRIS states that the groom's parents were Thomas BROPHY and Frances BLACKBURN. However, the 1901 Census of Terence Bay states Dennis BROPHY, h/o Adelaide, was b. 24 Mar 1862 and that the marriage occurs in Lower Prospect, and the OLMC register states that Dennis BROPHY, s/o James BROPHY and Ann RYAN was b. 24 Mar 1862 in Lower Prospect.
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Sources - [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Halifax County, Terence Bay, Family #66.
- [S613] David Jackson.
- [S9557] Snow's Funeral Home Records--Halifax, Cited by Linda Gray LeBlanc.
- [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, Vol 4, Marriages, 1885, page 16.
- [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, 1909, page 144.
- [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Halifax County, Terence Bay, Family #66.