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Nora Benson

Female 1847 - 1910  (62 years)

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  • Name Nora Benson  [1
    Birth Dec 1847  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Ann Benson  [3
    _UID 9266617FAC6346218C9CFD8E07741748DB57 
    Death 22 Feb 1910  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Cause: Catharrhal Brochitus 
    Burial 25 Feb 1910  St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I9413  broderick
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2025 

    Family Patrick E. Murtagh,   b. Mar 1844, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1911, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Murtagh,   b. Abt 1874, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1914, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Dec 1847 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Catharrhal Brochitus - 22 Feb 1910 - Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 25 Feb 1910 - St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S6] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 12th, 1900, (Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Massachusetts, Bristol, Fall River Wd 1, ED 0107, sht 19B, img 38, ln 75 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Nora Purthe
      [Nora Murtagh]
      Age: 52
      Birth Date: Dec 1847
      Birthplace: Ireland
      Home in 1900: Fall River Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Immigration Year: 1892
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Patrick Purthe
      Marriage Year: 1869
      Years Married: 31
      Father's Birthplace: Ireland
      Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
      Mother: number of living children: 10
      Mother: How many children: 10
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Patrick Purthe 53
      Nora Purthe 52
      Patrick J Purthe 23
      James Purthe 19
      Thomas Purthe 16
      Lawrence Purthe 12

    2. [S103] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 (database online), (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1463156), 1910, Fall River. img 336 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Nora Murtagh
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: abt 1848
      Birth Place: Ireland
      Death Date: 22 Feb 1910
      Death Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
      Age at Death: 62
      Father: Martin Benson
      Mother: Sarah Reagan
      Cause - Catharrhal Brochitus
      Burial - St. Patrick's Cemetery (Fall River), 25 Feb 1910

    3. [S23] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, (http://beta.familysearch.org), See text. (Reliability: 4).
      Name: Edward Donnelly
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      Spouse's Name: Sarah Murtagh
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      Event Date: 13 Aug 1895
      Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
      Father's Name: Michael
      Mother's Name: Catherine Murry
      Spouse's Father's Name: Patrick
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Nora Benson
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      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04748-3
      System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
      GS Film number: 574853
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    4. [S682] Newspapers.com, Miscellaneous Newspapers at Newspapers.com, (Images of various newspapers.), The Evening Herald, Fall River, MA, Thursday, February 24, 1910, p 12 (Reliability: 3).
      Died - Murtagh
      Funeral from St. Patrick's