Murphs

Panoramio - Photos of wavemaideno

2010-09-03T13:24:00.000-07:00

Panoramio - Photos of wavemaideno

More Kiwi Murphs visit the UK Murphs 2010

2010-09-02T00:20:00.000-07:00

Abby and Poppy

2009-10-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

Pop's cards and flowers

2009-09-27T19:20:00.000-07:00

My darling dad

2009-08-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

My dad passed away on August 14th at Waipuna Hospice. The celebration of his life was on Thursday August 20 at Mount Harbour Chapel and was a great service befitting of a great person. I would like to thank all my family and friends for being there to make the occasion the awesome time it was for all of us.

At our Mum's 80th

2008-11-02T19:45:00.000-08:00

Lunch with Murphys and Mals

2008-05-15T16:19:00.000-07:00

Bill Lawrence's 95th birthday

2007-10-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

ss Niagara

2007-06-18T15:36:00.000-07:00

Today in history - this was the boat the Murphy boys travelled back to New Zealand on from Melbourne.

Ronald Albert

2007-04-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

Ron (Pat) Murphy married Emily in Liverpool, England and father of 10 - including Steven, Philip, Shirley, Annie, Irene, Diane..tbc

Jessie Osborne

2007-04-16T22:41:00.000-07:00

The boat that Daniel Murphy and his wife to be Mary Ann (nee McCoy) arrived on in New Zealand - 1867 from memory; they were married in Auckland that December about 2 days after their arrival from County Louth in Ireland.

collection of murphs

2007-04-16T22:38:00.000-07:00

MIke, Sharon, Glen, Linda, Ellen, George, Aaron
Colleen, Deb, Kerry, Steve, Myron
March 2007

Mal and Doug

2007-04-16T22:35:00.000-07:00

My Dad Malcolm Darcy (Mal) and his brother Leonard Douglas (Doug) in March 2007

Mike the murfoir

2007-04-16T22:22:00.000-07:00

Mike the murf with his son-in-law Steve (married to Lara nee Murphy) at the Murf reunion March 2007

The mainland bunch

2007-04-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

George Warr, Ellen Corfield (nee Murphy), Linda Barnes (nee Murphy) with their mum Ngarie and stepdad Maurice
Murphy family reunion March 2007

Murphy reunion

2007-04-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

Malcolm Stewart; Mal, Joyce and Glen Murphy; Sharon Harper; Jordan Stewart - Murphy family reunion March 2007

Neville Daniel Murphy

2007-04-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

Nev was married to Dorothy (Cole) and is the dad of Paul and Colleen (Nottingham)

Fishing

2006-03-04T17:25:00.000-08:00

A pic of some of the Murphy lads with their catch. Looking pretty happy about it too!

25 Years

2006-01-05T16:59:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken of our family at Joyce and Mal's 25th wedding anniversary - March 17th c.1978 - need to check that one out. Me, my sister Jo and my brother Glen are standing behind our parents. The celebration of the occasion was at the Junction Hotel in Thames.

Some of my Dad's memoirs

2005-12-11T20:18:00.000-08:00

The picture is of Mal and Joyce (nee RICHARDS) MURPHY in 1982 with their first grandchild Malcolm STEWART.

