Mary Margaret BROPHY

Female 1886 - 1919  (32 years)


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  • Name Mary Margaret BROPHY 
    Birth 1 Dec 1886  Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 May 1919  Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1914, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Frances Adelaide NORRIS,   b. 29 Jul 1864, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1939, Lower Prospect, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Between Jan 1885 and Mar 1885  Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1970, Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 19 Jul 1909  Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Dennis BROPHY,   b. Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1970, Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Eve BROPHY, [Twin],   b. 6 Nov 1912, Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1970, Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 57 years)
     3. Thomas Ervin BROPHY, [Twin],   b. 6 Nov 1912, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1979, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     4. Adeline Adelaide BROPHY,   b. 29 Jul 1914, Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 2008, Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. Joseph Harold BROPHY,   b. Oct 1916, Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Dec 2008 (Age ~ 92 years)
    Family ID F6185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Halifax County, Terence Bay, Family #66.

    2. [S613] David Jackson.

    3. [S9557] Snow's Funeral Home Records--Halifax, Cited by Linda Gray LeBlanc.

    4. [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, Vol 4, Marriages, 1885, page 16.

    5. [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, 1909, page 144.