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Michael J Murphy 1927 - 1999

Michael James Murphy of Rahway, Union County, NJ was born on July 20, 1927 in Linden, and died at age 71 years old on February 26, 1999 in Rahway. Michael Murphy was buried at Saint Gertrude's Cemetery in Colonia, Middlesex County.

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Rahway, Union County, NJ 07065
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July 20, 1927
Linden, Union County, New Jersey, United States
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  • 07/20
    1927

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    July 20, 1927
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    Linden, Union County, New Jersey United States
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  • Religious Beliefs

    Michael was a communicant of St. John the Apostle Roman Catholic Church.

  • Military Service

    A veteran, Michael served in the United States Navy from January of 1946 until September of 1946.

  • Professional Career

    Michael became the owner of Murphy's Towing Service in Rahway, New Jersey, in 1957. Previously, he served as a stationary engineer aboard Esso tankers.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Michael James Murphy was born on July 20th, 1927 in Linden, New Jersey to Michael J. Murphy (1885 - 1960) and Marian Dunphy (1895 - 1983) and he had two brothers, including Thomas (1923 - 1945) and one sister, Marion Veronica (1924 - 1998). Michael J. Murphy married Ruth Claire Yates (1921 - 2000) in 1953 and they had a son, Thomas J. "Bear" (1956 - 2021), and a daughter, Janeann. He was survived by two grandchildren.
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    February 26, 1999
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In 1927, in the year that Michael J Murphy was born, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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In 1937, Michael was merely 10 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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Murphy, Helen (Born Jan 8, 1905) Murphy, Denis (Born Sep 25, 1895) Murphy, Thomas (Born Jul 27, 1890) Murphy, Morgan (Born Nov 24, 1885) Murphy, Ellen (Born 1892) Murphy, Johanna (Born 1851) Murphy, Anne (Born May 27, 1884) Murphy, Patrick (Born Feb 27, 1888) Murphy, James (Born 1854) Murphy, Hugh
Murphy, Mabel (Born Feb 6, 1921) Murphy, Rose E (Born 1901) Murphy, Emmett (Born Apr 14, 1924) Murphy, John (Born Oct 26, 1927) Murphy, Rose Eunice (Born 1901) Murphy, Margaret (Born Nov 14, 1865) Murphy, Jeremiah (Born May 1864) Murphy, Nathan (Born Apr 1879) Murphy, Margaret Lillian (Born Feb 20, 1918) Murphy, Richard (Born May 1836)
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