(by Mal Murphy) I guess it must have been about six months after the war with Germany commenced that the Tibby's - our great family friends - shifted. They had lived at Inkerman St, Onehunga while Stan was a new car salesman for J.W. Andrew - the Ford Motor Co. agents. This business was on hold of course, because no new cars of any sort came into the country during all of the war years. Consequently, Stan contracted to manage a farm at Kawakawa, north of Auckland where he and Rita, along with Mavis and Don, moved and he and Mavis became real farmers milking cows and managing the
grazing etc.
Shirley became a nurse at Greenlane Hospital. (Mal Murphy)I was about 12 years old at this stage, and quite often walked to Greenlane from our house at Halesowen Avenue, Balmoral and walked back with Shirley whenever she was on leave from work.
Dawn had joined the Air Force and was stationed at Whenuapai Air Base where she met and worked clerically with Nance Wright whose home was at Ngaruawahia so they were all employed in essential industry.
Of course, with weekend leave none of them had time to travel to their homes, the Murphys became the home for them in those times.
Brothers Nev and Fred were in the army waiting for overseas postings, and brother Ron, being too young to enlist in the armed forces decided to join the Merchant Navy. I guess he must have been about 16 years old.
While there was nothing official it was taken for granted that Dawne was Fred's girlfriend. I believe that Fred refused to make it official in any way because nobody knew what might happen in the following years, death, wounding , or just wanting their freedom. Nev was more sure and had married Doll before leaving for overseas.
It certainly seemed to us younger members just the natural thing to expect these girls to be at our place whenever they could and it was good fun days. Nance was a lovely fun person, who joined in preparing meals, cleaning house, etc. She became one of the family.
Brother Doug, 13 years going on 14 had been working at a butcher shop in Valley Rd shopping centre both before, and after school. He left those jobs to become a full time butcher boy. I took his before and after school job which entailed sweeping the footpath, raking sawdust in shop floor and sweeping it up once a week and replacing with clean. Also washing front display window, and after school delivering parcels on Butcher's bike with large basket in front over small front wheel ( I wish I had a photo of the old bike.)
In the third year of the war, Stan and family shifted to Thames where he was employed by D.Mcl. Wallace Ltd., as a Farm Machinery Engineer - another essential industry. Dawne was demobilised and employed as a seamstress in a Thames factory (Claxtons) which made all armed forces uniforms. There was no doubt she was a wonderfully clever dressmaker. I always marvelled at how she could design, cut and sew a dress without patterns. I did a lot of laying on the floor marking hems of dresses with a mouthful of pins.
Nance was also demobilised and worked as a receptionist at 1ZB radio station where she met Phil Shone who at that stage was the most popular Radio Announcer. (Probably comparable to Holmes, but no doubt not paid the same.)
At this stage I (Mal Murphy) was also in Thames making my home with the Tibby family, working with Stan as his apprentice. Stan was a very clever self-made engineer and a good man to be learning from, not only as a worker, but an excellent Father figure. I lived with them from the age of 14 years until I was married at the ripe old age of 21 - suffice to say that I always felt like a loved brother and adopted son to the Tibby Family.

Dedicated to the Kiwi Murphys

2005-11-28T16:26:00.000-08:00

Pic is three of the 6 Murphy brothers - if yours is not here perhaps you'd like to send me one to add!
I have decided to separate the two sides of the family as Kerry has provided her information to share and get us started.
Kerry Blanche Murphy (born 6.8.52). My father's name is Fred
Allan Murphy (1924-2005) A grade mechanic. My mother's name is Nita
Dawne Murphy (nee Tibby. Born 1924). tailoress.
Kerry married Richard Lockley King when she was 19 and had a baby boy named
Cory who was born 3 months prem and died when he was two days old.
She then had Renee Dale King (9.10.73) who is now a secondary teacher at Mangere College and Rakel Mia King (24.10.75) was born.
Rakel is a dedicated mother of two and an artist/ illustrator. Her work
is advertised in Home and Garden through Whitfordhouse.
Richard died at the age of 30. He was a mechanic and the car he was
working on collapsed on top of him.
Six years later at Weymouth, Kerry married Robert Mathew Grace, born 20.10.57) accountant.
They had a child named Kara Bianca Grace(21.2.84) who has just
finished her Bachelor of Arts degree at Otago University
Sam Robert Grace was born in 19.8.89. He is currently in Year 11 and playing rugby
Kerry has two grand children from Rakel and her partner of 10 years Adam
Schimanski. Her Grandchildren's names are Kali Mia Schimanski (5.9.98) She
attends Beachlands Primary School, and Daine Adam Lockley Schimanski
(26.12.2001) who will attend kindy at Maraetai Beach.
Kerry went back to school and in 1999 completed a Bachelor of Arts degree and
worked as a journalist for six years at the Eastern Courier, Howick and
Pakaranga Times. The NZ Truth.
Kerry is now divorced from Robert and living at Port Waikato where she has a business called Wild Side sewing women's clothes.
Thanks Kerry for sharing your info - next post will be my family info and we welcome the rest of you to contribute - just email me and I will add your posts/photos etc.