Joseph (Joe) MURPHY was the son of Jeremiah MURPHY and Liza HOLLINGSHEAD.
After World War I, Joe MURPHY married and had a daughter with an odd sounding name. He was a Comptroller for ConEdison.
From the 1930 census we find Joseph
Murphy living at 4505 Broadway, Queens, 1st Assembly District. He is
listed as 41, born in Ohio, his father born in Maine and mother born in
Pennsylvania. Also in the residence is his mother, listed as Lydia
Murphy, age 63, widowed, married at age 23, born in Pennsylvania, as
were her parents.Lydia's occupatio was Packer at a Chemical House and
Joseph was an Accountant at a book shipping company.
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