Databases and Indexes

• MURPHY - Ashby Draper & Tailor (1879-1883)
• Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong
• GRS 53 Items 2-7

• NAME: Name of purchaser
• DATE: Date of sale
• ADDRESS: Residence of purchaser
• REFERENCE: GRS number and ITEM number

GRS 53 contains more items including Sales Books and Ledgers - only Items 2-7 covering the period 1879 to 1883 have been indexed to-date.

• 1,815 entries

• Born c1833 Co Wexford, Ireland
• Married Elizabeth RYAN c1858 Dublin, Ireland
• Arrived Melbourne 2 November 1858 as unassisted passengers on ship White Star
• 3 girls and 5 boys born 1862-1876 Buninyong and Geelong, Victoria
• By 1875 Andrew had his two-storey drapery business in Pakington Street, net annual value £70
• Died 1892, buried Eastern Cemetery, Geelong
• Son Edward continued the drapery business in Pakington Street.
• Edward died 1929, however his wife owned the premises until her death in 1942.
• Andrew MURPHY biographical report

MURPHY's drapery store [two-storey building, middle left] in Pakington Street.